Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Faber and Faber. London: Faber and Faber, 2018 4to., White publisher's cloth lettered in silver to backstrip with Faber device to foot; dark green endpapers; in the unclipped dust jacket (£14.99) featuring a design by Clive Hicks-Jenkins; pp. [iv], v-151, [i]; with 14 full-page and full-colour illustrations; fine. First illustrated edition, with full number line 1-10. Signed by Armitage over his printed name to title. The revised edition by Armitage, and the first to be illustrated by Hicks-Jenkins, a Welsh artist whose canon of work includes paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics, maquettes, animation and artist's books. The pair later collaborated again on a project in 2019 which sought to retell the story of Hansel and Gretel. The book was published by Design for Today. "A poem is never finished", writes Armitage in his introduction to the revised edition, "only abandoned. I reconsidered some of the original decisions I'd made, and some of the missteps I'd taken." A beautiful collaboration. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing.