The Heart's Clockwork

Limited first edition. Foolscap 4to. 72pp. Red cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Cover design, cuts and in-text illustrations by Julian Bell. The limited casebound edition. No 9 of 10 Manuscript Copies. Holograph poem All Saints, initialled and dated by Hinton facing title page, which is further signed by both poet and illustrator.

Author's first poetry collection. A lively collaboration between Hinton and Bell centred in its imagery on the ravaged beauty and artistic heritage of the Isle of Wight. The poet and artist have previously collaborated on an edition of Emily Tennyson's Farringford Journal ("Isle of Wight County Press").

A musicologist with more than 30 books to his credit, Hinton is the inspiration for the character of Dr T.C.P. Hinton in Iain Sinclair's novel, Downriver (1991). Grandson of Vanessa Bell and son of Quentin, Julian Bell is famed for his panoramic landscapes and cityscapes, whilst teaching at some of London's top Art Schools. His art criticism is much featured in the pages of The Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, Modern Painter, and The Guardian.