Sedna and the Fulmar : an Inuit myth /
King, Ron,1932-illustrator.
Price, Richard,1966-author.
Jacobsen, Kathrin,typesetter.
Mersey, Joanna,printer.
Circle Press.
7 French-fold gatherings with 15 blind relief prints.
"This book retells the Inuit story of the motherless young woman Sedna who becomes, through extreme trial, the sea goddess central to Inuit belif"--Unnumbered page 4.
"Signed limited edition of forty books ... There are also ten unboxed sets with slight blemishes on the paper or letterpress printing used as samples marked H.C. The text was set in Optima by Kathrin Jacobsen for plate making at Lyme Bay Press, Rayne, Essex and printed letterpress by Joanna Mersey at Bignor Press, Sussex onto hand made paper by Khadi, Chilgrove, Sussex. The embossing was done in his studio by the artist with the help of his son Joel and his daughter Jessica at the Circle Press, Bosham, near Chichester, West Sussex"--Colophon.
"A white, blind embossed book, consisting of seven large fold sheets with poetry by Richard Price. The words are pressed in faint icy blue and the images press through the implied snow or ice of the handmade paper"--Publisher's description.
Includes pamphlet of Inuktitut syllabics.
In slipcase, as issued.
Sedna (Goddess)
Inuit mythology
Artists' books