Description
FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 25 COPIES (from an edition of 145 copies), numbered '45' (but see below), signed by the author, printed on a special making of Japanese handmade Kozo paper, 4 linocuts by John Gibbs printed in brown, 14 tipped-in samples of plant paper (enumerated below) made by Maureen Richardson, this special edition with five additional paper samples (one printed with a John Gibbs linocut), these tipped (or, in the case of the Wasp paper, inserted into a mounted packet) to folded leaves of handmade Kozo paper (this (but not the samples) with one or two very faint spots, pp. [57], oblong 8vo, original tan wrappers of handmade plant paper (Yucca and Manila), stab-bound with red thread in the Japanese style, printed label to front, enclosed with the additional samples in a red Japanese 'shiho-chitsu' clamshell box, a hint of wear to hinge of box and a couple of faint spots to label and lid, very good (the book itself fine)
