signed first edition Bound Japanese-style, laced with black ribbon, in dark grey handmade paper cover
1992 · (Risbury, Herefordshire)
by Howard Phipps (b. 1954)
(Risbury, Herefordshire): The Whittington Press, (1992).
4to. 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches. [20] double leaves folded at the fore-edge. 15 wood engravings (4 color), plus an additional engraving on the colophon, printed from the original engravings on Zerkall Rosa and Ingres papers; text clean, unmarked. One of 235 copies bound Japanese-style, laced with black ribbon, in dark grey handmade paper covers folded at the fore-edge, Ingress title-label within a rectangular blind panel on the front cover, housed in a slip case covered with Strathmore Grandee Toro Black paper and an Ingress title-label on the slip case spine; binding square and tight. SIGNED by Howard Phipps on the colophon. GIL123-012. Fine.
LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies set in Cochin types, this is copy number 221 of 300 copies bound by the Fine Bindery. "This book continues the theme of Interiors, published in 1985, and includes several of Howard Phipps's meticulous coloured engravings. This time the meaning of the word 'interiors' was stretched a little to include some open spaces which were enclosed in their different ways. Howard did the drawing for the engraving of our fireplace a Manor Farm while we were on the point of leaving the house." Butcher, p. 116.
REFERENCE: Butcher, The Whittington Press, A Bibliography 1982-93, No. 112. (Inventory #: GIL123-012)
4to. 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches. [20] double leaves folded at the fore-edge. 15 wood engravings (4 color), plus an additional engraving on the colophon, printed from the original engravings on Zerkall Rosa and Ingres papers; text clean, unmarked. One of 235 copies bound Japanese-style, laced with black ribbon, in dark grey handmade paper covers folded at the fore-edge, Ingress title-label within a rectangular blind panel on the front cover, housed in a slip case covered with Strathmore Grandee Toro Black paper and an Ingress title-label on the slip case spine; binding square and tight. SIGNED by Howard Phipps on the colophon. GIL123-012. Fine.
LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies set in Cochin types, this is copy number 221 of 300 copies bound by the Fine Bindery. "This book continues the theme of Interiors, published in 1985, and includes several of Howard Phipps's meticulous coloured engravings. This time the meaning of the word 'interiors' was stretched a little to include some open spaces which were enclosed in their different ways. Howard did the drawing for the engraving of our fireplace a Manor Farm while we were on the point of leaving the house." Butcher, p. 116.
REFERENCE: Butcher, The Whittington Press, A Bibliography 1982-93, No. 112. (Inventory #: GIL123-012)