Isbn: 9781854281098 (1 Ergebnisse)

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited. Hardback, full-Oasis, gilt titles to spine, bound by The Fine Book Bindery. 34cm x 25cm. Also includes a folder containing 15 items of Weather Bird Press ephemera, not the 22 items called for with this edition. Also a complete portfolio of 16 facsimile letters, rather than the 13 referred to in colophon. With this copy included is a copy of 'Mistress Mary' and not 'Jazz Instruments.' Also there are 2 facsimile letters in pocket of rear board as found in all editions. All contained in a cloth case, with a leather spine. This is an unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 40 'A' copies only, from a total of 235 copies. A wonderful presentation by John Randle of the insights into the life of Vance Gerry, one of California's least known and most accomplished printers, with an extensive bibliography of his printed work. 86pp. Tipped in colour frontis portrait of Mary, Vance's wife, plus thirty other illustrations from various sources including line drawings, linocuts, wood engravings, and 12 pages of 26 colour reproductions of Vance's pochoir illustrations. Some marks to leather front board, but the contents are in clean and unmarked condition. Scarce. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK.…