ZOZ | A Story of Glory.
London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1959. Quarto. Bound in original laminated pictorial boards; black and white checkered endpapers. Unpaginated [72pp.]. Some minor shelf wear, and a small nick to the foot of the spine; edges foxed, occasional foxing and darkening to the pages, but mostly limited to the front and back matter. Illustrated with line drawings by the author, which have been reproduced by photo-lithography. Designed by Gordon Acornley. Edition limited to 200 copies. This whimsical book relates the bizarre adventures of Young Straw and his motorbike ZOZ, ‘Beeb-charged with extra-lustrous zoz, ZOZZED’. From the library of typographer and printing historian John Lewis (1912-1996). Lewis’ bookplate (‘Ex Libris | John Lewis | FSIA’) is neatly affixed to the front paste-down. Item #28
Price: $50.00