Whittington Press
Britten's Aldeburgh
£756
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
[By] John Craig. Risbury: Whittington Press, 1997. Number IX of 28 deluxe copies bound by James Brockman to a design by Brockman and the artist, signed by the artist on the limitation page and including a suite of engravings also signed by the artist, folio, original half blue-green goatskin lettered in silver, concave spine, paper boards printed with seascape design beneath covering of transparent vellum, silver edges, wood-engraved illustrations throughout the text, 3 tipped-in folding linocut plates, 2 tipped-in folding wood-engraved plates, 11 additional wood-engraved plates (one in colour) each signed and dated by the artist in pencil loose in printed portfolio as issued, the book and portfolio both housed in original fleece-lined yellow buckram case with morocco spine-label, word-processed description of the binding by James Brockman laid in. Case with a little foxing along joints and foot of front cover
Footnote
The most exclusive of the three formats making up the entire edition of 440 copies: there were also 352 copies in half buckram, and 60 copies in half goatskin with a portfolio of the selection of the engravings.