Limited edition Artist's proof, number 8 of 25 copies signed by Susan Weil and illustrated by her with six line etchings hand-painted in watercolor and gouache, and heightened with gold leaf; each illustration mounted on museum board and framing the small octavo-format text volume; bound in publisher's purple boards by Zahra Partovi; contained in original custom grey clamshell box with circular recess by the Thistle Bindery; illustrations 16 x 16 in., text volume: 7 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.
Weil's final livre d'artiste celebrates the life and work of James Joyce. The text of Bride-Ship and Gulls is excerpted from Finnegans Wake.
