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Northumberland: Bird Editions, 2011. 12 x 9 3/4. (18) leaves loose, as issued, in two-part wrappers of grey glaciers against a blue sky, with a coordinating slipcase by the Red Bone Bindery. The 12 initial letters of the Greenlandic alphabet are illustrated by 12 pochoir-colored prints of icebergs. Fine. One..... More
Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1986. 5 3/4 x 7 1/4. Twenty-six leaves Frenchfold, with hand-colored illustration on verso and alphabetical word printed in red on facing page. Silk boards, side stitched; slipcase. Rear pocket contains a very large, folded, broadside of all the illustrations printed in black and signed by the..... More
Gilford: Circle Press, 1984. 5 x 11 (closed). A double-sided concertina alphabet book of (56) pages, which are cut and folded as 26 pop-ups from heavy handmade Barcham Green paper. Attached to inlaid wood boards of sycamore and beech. Housed in two-part oatmeal cloth case titled in gold. Fine. One..... More
Easthampton: Cheloniidae Press, 1986. Two volumes. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. (44) pages French-fold. All text--initial letters, Latin names, & common names—has been painted by Suzanne Moore in an array of colors. Bound in vellum by Gray Parrot. An original signed watercolor by Robinson, a suite of the wood engravings..... More
Boston: Bromer, 1984. 2 x 2 1/2. Miniature manuscript of 32 leaves of calligraphed text and water colors. Bound by Arno Werner in red morocco with the alphabet in gilt, all edges gilt. Fine in morocco & cloth tray case. A delicate alphabet book --F for Fava Bean, N for..... More
