Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Alyson MacNeill (illustrator). frontis, engravings, (ca. 49)p. Original cloth backed decorative boards. 18 cm. Original green cloth covered slipcase. Copy number 64 of the 160 numbered copies signed by MacNeill which constitute the Main Edition -- a Special edition of 26 lettered copies was also published. Small inscribed card to "Ray, Merry Christmas and best wishes for 1987 Love Alyson & John." This book came from Raymond W. Smith, a good friend and fellow bookseller, who died in 2019. Signed. Seller Inventory # 93320
Seller: Clarendon Books P.B.F.A., Leicester, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Macneill, Alyson (illustrator). Quarter cloth and patterned paper boards in bright condition, some slight discolouration in places, number 130 from an edition of 160, signed by the artist, housed in a green cloth covered slipcase Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 071252
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Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine in a near-fine slipcase. First, Limited Edition. 12mo, 7 x 5 inches (175 x 124 mm); [54] pp. Illustrated with 23 wood-engravings by Alyson MacNeill. Quarter grey cloth over marbled paper boards by Woolnought Fine Bindings, using handmade paper by Frances McDowall and marbling by Nicolas McDowall. Housed in the original green cloth slipcase, embossed with a decorative frame incorporating one of the wood engravings printed in grey. Slipcase edges lightly rubbed; binding and interior in pristine condition. Copy 106 of 160 as per limitation page, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST in pencil. A meticulously produced imprint of The Old Stile Press, the first after the press's relocation to Llandogo, South Wales. The 23 finely executed wood-engravings accompany selected passages from Colin Mackay's novel, evoking "the leather-hard lives of these long-ago villages and the power of the forest that overshadows their year's story" (Preface). Signed. Seller Inventory # 2327
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
, a collection of 23 of Alyson Macneill's images from The Song of the Forest printed from the wood and with a small extract of Colin Mackay's text to give context, this main edition numbers 160 copies, this being number 24, SIGNED by Alyson Macneill, also with a SIGNED note at rear from the publishers Nicholas and Frances McDowall, bound by Woolnough Fine Bindings First Edition , slight foxing on boards, internally text and illustrations nice and clean, some page edges untrimmed, very good condition , slipcase slightly rubbed at edges, very good condition , quarter grey cloth and marbeld paper, paper handmade and marbeld by the publishers, titles on spine , 18 x 13 cms Hardback SIGNED by illustrator and publishers ISBN: 907664164. Seller Inventory # 65532
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Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. illustrated by Alyson Macneill (illustrator). Limited Edition. Twenty-three wood-engraving for The Song of the Forest by Colin MacKay. Signed in pencil by the artist. 'Main' edition limited to 160 copies. This was the first bookto be worked at the new home of the press, Catchmays Court, Llandogo, Nr Monmouth, Gwent and 'finished at the end of the frozen winter of 1987'. Hand-set type by Nicholas MaDowall. Binding by Woolnough Fine Bindings and the paper covering the boards handmade by Frances McDowall and marbled by Nicolas McDowall. Seller Inventory # J139
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