Canticle of the Sun

Small Pamphlet bound into vellum covers. 7 x 5 1/8 inches. Unpaginated. [10] pp. Title page printed with 8 [moon?] phase illustrations and the title mirrored in black and gilt, text illustrated with 2 double page illustrations highlighted in gilt; text clean, unmarked. Non-adhesive full flexible vellum binding, titled in gilt on front cover, housed in a black cloth clam-shell box with gilt-titled spine label; binding square and tight. INSCRIBED by Carol Blinn on the colophon, with prospectus and 2 other pieces of autograph notes from Carol Blinn. GIL921-020. Fine in clam-shell box.

LIMITED EDITION of 60 copies, this is one of 40 bound in vellum, INSCRIBED by Carol Blinn on the colophon. The prospectus is French-fold, titled "1973 ☆ 1983" and reads: "A new, small offering from Warwick Press, CANTICLE OF THE SUN, is St. Francis' laudatory poem to the natural world. Set in Perpetua, printed on Canterbury, illustrated by Carol and stitched into a non-adhesive limp vellum binding, the booklet celebrates ten years of printing by Warwick Press. This piece is joyfully offered to those few wonderful collectors whose generosity (and good taste!) have enabled Warwick Press to continue." Of 60 copies printed, 50 were for sale, 10 were bound in paper and 40 were bound in vellum - the tray case for the vellum copies was made by Sarah Creighton. The pencil inscription on the colophon reads: "for Fritz & Trudi from Carol. with great affection 5 August 1983." Also included is a MSLS on Warwick Press letterhead dated 16 December 2002 from Carol Blinn to Benjamin Jones explaining how Ms. Blinn found this copy in storage and sent it as a Christmas gift to Mr. Jones: "Enjoy it & take your Canticle into bed." Worldcat lumps this edition with all other editions of St. Francis's Cantico de lo frate sole; 274 copies for 38 editions.