An acrobatic alphabet : wood engravings / by Barbara Crow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crow, Barbara, 1942- book artist.

Contributor:

Stokeld, Sylvia, colorist.

Settle, Smith, binder.

Wieck, Roger S., associated name, former owner.

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- associated name, former owner.

Whittington Press, publisher, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wood-engraving, English.

English language--Alphabet--Pictorial works.

English language.

English language--Alphabet.

Genre:

Illustrated works -- England -- Gloucestershire -- 20th century.

alphabet books.

artists' books (books)

illustrated books.

limited editions.

wood engravings (prints)

Artists' books

Alphabet books

Illustrated works

Pictorial works

Wood engravings

Illustrated works.

Alphabet books.

Artists' books.

Wood engravings.

Accordion fold format (Binding)

Accordion fold format.

Limitation statements.

Physical Description:

53 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Andoversford, Gloucestershire : The Whittington Press, [1986]

Summary:

A modern version of a posture master's alphabet featuring a woman in various poses including some yoga asanas.

Notes:

In slipcase.

"335 copies set in 18-point Caslon and printed on Zerkall Ingres & mould-made papers. 35 copies are hand-coloured by Sylvia Stokeld and bound in silk, with a proof of the engravings. Bound by Smith Settle July 1986."--Colophon.

Limited edition of 335 copies. "35 signed copies, numbered I-XXXV, bound in orange Indian silk-covered boards ... 300 copies in overlapping cream wove paper covers." Cf. Butcher.

Local Notes:

Whittington 17: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck in 2019. Number 253. In slipcase.

Cited in:

Butcher, D. Whittington Press bib., 1982-93, 87

ISBN:

0904845710

9780904845716

0904845702

9780904845709

OCLC:

17677200