Frog a Wooing by Chamberlain (4 results)

The Aesop's Fables woodcut is in color. Various sizes; approx. 12 x 6 inches. All fine.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Limited Edition. Oblong 8vo.; in green printed paper covered boards, sewn in the japanese style stab binding with green silk thread; [23] pages with illustrations.~~From the colophon: "This was the first book printed at the Chamberlain Press since it's move to Portland, Oregon, from New England. It was designed, printed and illustrated by Sarah Chamberlain. The illustrations are cut in boxwood, the type is Garamond, and the paper is Sekishu. The binding is by Barbara Blumenthal of Northampton, Massachusetts. It was completed in the summer of 1981. Of 125 copies printed, this is 112." Signed in pencil by Sarah Charmbelain.~~There are seven full page illustrations, with ornaments printed in pale green and yellow. Near Fine binding.…

Condition: Near fine. Elegant fine-press limited edition of the classic English folk song, drawing on Japanese aesthetics in bookbinding and paper choices. 5.75'' x 6.25''. Original green pictorial boards, string-bound, fukuro-toji ("bound pocket book" style). Illustrated by Chamberlain with full-page wood engravings facing each page of text, with borders and ornaments printed in green and yellow. Printed on Sekishu paper. [24] pages. One of 125 numbered copies signed by Chamberlain. Faint marginal sunning to boards. Tight and bright.…

43/125 COPIES printed on Sekishu Japanese paper and signed by the artist, 7 full-page wood-engravings, head and tail designs repeated in green on each text page and title design and a decoration (printed in yellow), all wood-engraved by Sarah Chamberlain, pp.[21], oblong 8vo, original pale green boards, stab-bound with green thread, design of reeds (printed in green) and butterfly (in yellow) to upper board, the butterfly alone to lower board, slight sunning to borders, tail edge untrimmed, very good.…