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[Partial Publisher's colophon & limitation statement]: "[-]The prints are hand-made from copperplates worked by engraving, etching, aquatint and soft ground etching. The colours are printed in intaglio and relief and additional colour is applied to some pages by hand. The typography and printing of the text is by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. The edition is hand-bound by George Percival at Leicester and is limited to 80 copies. This copy is number 15 and is here signed by the author and artist. [signed]: J.G.Lubbock." 8 1/4 in. x 11 3/8 in., title-page printed in red-brown, and black, with the numbered and signed limitation statement on the reverse; double-page color plate of seed pod forms. [1]-50 pp. Illustrated with 12 plates: the double-page color plate, and eleven other full or double-page color plates, featuring, plant, animal, insect, or human forms and natural scenery. A few show very light offsetting to the facing pages. Bound in full, red-brown morocco leather over heavy boards, with the titling gilt-lettered vertically on the spine, and a gold-stamped design of a seed pod form, and galaxy design on the front cover, top-edge gilt; with specially textured, light gray (John Mason) paper as endpapers. With the acetate plastic wraparound dustjacket, and the sturdy, design paper-covered slipcase. The acetate plastic wraparound shows light rubbing, scratches. This copy has been personally inscribed by the artist, in pencil, on the front flyleaf: "For [-] with best wishes Joe Lubbock." Very high quality color plates. Prospectus included. Weight: 3 lbs. Postage is extra on this item. Seller Inventory # F-58
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Title: From Garden to Galaxy. Original prints and ...
Publisher: Bertram Rota, London. Number 15 of 80 numbered and signed copies, with a signed inscription from the author on the front flyleaf.
Publication Date: 1980
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
