Alison’s Fishing Birds; | Illustrated by Jim Rimmer
[Vancouver]: Colophon Books, 1980. Octavo, 26.9 x 18.4 cm. Cased in quarter green Oasis leather and grey cloth over boards. The spine is lettered in gilt and there is a blind-stamped vignette of a bird to the upper cover. pp. [ll. 3: blank self-ends; pp. 10] 11-35 [3; ll. 2: blank self-ends]. Mild rubbing to the extremities and mild soiling to the lower cover; a couple of cloth threads on the lower cover have been pulled slightly and resecured with paste. Near fine. The text was set in Goudy’s Italian Old Style and printed on Gutenberg Laid paper. The design, composition, presswork, and illustrations were done by Jim Rimmer. The binding was executed by Courtland Benson of Twin Doves Bindery. The text is illustrated with 6 monochrome drawings and 5 headpieces in colour by Rimmer. Additionally, a linocut frontispiece depicting a kingfisher is tipped to the title page. The frontispiece is signed and dated in ink by Rimmer and hand-coloured in blue, grey, and red. From a total edition of 500 copies. The present copy is number 51 of a stated 100 copies cased in quarter leather. But only 60 copies were actually completed (cf. Cave, A 194).
Loosely inserted are two small publisher’s bifolia (14 x 8.9 cm) confirming an advanced order and stating the edition’s limitation. The bifolia are tapped together along the top edge. One belongs to the present copy (‘you will receive No. 51’) while the other belongs to a truant copy. (Cave, Roderick Haig-Brown: A Descriptive Bibliography. A 194 (a)). Item #409
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