Whittington Press - Mawdesley (Bruce). Song of the Scythe.

(Whittington Press) Mawdesley (Bruce). Song of the Scythe, wood-engravings by Miriam Macgregor. Imperial 8vo, [11]pp, extra folder, Whittington Press, Andoversford, 1983.

One of 35 (650) copies, specially bound, signed by the author and artist upon the colophon, with a separate folder of six individually signed proof wood engravings. Handset in Caslon and printed in purple (the title in orange and purple, the illustrations in black). Quarter green buckram, printed spine label, printed paper boards in shades of green from a Perspex engraving by the artist, top edge green. Matching slipcase. A fine copy.                                                                                      

The portraits of the scyther are “recognisably Bruce”.