Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Bretherton, J. C. (John Christopher), 1925-
Title:
The prince and the puppeteer : a fairy story / by J.C. Bretherton ; with engravings by Richard Shirley Smith.
Published / Created:
Compton, Chamberlayne, Salisbury [England] : Compton Press, [1969]
Physical Description:
[12] p. : chiefly ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View finding aid for the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ycba.mss.0017
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The engravings [Bain nos. 137-142] were cut on lino."--Moss.

"Of this edition of 1000 copies, 100 have been signed by author and engraver, and numbered."--Colophon.

Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 88

Bain, I. Wood engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, 137-142

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 66 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. Bound publisher's original illustrated wrappers.

BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith.
Subject Terms:
Fairy tales. | Children's stories. | Compton Press -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Linocuts -- 1969. | Fairy tales.
Contributors:
Shirley Smith, Richard, engraver. | Compton Press, publisher. | Moss, Roger W., 1940– former owner.