Midsummer Morning Jog Log - Hardcover

MIDSUMMER MORNING JOG LOG. A POEM BY MICHAEL HOROVITZ WITH DRAWINGS BY PETER BLAKE.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 4to. Signed Limited Edition. Publisher's textured silk covered boards, printed on hand made Richard de Bas paper, endpapers with pressed flowers and leaves. In the publisher's cloth box/ slip-case with illustration on paper label to the upper lid and titles in gilt to the spine and with pressed flowers and leaves to the inner sides ISBN: 0950460672 Illustrated with a chapter heading and 5 full page tipped in illustrations by Peter Blake. Limited to 100 copies, of which this is hand numbered 67 and signed by Peter Blake and Michael Horovitz to the limitation page at the rear. With the small attractive bookplate, showing a bookish owl, of 'Oz' publisher, later media tycoon, Felix Dennis (1947 -2014). He was also a distinguished poet, philanthropist, book collector and lover of trees (the Forest of Dennis) with a note in his han 'gift of the autor.' The book is also signed by Horovitz to Felix '.from one book and poetry lover to another.' loosely inserted is a correspondence between MH and FD - a typed 1996 signed letter from Horovitz thanking him for a cheque, (probably large knowing FD) and talking about Germaine Greer disparagingly, Inge Laird, Richard Adams, Miles and Ruth Padel. He sends the book as a gift 'one of the last copies of the special edition.' Also signed handwritten letter from FD to MH copied in FD's hand on Dorsington Old Manor paper 'Dear Michael, What an absolutely stunning book' ISBN: 0950460672 Pages: Book fine, slip-case very faintly rubbed and very slightly sunned at spine else about fine. Signedes. Artikel-Nr. C58962

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