Description
80/500 COPIES signed by the artist, with 26 colourprinted plates (2 plates more than those issued with the trade edition) by Kay Nielsen, each tipped to thin pale grey card and with a decorative grey border design by Nielsen, the text and head border to each page all printed in grey, the title-page printed on pale grey card with the Nielsen designed lettering in red and the designs in grey, page-heads a little toned with the occasional faint spot, pp. [ii], 164, 4to, original dark green vellum, with a Nielsen design incorporating the lettering to the backstrip and upper board all blocked in gilt, discolouration to vellum at bottom corners, ties lacking, faint free endpaper browning, t.e.g., others untrimmed, endpapers with Nielsen designs in pale grey, free endpapers browned with spotting to margins of pastedowns, the latter lifting slightly at bottom corner, very good
