AS DEAD AS THE PROVERBIAL . . . designed and illustrated by Mike Hudson.
Pp. [28](last colophon, verso blank), printed in green, orange & black and illustrated with three-colour linocuts by Mike Hudson, the endpapers printed in colour with names of various Australian endangered species; narrow roy. 4to; grey cloth printed in colour with the endpaper motif, with a pictorial cream paper title label inset on upper board, the spine cloth a trifle foxed; within grey card slipcase; The Wayzgoose Press, Katoomba, NSW, 1989. Edition limited to 75 copies hand set by Jadwiga Jarvis, numbered and signed by Mike Hudson and Jadwiga Jarvis; this being number 9 of 10 copies bound thus. Wegner 1.A.i & 11.A (Prospectus). *With the original prospectus loosely inserted. The main text 'comes from an essay about the dodo, which appeared in the Penny Magazine of June 1832 . . . accompanied by copious annotations, providing a background to the scientists and zoologists named and quoted by the 19th century writer' [prospectus blurb ]. The pagination (on rectos only) is in reverse order, as a count-down to the dodo's extinction, and Hudson's illustrations and design also reflect the fate of the bird: 'The text progressively takes over the pages, leaving less and less space for the hapless bird, until finally only a lone feather surrounded by type is left to remind us that there ever was such a creature as the dodo' [prospectus]. Item #134531
Price: $2,500.00