Pekoo, The Cat Who Talks | Pikou, le Chat Qui Parle; Illustrations: G. Brender à Brandis
Carlisle, Ontario: Brandstead Press, 1971 [later binding]. Octavo, 25.3 x 16.8 cm. Recently cased by Gerard Brender à Brandis in full light grey linen over boards. The upper cover is blocked in black with a linocut vignette of a cat by Brender à Brandis. In a plain light grey paper dust jacket. The dust jacket’s front panel is cut out to display the vignette printed on the upper cover. Handmade vegetable paper endleaves. Printed on double-leaves. Unpaginated [ll. 2: single-leaf blanks, followed by ll. 15 on double-leaves; + ll. 1: single-leaf, printed with a fleuron arrangement in black to the recto and blank verso]. A few spots of foxing to the edges and last leaf; otherwise internally clean and bright. Two minor wrinkles along the top edge of the dust jacket’s front panel. A fine copy. The text was handset in Della Robbia and Kennerley Old Style types and printed on Oxford Book paper. The text is illustrated with 25 linocuts, including the title-page vignette, by Gerard Brender à Brandis. Two of the blocks span spreads. The block which was hand coloured in most other copies is uncoloured in this copy. From an edition of 250 copies. This copy is an artist’s proof. Item #334
Price: $110.00