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A Beastly ABC by Parry, Marian - 1985

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A Beastly ABC by Parry, Marian - 1985

A Beastly ABC

by Parry, Marian

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(Cambridge, MA: Runcible Press, 1985. Parry, Marian. (54)pp., frenchfold. One of 50 copies, signed by the artist/author, Marian Parry. With twenty-six delightful linoleum cuts in black & white, including such "beasts" as a gargoyle, a jabiru, a nautilus, and a xerus. Printed on Kozo paper and stab-sewn in decorated red paper. Minor creasing to corners of the wrappers, else fine. (Bradbury, p. 249). (2 3/8 by 1 7/8; 60x48mm).
  • Bookseller Bromer Booksellers US (US)
  • Illustrator Parry, Marian
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Runcible Press
  • Place of Publication (Cambridge, MA
  • Date Published 1985

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A Beastly ABC.

by (MINIATURE BOOK) PARRY, Marian

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Cambridge, MA: Runcible Press, [ca. 1985]. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies, signed by the author/printer/illustrator and printed on Kozo paper. 1 7/8 x 2 1/2 inches. With 24 linocuts by Parry with alphabet on the opposing versos. Bound in the Japanese manner; string-tied decorative wrappers. An excellent copy of this scarce miniature Marian Parry is an author, poet, illustrator and watercolor artist. Her books have been published by Knopf, Simon & Schuster, Greenwillow, Heritage Press and Limited Editions, Pharos Verlag (Switzerland) and Scholastic Books. She has had numerous one-person shows. Her work is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Houghton Library of Harvard University and the Smith College Rare Book Room. The main archive of her work is in the print collection of the Boston Public Library. Founder and senior instructor of the Watercolor Program for the Radcliffe Seminars at Harvard University, she was a fellow in the Bunting Fellowship Program at Radcliffe. Parry… Read More
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