First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original patterned blue paper-covered boards with a title label lettered in blue to the spine. Illustrated with wood engravings by Miriam Macgregor throughout, two in colour. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Housed in the original slipcase.
Issued in a limited edition of 265 copies, this example is numbered 40 and is signed by Miriam Macgregor in pencil on the limitation page. A selection of woodcuts of Maccgegor's local Cotswolds in the depths of winter, accompanied by a short, evocative commentary that lends personal context to each scene.
Stock code: 28170
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