1977 The Boy and Heron: A Story

Description

Illustrated, Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, Very Scarce, With Dustwrapper

Limited to one hundred copies, of which this is number forty-four. Signed by the artist to the limitation page. Illustrated with six wood-engravings in-text, and one original handmade print on Japanese paper numbered and signed by the artist. Collated complete. A delightful poetic prose work, being the story a young boy who feels a deep connection with the heron - its slender fragility echoed in his long thin legs and taut white body. Following the boy and his 'familiar' as they venture across the countryside. Illustrated by John O'Connor, a prolific British wood-engraver, painter, illustrator, printmaker, and author.