(Circle Press) Anansi Company

A collection of thirteen hand-made wire and card rod-puppets animated in color and verse by Ronald King & Roy Fisher. The Circle Press. [London.] 1992. 15 unbound sections 15.75" x 12". Designed, silk-screened, hand-stenciled and letterpress printed by Ron King onto 500 gsm Arches rag-made paper, held in a card wraparound and inserted into a heavily blocked solander box, 17.75" x 13.5" x 4.5", which is covered in three different colors of cloth. Thirteen of the sections are French-folded and pocketed inside to hold the puppets and carry the poems which are set in Monotype Walbaum. Puppets made from hand-bent brass wire and card, measure 12" overall and are easily extracted from the box. An edition of 120 numbered copies, signed by Ron King and Roy Fisher. Fine.

$3600