The Beginning of Gentle Giant (Signed)
Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon, 1980.
Limited Edition. Japanese stab binding.
#13 of a limited edition of 18 copies designed, printed, and illustrated on Hosho paper using Cloister type by Heidi R. McIntosh. Signed by the artist on the colophon.
A cruel giant living on a very big and tall mountain overlooking a small valley with farms and a small village forces those below him to do his bidding and is ultimately made small by his unkindness to others - while a gentle little man from the village is made giant by his kindness to the people around him. The motto of the story: "So let us all follow Gentle Giant and let him show us his beautiful, bright mountain of Kindness and Love."
Item #902418Oblong 4to, 12-1/4 x 9-1/2", quarter blue cloth, beige printed linen over thick boards, Japanese stab binding with beige thread, dark blue paste-down endpapers, unpaginated, 32pp printed on 16 folded leaves.
Small stain top-edge of leaves, very faint stain upper corner first two leaves, a bit of very mild toning to edges of cloth and leaves, clean of owner's marks, tight, a very good copy of this very rare and charming illustrated fable.
Price: $100.00