The Water Colley [Limited Edition, Signed by the printer]

  • SIGNED
  • Market Drayton: Tern Press, 1984
By Richard Jefferies
Market Drayton: Tern Press, 1984. Near Fine. Market Drayton: Tern Press, n.d. [ca. 1984]. First Thus, Limited to 90 copies of which this is no. 26. Slim 12mo; publisher's decorative paper-covered boards, woodcut pictorial element mounted to upper cover; [26]pp.; two-toned woodcut illus. throughout. Spine foot a bit bumped, else a Near Fine example.

Lovely keepsake edition of the 19th century nature writer's piece devoted to the water colley (or blackbird), first published in the "Manchester Guardian" and printed here on Hayle paper by Nicholas and Mary Parry. Signed by Nicholas Parry on colophon in rear.

Three copies in OCLC as of November, 2023, none outside the U.K.

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