Of A Feather Avian Collective Nouns & Terms of Assembly, Group Names & Associated Terms.. With a Foreword by David Attenborough.

Tregynon, Newtown, Powys: Gwasg y Gregynog, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Colin SEE-PAYNTON. Limited edition, in Fine condition, 2008, 61 wood engravings. An edition limited to 150 copies of which 15 are specially bound by Julian Thomas and the remaining 135 are bound by John Sewell (as this copy is) in the -ordinary- binding, in quarter dark blue morocco with complementary cloth sides, and a printed paper panel inset into the upper cover. The title blocked in dark foil on the spine, with simple ornamentation in real gold and presented in its own VG+ slipcase. The edition has been printed on a special making of T. H. Saunders 100% cotton mould-made paper, and the engravings printed from the original blocks. The title-page design incorporates a wood-engraving of a feather, which has been blocked by Alan Wood in real gold. There are a total of 61 specially commissioned wood engravings: 31 full page (6" * 8"), 28 headpieces (2" * 2"), and two for the title page. These were printed from the original blocks: the title page feather engraving overlaid with gold leaf. 172 pp, 275 * 360 mm. Housed in the publishers cloth slipcase. One of the better offerings from Gwasg Gregynog. SEE-PAYNTON is widely regarded as the leading exponent of the art of wood engraving in the UK and lauded as a 'national treasure'. The V & A, Ashmolean, National Museum of Wales and National Library of Wales all hold significant collections of his work as do innumerable private collectors. A Fellow of the Royal Cambrian Academy, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and a member of the Society of Wood Engravers, he exhibits regularly in group and solo shows and is a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. A monograph of his engraved work,'The Incisive Eye' was published in 1997 by Scolar Press as a [i:catalogue raisonne? of all his editioned prints from the period 1980-1996].