VAN SANDWYK, Charles (author and illustrator). Affairs Of The Heart. [Vancouver]; Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts. 2019.
Landscape royal 8vo. Original rich brown card covers seamed with gold over pinkish-red metallic card, prettily blocked and panelled in gilt to upper wrapper with an onlaid pictorial label printed on card, hand-sewn; pp. [28]; printed on fine, untrimmed, hand-made paper and other fine stock in various colours and including 14 beautiful coloured plates after watercolours by van Sandwyk printed on card and mounted-at-large within elaborately drawn and gilded borders alongside other decorations printed in antique gold, the stunning calligraphic font throughout rendered in sepia.
Third printing following the first of 2003 and the second of 2007. This copy signed in ink by Charles van Sandwyk to the title-page. A lovingly composed and assembled work, bound by hand. An extended verse exploring the nature of love in all its forms: "For those who brave the early morning dew barefoot! For those who picnic under cloudy skies. For those who drop everything to catch a falling friend. For those dear souls who value love and tenderness above all else …"
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