One of 65 numbered copies signed by author. 10 intaglio engravings printed in black on coloured backgrounds. La.8vo., 14x23.8cm, unpaginated, 26 leaves joined at foreedges. Original felt boards decorated with flame pattern in orange on front and back. Title printed in red, green, and black. Printed on Green’s Dover Castle handmade paper. Japanese endpapers, slipcase covered in matching paper with silk ribbon. London, Gogmagog Press, 1967.
A fine copy. Slipcase slightly faded at tail. Cox’s engravings anthropomorphise a variety of shells, flora, and fauna, paralleling the mix of formal literary elements in the accompanying prose poem fairy-tale.
