Easthampton: Warwick Press, 1985. Edition of 75. Measures approx. 11-3/4" x 9". Vermillion red cloth clamshell with an applied green leather decoration with gilt lettering on the spine. Maroon velvet lining on the interior. The book is bound in green leather with an abstract decoration in leather of various colors. Deckled end-papers. Seventy five copies of "She is My Bright and Smiling and Shy Dear" have been designed, illustrated printed by Carol J. Blinn at Warwick Press in Easthampton, Massachusetts. The type is Jan van Kimpen's Spectrum, the text paper is handmade Japanese ivory Glazed with dyed paper inserts. The binding paper is Kuzuryu Beige and the illustration paper is Fabriano Artistico Watercolor. The illustrations, printed from cuts made from the original brush and ink drawings, are hand water-colored.
250/500 Sold $241.50
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