Vance Gerry & The Weather Bird Press. with a Checklist of Publications compiled by David Butcher.
(Risbury): The Whittington Press, (2018). Four parts. 9 1/2 x 13. (iv), 86 pages illustrated with linocuts and wood-engravings from the original blocks + 2 pages of photos & 12 pages of giclée reproductions of Gerry's pochoirs. Rear pocket contains facsimile letter. Full citron morocco by The Fine Bindery.
With (1) a portfolio containing 24 original pieces of Weatherbird printing; (2) a folder holding reproductions of correspondence between Gerry and John randle;
(3) a facsimile of Jazz Instruments. All housed in a suede-lined solander case with full length spine label of morocco. Fine with prospectus. Item #18378
No. 34 of 40 "A" copies. David Butcher's bibliography includes a comprehensive Index. Additional text by others who knew Gerry well: Simon Lawrence, Patrick Reagh, James Lorson, and John Randle.
"Vance Gerry began printing in 1963 ... Until his death in 2004 he produced...some of the most understated, beautifully printed and ravishingly illustrated books from any private press, ever. Vance’s lightness of touch, his incomparable facility as a draughtsman, the slightly starved look he gave to the inking of his type, the quiet humour of his writing (when the mood took him), combine together in books that have few parallels elsewhere.
Price: $3,950.00