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The drawing depicts a blue and yellow fish (see tribe Sardini) without surrounding illustration.

With reproductions of six bookplates: Timothy Harman [1962, Bain no. 33, North Lee no. 3], Jacob Rothschild [1973, Bain no. 215, North Lee no. 9], John Retallack [1974, Bain no. 232, North Lee no.11], James Ley Wilson [1974, Bain no. 231, North Lee no. 10], Michael J. Mitchell [1975, Bain no. 236, North Lee no. 13], and Sir George Taylor [1974, Bain no. 233, North Lee no. 12] and four engraved labels: ASHMANSWORTH/ NR NEWBURY * BERKS * [c.1962, for Joyce Finzi, not in Bain], NIGEL FINZI [c.1962, not in Bain], DR ALEC HAY/ 9 WOODSTOCK ROAD/BEDFORD PARK/LONDON .W.4 [c. 1962, not in Bain], and PAX for Valentine Ackland [1962, Bain no. 35]. Sewn soft cover.

Bain no. 241. Inscribed in graphite: "18/60 Richard Shirley Smith."

Colophon reads: 'There are 275 copies of this book, and it has been a pleasure to print some of the very best bookplates ever made. Of these, forty copies (thirty-two for sale) contain a chemise holding four proofs of drawn bookplates, signed by the artist. The paper is T. H. Saunders HP, the type Van Dijck set at Whittington by Peter Pugwash Sanderson, and the reproductions of the bookplates were printed by Smith Settle, who also bound the book.' This is one of the 32 copies with four drawn bookplates [North Lee nos. 36, 40, 43, 52] signed and dated by Shirley Smith. Quarter bound in tan book cloth, boards covered in wood-grain paper; the clamshell box is covered in matching cloth lined with wood-grain paper. Note to Roger W. Moss from Simon Lawrence, The Fleece Press, laid in. Booklet 'More Fleece Press Books for 2005' (printed in an edition limited to 1200 copies) also laid in.

Enlarged photocopy of engraving with smaller bookplate engraving folded inside.

Designed and typeset primarily in Albertina at Libanus Press, printed by Butler & Tanner Ltd, Frome, Somerset. Several Shirley Smith paintings used as layouts . 174, 356-361, 394. Perfect bound soft cover.