Description
Small4to, 100pp. Hardcover in dark blue cloth with gilt title on the firm flat spine and a small photo illustration on the front board together with a larger gilt title in excellent condition with virtually no scuffing or shelfwear but a very slight forward lean being present and no d/w as issued, internally the highest quality glossy art paper is used for 82 beautiful b/w and colour plates with a suitable forward and introduction by her devoted husband Roderick. There is not the slightest damage or foxing or extraneous markings anywhere in the book in overall fine condition. This copy is number 197 of 250 private editions, never intended for sale, inscribed by husband ‘Roddy’ to a mutual friend in 2002. Penny died aged only sixty in June 1995. The book is of course a husband’s loving tribute to her achievements in painting and drawing, ‘after 30 years of unalloyed blissful marriage’