VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Gnome King
British Columbia, Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, [n.d.]
8vo., sparkling brown wraps with integrated marbled dustwrapper; onlaid illustrated label to upper cover; [unpaginated]; with two folding plates showing the story synopsis of the Gnome King, as well as a map of the realm; two full page illustrations in full colour; one of the gnome king and another showing a shocked-looking fairy; along with numerous other embellishments throughout; a pocket to the inside of the rear cover containing a folding booklet showing the hob-goblin who lives in the clock which, when held to the light, shows the silhouette inside the paper; fine.
First edition of this little booklet outlining the story and some of the characters in the upcoming publication of Charles van Sandwyk’s Gnome King. Printed in a very small run of just 30 copies, for use as a sample. This copy signed by the author to p.[i].
Scarce.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Gnome King
British Columbia, Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, [n.d.]
8vo., sparkling brown wraps with integrated marbled dustwrapper; onlaid illustrated label to upper cover; [unpaginated]; with two folding plates showing the story synopsis of the Gnome King, as well as a map of the realm; two full page illustrations in full colour; one of the gnome king and another showing a shocked-looking fairy; along with numerous other embellishments throughout; a pocket to the inside of the rear cover containing a folding booklet showing the hob-goblin who lives in the clock which, when held to the light, shows the silhouette inside the paper; fine.
First edition of this little booklet outlining the story and some of the characters in the upcoming publication of Charles van Sandwyk’s Gnome King. Printed in a very small run of just 30 copies, for use as a sample. This copy signed by the author to p.[i].
Scarce.
