G to W/W to G. These two poems were written for Ward Ritchie. Christmas and New Year's 1995

[ Los Angeles: Imprenta Glorias, printed for Zamorano-Roxburghe, 1996 One of a small edition size, probably around a hundred copies. The two poems included in this item were written by Gloria Stuart, Ward Ritchie's longtime partner, during the last winter of his life and printed soon after his death in January of 1996. Blue and beige Cockerell paper wrappers. . 4 1/2 x 7 1/2,. Fine. Gloria Stuart (1910 - 2010) was an actress, visual artist, letterpress printer, and a co-founder of the Screen Actors Guild. She starred in numerous films across the horror, musical, and comedy genres between 1932 and 1940, at which point she shifted the focus of her career (truncated) toward art and experimented with decoupage, painting, silk screening, and bonsai growing for the next thirty years. Stuart met Ward Ritchie in 1983 and was inspired to pursue fine printing and bookmaking, eventually printing her own books on a Vandercook S15 and releasing them under the imprint Imprenta Glorias. Along with earning widespread acclaim for her artist's books, Stuart won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in James Cameron's Titanic (1997). She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for the same role. (Inventory #: 17658)