Item #8971 THE FAITHFUL BULL. HEMINGWAY. ERNEST. -- Michael Foreman Illustrates.
THE FAITHFUL BULL.
THE FAITHFUL BULL.
THE FAITHFUL BULL.
THE FAITHFUL BULL.
THE FAITHFUL BULL.
THE FAITHFUL BULL.
THE FAITHFUL BULL.
THE FAITHFUL BULL.
THE FAITHFUL BULL.
THE FAITHFUL BULL.

THE FAITHFUL BULL.

Hamish Hamilton. London. 1980, 1980.

FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.3 x 9.2 inches). Limited edition. One of 100 copies, numbered and signed by Michael Foreman on the title page and with a numbered and signed original etching loosely inserted. This copy number 1 of the book and etching. Illustrated in full colour throughout with the text confined to the margins. Hemingway's children's short story, a loose parody of Ferdinand the Bull, was originally published in Holiday magazine in 1951. This is the first printing with these illustrations. A fine copy in publishers laminated boards with full colour illustration to the front board. Colour illustrated endpapers. Etching image measures 3.9 x 3 inches on a sheet of untrimmed hand made paper measuring 9.5 x 7.5 inches, and has a loose tissue guard to protect it. The book is housed in a plain brown paper covered slip case.

Item #8971

Price: £450.00