Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

22 c   (CHELONIIDAE PRESS.) Robinson, Alan James. A Fowl Alphabet. 26 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson with the initial letter and the Latin and common names of the birds hand-lettered by Suzanne Moore; a separate chemise holds a suite of proofs, including 4 hand watercolored plates, two original pencil sketches, and a suite of the blind-stamped alphabet. Book is 8vo, gilt-lettered full bleached vellum by gray parrot . All laid into publisher’s 1 / 4 gilt-lettered vellum tray case. A copy of the trade edition Inscribed by Robinson to Richard Callaway accompanies the lot. [Easthampton, Massachusetts], 1986   [2,000/3,000] copy B of 26 lettered deluxe copies . Handsomely typeset by Mackenzie-Harris with some handset by Arthur Larson, printed on Rives lightweight paper.