International standard book number
9780907664949
Shelfmark
Lt.1.24
Author
Title
Talking through trees / Edward Picton-Turbervill ; woodcut images & maps by Angela Lemaire.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Llandogo, Monmouthshire : The Old Stile Press, 2016.
Physical description
[46] p. : ill., map ; 38 cm.
Note
Special edition copy with hand-coloured illustrations; main edition is uncoloured.
Note
"The main edition consists of 140 copies, numbered and signed by the author and artist. The special edition is limited to 10 copies for sale, numbered I-X."--Colophon.
Note
"The book was designed by Nicolas McDowall ... The paper is Vélin Arches, the type is Garamond and the artist's woodcuts were all printed from the wood. The binding is by The Fine Book Bindery."--Colophon.
Note
Title page and facing page including map printed in bistre; first and final leaves are blank.
Note
"This is an essay on the trees of St John's College, Cambridge."--p. [7].
Note
Publisher's grey-green paper covered boards with hand-coloured woodcut on upper board ; author and title in gilt on spine ; brown endpapers ; in original dark green cloth Solander box with large grey-green paper label on upper cover printed with dark brown letterpress title and woodcut in bistre, hand-coloured in yellow and light blue, lined in dove-grey velvet.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy is no. VI of the special edition.
Subject
Subject
Artists' books.
Subject
Trees.
Subject
Historic trees Great Britain Cambridge.
Added entry--name
Lemaire, Angela illustrator.
Added entry--name
Old Stile Press publisher.
Added entry--name
Fine Book Bindery (Firm) bookbinder.
Added entry--place
Wales Llandogo.
Identifier
B45113