Shelfmark
Ie7.1.01
Author
Title
Amazon parrots / paintings by Elizabeth Butterworth ; text by Rosemary Low.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : D'Erlanger ; Basilisk Press, 1983.
Physical description
178, [2] p. : col. ill. ; 46 cm.
Note
27 color plates included in pagination. Issued in a clamshell box.
Note
"The edition is limited to five hundred and fifteen signed and numbered copies of which five hundred are for sale ... Exemplary copies, numbers 1-5 ... Fine copies, numbers 6-30 ... Special copies, numbers 31-100, accompanied by hand coloured etching made specifically for the book by Elizabeth Butterworth ..."--Colophon.
Note
"... set in Monotype Calvert, the first typeface in Britain to be designed specifically for laser type setting"--Colophon.
Note
Designed by Jock Kinneir.
Note
Publisher's binding of standard copies in red silk cloth, unlettered; hand-made green paper endpapers; bound by Smith Settle. In black cloth solander box with printed paper spine label.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy is no. 316.
Subject
Amazon parrots.
Genre/Form
Private press books.
Genre/Form
Illustrated works.
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D'Erlanger, Rodolphe publisher.
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Basilisk Press publisher.
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Smith Settle (Firm) binder.
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England London.
Identifier
B51343