May 07, 2014 - Sale 2349

Sale 2349 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(CHELONIIDAE PRESS.) Robinson, Alan James. Cetacea, the Great Whales. 7 etchings with aquatint by Robinson, each with tissue guard, and 2 wood engravings by him on title and colophon leaf. 11 leaves of letterpress text. Oblong folio, 376 x 556 mm, contents loose as issued between wrappers in cloth case with black morocco relief depiction of right whale on front cover by David Bourbeau at the Thistle Bindery; beautiful aqua wave-patterned Japan paper endleaves; publisher's 1/4 gilt-lettered cloth folding case by Gray Parrot (covers slightly rubbed and with some mild fading). number 53 of only 100 copies signed by Alan James Robinson, David Bourbeau, Gray Parrot, and Harold McGrath. Produced in conjunction with a grant from the Environmental Marine Arts Fund, which is part of the Center for Environmental Education and the Whale Protection Fund. (Easthampton, Massachusetts, 1981)