After Glow
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
After Glow
Vancouver: The Fairy Press, 2008
Oblong 8vo., cream card wraps, fully decorated with coloured illustrations of plants, insects and fairy folk; sewn binding with decorative rainbow-coloured ribbon; front cover with onlaid maroon label decorated in black and gold; the front and rear covers folding, with tri-fold panorama to front; an additional pp [iv] pages of calligraphic text and illustrations; fold-ins with outer edge untrimmed; fine.
First edition of this autumnal poem, with this copy signed by the author and illustrator to the rear cover. This copy together with the original tag (9 x 17cm), with matching rainbow ribbon tie, printed in black and gold. The instructions state “tie this old tag to a post on your bed. Your dreams will be rich and your heart will feel light as you wake up refreshed from the cool autumn night”.
After Glow describes the secret realm of the little people, and the illustrations here show many of those characters eating, drinking general merrymaking, some wearing masks, and others playing tiny violins and french horns fashioned from flowers.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
After Glow
Vancouver: The Fairy Press, 2008
Oblong 8vo., cream card wraps, fully decorated with coloured illustrations of plants, insects and fairy folk; sewn binding with decorative rainbow-coloured ribbon; front cover with onlaid maroon label decorated in black and gold; the front and rear covers folding, with tri-fold panorama to front; an additional pp [iv] pages of calligraphic text and illustrations; fold-ins with outer edge untrimmed; fine.
First edition of this autumnal poem, with this copy signed by the author and illustrator to the rear cover. This copy together with the original tag (9 x 17cm), with matching rainbow ribbon tie, printed in black and gold. The instructions state “tie this old tag to a post on your bed. Your dreams will be rich and your heart will feel light as you wake up refreshed from the cool autumn night”.
After Glow describes the secret realm of the little people, and the illustrations here show many of those characters eating, drinking general merrymaking, some wearing masks, and others playing tiny violins and french horns fashioned from flowers.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
After Glow
Vancouver: The Fairy Press, 2008
Oblong 8vo., cream card wraps, fully decorated with coloured illustrations of plants, insects and fairy folk; sewn binding with decorative rainbow-coloured ribbon; front cover with onlaid maroon label decorated in black and gold; the front and rear covers folding, with tri-fold panorama to front; an additional pp [iv] pages of calligraphic text and illustrations; fold-ins with outer edge untrimmed; fine.
First edition of this autumnal poem, with this copy signed by the author and illustrator to the rear cover. This copy together with the original tag (9 x 17cm), with matching rainbow ribbon tie, printed in black and gold. The instructions state “tie this old tag to a post on your bed. Your dreams will be rich and your heart will feel light as you wake up refreshed from the cool autumn night”.
After Glow describes the secret realm of the little people, and the illustrations here show many of those characters eating, drinking general merrymaking, some wearing masks, and others playing tiny violins and french horns fashioned from flowers.