Letters from Fairyland
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Letters from Fairyland
London: The Folio Society, 2020
8vo., bound in full brown cloth blocked in three foils, with a decorative inset label by the artist showing a bird and two fairies holding letters; Marcate Tintoretto endpapers blocked in gold with a spiderweb motif designed by the artist; containing 24 pages of illustrations in full colour, printed on Modigliani paper, and a further five pockets of letters, as well as a concertina and fairy money, with a letter tipped-on to one of the leaves; and a tipped-on copperplate etching, hand printed, signed and numbered by the artist; all presented in a handmade solander case measuring 17 x 25.5 x 2.5cm, lined in paper printed with a design exclusive to the Folio Society, and an inset label showing a mouse with hand drawn carriage; fine, as issued, unopened in both the original publisher’s shrink wrap and cardboard case.
Limited edition, this copy G of a very limited run of lettered copies, preserved for Charles van Sandwyk himself. The edition was also printed in a limited run of 250 numbered examples, as well as a standard trade edition.
Many years ago, Charles van Sandwyk received a letter from a little girl, Miss Emma Gladstone, who had read some of his books and was keen to invite fairies to come and live in her garden, but did not know the ways and means of going about such an enterprise. Van Sandwyk responded with a series of helpful letters, which were collected together and published for the first time in a very limited print run of just a handful of copies. For the present edition, the artist provides a series of additional embellishments and drawings - twice the number of pages as the original - as well as publishing the correspondence in full, thus allowing many more people to be privy to the ways and means of making contact with fairies, and inviting them into your own garden too.
A stunning publication from the Folio Society, with paste papers designed by Charles van Sandwyk showing swallows swooping as they deliver letters to and from Fairyland. Inside, a series of letters are contained within miniature pockets, as well as a cache of fairy money, and portraits of numerous fairy folk.
A magical production.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Letters from Fairyland
London: The Folio Society, 2020
8vo., bound in full brown cloth blocked in three foils, with a decorative inset label by the artist showing a bird and two fairies holding letters; Marcate Tintoretto endpapers blocked in gold with a spiderweb motif designed by the artist; containing 24 pages of illustrations in full colour, printed on Modigliani paper, and a further five pockets of letters, as well as a concertina and fairy money, with a letter tipped-on to one of the leaves; and a tipped-on copperplate etching, hand printed, signed and numbered by the artist; all presented in a handmade solander case measuring 17 x 25.5 x 2.5cm, lined in paper printed with a design exclusive to the Folio Society, and an inset label showing a mouse with hand drawn carriage; fine, as issued, unopened in both the original publisher’s shrink wrap and cardboard case.
Limited edition, this copy G of a very limited run of lettered copies, preserved for Charles van Sandwyk himself. The edition was also printed in a limited run of 250 numbered examples, as well as a standard trade edition.
Many years ago, Charles van Sandwyk received a letter from a little girl, Miss Emma Gladstone, who had read some of his books and was keen to invite fairies to come and live in her garden, but did not know the ways and means of going about such an enterprise. Van Sandwyk responded with a series of helpful letters, which were collected together and published for the first time in a very limited print run of just a handful of copies. For the present edition, the artist provides a series of additional embellishments and drawings - twice the number of pages as the original - as well as publishing the correspondence in full, thus allowing many more people to be privy to the ways and means of making contact with fairies, and inviting them into your own garden too.
A stunning publication from the Folio Society, with paste papers designed by Charles van Sandwyk showing swallows swooping as they deliver letters to and from Fairyland. Inside, a series of letters are contained within miniature pockets, as well as a cache of fairy money, and portraits of numerous fairy folk.
A magical production.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles
Letters from Fairyland
London: The Folio Society, 2020
8vo., bound in full brown cloth blocked in three foils, with a decorative inset label by the artist showing a bird and two fairies holding letters; Marcate Tintoretto endpapers blocked in gold with a spiderweb motif designed by the artist; containing 24 pages of illustrations in full colour, printed on Modigliani paper, and a further five pockets of letters, as well as a concertina and fairy money, with a letter tipped-on to one of the leaves; and a tipped-on copperplate etching, hand printed, signed and numbered by the artist; all presented in a handmade solander case measuring 17 x 25.5 x 2.5cm, lined in paper printed with a design exclusive to the Folio Society, and an inset label showing a mouse with hand drawn carriage; fine, as issued, unopened in both the original publisher’s shrink wrap and cardboard case.
Limited edition, this copy G of a very limited run of lettered copies, preserved for Charles van Sandwyk himself. The edition was also printed in a limited run of 250 numbered examples, as well as a standard trade edition.
Many years ago, Charles van Sandwyk received a letter from a little girl, Miss Emma Gladstone, who had read some of his books and was keen to invite fairies to come and live in her garden, but did not know the ways and means of going about such an enterprise. Van Sandwyk responded with a series of helpful letters, which were collected together and published for the first time in a very limited print run of just a handful of copies. For the present edition, the artist provides a series of additional embellishments and drawings - twice the number of pages as the original - as well as publishing the correspondence in full, thus allowing many more people to be privy to the ways and means of making contact with fairies, and inviting them into your own garden too.
A stunning publication from the Folio Society, with paste papers designed by Charles van Sandwyk showing swallows swooping as they deliver letters to and from Fairyland. Inside, a series of letters are contained within miniature pockets, as well as a cache of fairy money, and portraits of numerous fairy folk.
A magical production.