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Auction archive: Lot number 24

Robinson (Alan James) - A Fowl Alphabet

Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$920 - US$1,226
Price realised:
£900
ca. US$1,380
Auction archive: Lot number 24

Robinson (Alan James) - A Fowl Alphabet

Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$920 - US$1,226
Price realised:
£900
ca. US$1,380
Beschreibung:

A Fowl Alphabet
number V of 5 Artist’s Proof copies signed by the artist and calligrapher, specially-bound and with 2 extra suites of plates, a set of the alphabet blind-stamped and 2 original pen and ink and watercolour drawings signed by the artist in pencil, from an edition limited to 231, wood-engraved illustrations by Alan James Robinson initial letters and the latin and common names of the birds hand lettered in coloured inks by Suzanne Moore, original limp vellum, by Gray Parrot, uncut, additional suite of wood-engravings numbered and signed by the artist in pencil, with another suite of signed prints and proofs and the blind-stamped alphabet sheets, all loose as issued in 3 original wrappers, prospectus loosely inserted, together in vellum-backed cloth drop-back box, 8vo, Easthampton, Cheloniidae Press, 1986.

Auction archive: Lot number 24
Auction:
Datum:
6 Nov 2008
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A Fowl Alphabet
number V of 5 Artist’s Proof copies signed by the artist and calligrapher, specially-bound and with 2 extra suites of plates, a set of the alphabet blind-stamped and 2 original pen and ink and watercolour drawings signed by the artist in pencil, from an edition limited to 231, wood-engraved illustrations by Alan James Robinson initial letters and the latin and common names of the birds hand lettered in coloured inks by Suzanne Moore, original limp vellum, by Gray Parrot, uncut, additional suite of wood-engravings numbered and signed by the artist in pencil, with another suite of signed prints and proofs and the blind-stamped alphabet sheets, all loose as issued in 3 original wrappers, prospectus loosely inserted, together in vellum-backed cloth drop-back box, 8vo, Easthampton, Cheloniidae Press, 1986.

Auction archive: Lot number 24
Auction:
Datum:
6 Nov 2008
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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