Whittington Press - Kennedy (Richard). A Boy at the Hogarth Press.

A Boy at the Hogarth Press. By Richard Kennedy.  Illustrated by the author, with an introduction by Bevis Hillier. Crown 4to, pp.xii,88 + colophon + fold-out, 25cm, The Whittington Press, 1972.

Number 164 of 495 (520) copies printed in Caslon, the title in red, on Wookey Hole mould-made paper, signed by the author. Line-block reproductions of 40 drawings and a lithographic reproduction plan of the Press (510 X 375mm) by Richard Kennedy. Green batik cloth-covered boards by Joan Charleston with magenta endpapers (one glued down). Brown Ingres paper dust-jacket printed blue-grey, with a drawing from the text in white. A fine copy with a Whittington Press compliments slip loosely inserted

Presentation copy: ‘With best wishes to Barbara Freeston from Richard Kennedy.’ The first book from Whittington Press.