The Artist’s Sketches, Mock-Up & Proofs
Tortoises. Six Poems by D. H. Lawrence … With an Introduction by Jefferson Hunter.
[Williamsburg, Massachusetts]: Cheloniidae Press, 1983.
Price: $5,000.00
About the item
Robinson, Alan James. Artist’s copy. Etched portrait frontispiece and 7 wood engravings. Includes two mock-ups signed by Alan James Robinson with illustrations, 8 original watercolor drawings, a group of 31 pencil studies, 30 proofs of the woodcuts and etchings, and a long galley proof. 4to. The Artist’s Sketches, Mock-Up & Proofs. Full vellum on straps, hand-bound by Gray Parrot. Spine lettered and gilt, top edge gilt. Watercolor drawings, engravings, and mock-up material laid into four cloth chemises. All in cloth clamshell box. Fine.
Item #248120
Six poems, originally published in Birds, Beasts & Flowers (1930), newly illustrated by Alan James Robinson.
Unique visual archive of the genesis and execution of this fine edition.
