F O U R S H O R T
S T O R I E S 1 9 3 1 - 3 5
R . A . K . M a s o n
with an afterword by Rachel Barrowman. 2003
This book contains the only four short stories published
by R.A.K. Mason (1905-71), one of New Zealand's most
important poets. They appeared in the literary journals
Kiwi, Phoenix and Tomorrow between 1931 and 1935 and
show the influence of Freud and James Joyce. The book
also contains facsimiles of poems by Mason as printed by
Robert Lowry, and wood engravings and linocuts by L.D.
Morrison and S.F. Champ, which accompanied Mason's poems
and stories in Kiwi and Phoenix. The
frontispiece is an unpublished photograph of Mason by
Clifton Firth. An Afterword has been provided by Rachel
Barrowman, author of Mason: The Life of R.A.K. Mason
(2003), published by Victoria University Press.
Four Short Stories was designed,
letterpress printed and bound by Tara McLeod at the
Holloway Press. Printed on an Asbern cylinder press, the
type is 12pt Linotype Granjon set by John Denny, Puriri
Press, Auckland. Sans serif titles are set in Spartan
medium. The lino and woodcuts are printed from
photopolymer blocks. The paper is 104gsm Evergreen
ivory, cover is 216gsm Esse light tan. This is a limited
numbered edition of 150 copies. ISBN 0-9582313-4-6
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