Accession number
PML 195117
Creator
Leslie, Shane, 1885-1971.
Published
[Worcester] England : Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1987.
Credit line
Gift of Caroline F. Schimmel and Stuart B. Schimmel in honor of William M. Griswold, 2008.
Notes
"This limited edition of 200 copies is edited, designed and illustrated by Iris C. Leslie and is produced under the supervision of the Stanbrook Abbey Printer. The setting in Jan van Krimpen's 'Monotype' Spectrum is by Solo-Type, Upton-upon-Severn. Letterpress printing is by Tilley Printing, Ledbury, Herfordshire, and the four-coloured offset full page illustrations by Ebenezer Baylis and Son Ltd., Worcester. The edition comprises: 30 de luxe copies with line illustrations hand-tinted by the artist and three assistants -- David Rust, Margaret Adams and Jenny Hancox -- are bound in quarter leather and Chinese silk with slip case covered in Japanese wood veneer by George Percival, Market Harborough. 150 ordinary copies with black line drawings and two four-colour offset illustrations, are bound in full cloth by Woolnough Book Binders, Wellingborough."--Colophon.
Imprint from Butcher.
Library has one of 30 'de luxe' copies.
Prospectus, order form, and hand-written note laid in: Designed by Lady Leslie, production supervised by SAP.
Imprint from Butcher.
Library has one of 30 'de luxe' copies.
Prospectus, order form, and hand-written note laid in: Designed by Lady Leslie, production supervised by SAP.
Description
40 p. : hand-colored ill. ; 34 cm.
Provenance
From the collection of Stuart B. Schimmel.
Binding
Library's copy bound in quarter blue morocco and blue Chinese silk with slip case covered in Japanese wood veneer by George Percival.
Classification
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