Six Bookplates, Four Bookmarks, & One Lovely Poem
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Six Bookplates, Four Bookmarks, & One Lovely Poem
Vancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, [2014]
Small 8vo., gold sewn wraps, with onlaid paper label printed in black, red, green and brown; unpaginated [pp. iv]; with poem and two images of a dragon in full colour printed on pale blue-grey paper; envelope pasted to inside front cover containing the bookmarks and bookplates; fine.
First edition, signed by van Sandwyk in black ink to p. [i].
The poem ‘Long ago in Bangalore’, describes a fearful dragon who one day comes ashore to promote the joys of reading to the folk of Bangalore, and dispel boredom by picking up books instead. The final image shows the dragon reading a tome entitled ‘Playing with Fire’. First printed in a limited edition by the Black Stone Press for the Alcuin Society’s General Meeting on June 9th 2014, also included here are the six blank bookplates and five bookmarks (instead of the four stated), which show reproductions of images including wise owls, anthropomorphised trees, and a rather befuddled-looking lion.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Six Bookplates, Four Bookmarks, & One Lovely Poem
Vancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, [2014]
Small 8vo., gold sewn wraps, with onlaid paper label printed in black, red, green and brown; unpaginated [pp. iv]; with poem and two images of a dragon in full colour printed on pale blue-grey paper; envelope pasted to inside front cover containing the bookmarks and bookplates; fine.
First edition, signed by van Sandwyk in black ink to p. [i].
The poem ‘Long ago in Bangalore’, describes a fearful dragon who one day comes ashore to promote the joys of reading to the folk of Bangalore, and dispel boredom by picking up books instead. The final image shows the dragon reading a tome entitled ‘Playing with Fire’. First printed in a limited edition by the Black Stone Press for the Alcuin Society’s General Meeting on June 9th 2014, also included here are the six blank bookplates and five bookmarks (instead of the four stated), which show reproductions of images including wise owls, anthropomorphised trees, and a rather befuddled-looking lion.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Six Bookplates, Four Bookmarks, & One Lovely Poem
Vancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, [2014]
Small 8vo., gold sewn wraps, with onlaid paper label printed in black, red, green and brown; unpaginated [pp. iv]; with poem and two images of a dragon in full colour printed on pale blue-grey paper; envelope pasted to inside front cover containing the bookmarks and bookplates; fine.
First edition, signed by van Sandwyk in black ink to p. [i].
The poem ‘Long ago in Bangalore’, describes a fearful dragon who one day comes ashore to promote the joys of reading to the folk of Bangalore, and dispel boredom by picking up books instead. The final image shows the dragon reading a tome entitled ‘Playing with Fire’. First printed in a limited edition by the Black Stone Press for the Alcuin Society’s General Meeting on June 9th 2014, also included here are the six blank bookplates and five bookmarks (instead of the four stated), which show reproductions of images including wise owls, anthropomorphised trees, and a rather befuddled-looking lion.