Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah. A Tale of One Elephant and Three Continents
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah. A Tale of One Elephant and Three Continents
Vancouver: The Savuti Press, 2025
8vo., sparkly blue card wraps with integrated gold card cover; butterfly devices to both flaps; onlaid paper labels with title and watercolour image showing the boy and his elephant in an embrace; decorated direct with bamboo borders; hand stitched at spine; pp. [iv], 3-16, [ii]; with decorative title page, scalloped rules and initials printed in brown throughout; numerous illustrations in both black and white and full colour; including double page centrefold image, and four plates tipped-on to gold card; passenger and zoo tickets additionally tipped-in; fine, as issued.
THE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT of this wonderful children’s tale by Charles van Sandwyk, each copy signed by the author. These touring editions produced in a very limited run of unnumbered copies in the early months of 2025. Printed by ‘the tousle-headed lads and tender-hearted maidens at Contact Printing’, with the bindings individually hand stitched by Waisiki Doughty.
Seven years in the making, these editions tell the heartfelt tale of enduring love between a little boy and his childhood elephant, Fah-nama-nama-nama-la, set between the exotic, butterfly-filled streets of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Canada.
The true story of the author’s friend Neil Hershfield, who passed away in 2022, with this publication dedicated to his memory. Hershfield recounted the tale to Van Sandwyk over a number of years, and it appears here in print for the very first time.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah. A Tale of One Elephant and Three Continents
Vancouver: The Savuti Press, 2025
8vo., sparkly blue card wraps with integrated gold card cover; butterfly devices to both flaps; onlaid paper labels with title and watercolour image showing the boy and his elephant in an embrace; decorated direct with bamboo borders; hand stitched at spine; pp. [iv], 3-16, [ii]; with decorative title page, scalloped rules and initials printed in brown throughout; numerous illustrations in both black and white and full colour; including double page centrefold image, and four plates tipped-on to gold card; passenger and zoo tickets additionally tipped-in; fine, as issued.
THE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT of this wonderful children’s tale by Charles van Sandwyk, each copy signed by the author. These touring editions produced in a very limited run of unnumbered copies in the early months of 2025. Printed by ‘the tousle-headed lads and tender-hearted maidens at Contact Printing’, with the bindings individually hand stitched by Waisiki Doughty.
Seven years in the making, these editions tell the heartfelt tale of enduring love between a little boy and his childhood elephant, Fah-nama-nama-nama-la, set between the exotic, butterfly-filled streets of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Canada.
The true story of the author’s friend Neil Hershfield, who passed away in 2022, with this publication dedicated to his memory. Hershfield recounted the tale to Van Sandwyk over a number of years, and it appears here in print for the very first time.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah. A Tale of One Elephant and Three Continents
Vancouver: The Savuti Press, 2025
8vo., sparkly blue card wraps with integrated gold card cover; butterfly devices to both flaps; onlaid paper labels with title and watercolour image showing the boy and his elephant in an embrace; decorated direct with bamboo borders; hand stitched at spine; pp. [iv], 3-16, [ii]; with decorative title page, scalloped rules and initials printed in brown throughout; numerous illustrations in both black and white and full colour; including double page centrefold image, and four plates tipped-on to gold card; passenger and zoo tickets additionally tipped-in; fine, as issued.
THE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT of this wonderful children’s tale by Charles van Sandwyk, each copy signed by the author. These touring editions produced in a very limited run of unnumbered copies in the early months of 2025. Printed by ‘the tousle-headed lads and tender-hearted maidens at Contact Printing’, with the bindings individually hand stitched by Waisiki Doughty.
Seven years in the making, these editions tell the heartfelt tale of enduring love between a little boy and his childhood elephant, Fah-nama-nama-nama-la, set between the exotic, butterfly-filled streets of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Canada.
The true story of the author’s friend Neil Hershfield, who passed away in 2022, with this publication dedicated to his memory. Hershfield recounted the tale to Van Sandwyk over a number of years, and it appears here in print for the very first time.