May 17, 2007 - Sale 2114

Sale 2114 - Lot 1

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(ABCedary LETTERPRESS.) Carol, Mark Philip. Ancient Needs. 11 color aquatint and drypoint etchings, and 5 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson, printed by Harold McGrath; additional Signed suite in chemise in rear. Folio, white vellum with cutout illustrating a seal's face; clamshell box. Easthampton, 1989

Additional Details

letter b of only twenty-six lettered copies with an additional original watercolor drawing on vellum of a harp seal, signed by robinson plus an additional suite of Signed plates. The colophon is Signed by Carol, Robinson, and McGrath. A sumptuous production and heartwarming, poignant tale about Harp seals. It is the inaugural work of the Press.