Whittington: Aspects of a Cotswold Village. With 34 wood-engravings.
Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1991. 4to. Limited edition. #III of 50 special copies (from an edition of 350) with an additional suite of plates and signed by the artist. Original russet morocco-backed paper-covered boards. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper, edges uncut. With a portfolio containing 12 of the engravings (each initialled by the artist in pencil) and a large, folding colour panorama which was used as the dust-wrapper on the ordinary copies (also signed). Together in paper-covered slipcase. Frontispiece printed in colour. Hand-drawn map of the village. Fine in fine slipcase. Item #6924
"This is not a portrait of a pretty Cotswold village. It is simply a random collection of engravings inspired by those parts of Whittington which were about to alter, or even vanish. It amounts to a single moment from the continual process of change."
Price: £425.00