Author: Bill Bilton
Title: Hendergaust and Umtilla
Description: Burnham Market, Anton Fine Art Publishing , 1997. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first limited edition of this illustrated saga by Bill Binton, signed by the author and homed in its original slipcase. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. Found institutionally only in six libraries including the British Library and the University of Cambridge Libraries among others. Limited edition of one-thousand copies printed, this number eight. Signed by the author with dedication to 'Tom' to limitation page, dated 1997. A charming saga telling a tale of kings, knights, and mermaids by Bill Bilton.Written over twenty-two beautiful leaves printed to recto, as called for, with illustrations in colour by Brian Hinton and calligraphy by Sarah Ruffle. Each protected with tissue guard. Collated, complete. Previous owner's gift inscription to limitation page, otherwise in fine condition. A beautiful example of this work, homed in the original slipcase.  In the original publisher's quarter morocco binding over cloth covered boards. Externally lovely with only light faint mark to head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Brian Hinton. Near Fine .

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