Crossley-Holland, Kevin & Ackroyd, Norman [Illus.]~ Moored Man : Poems of North Norfolk : Association Copy, Inscribed by the Poet

First UK Printing : Enitharmon Editions, London : 2006

The First UK Printing published by Enitharmon Editions, London in 2006. The BOOK and WRAPPER are in near Fine condition. Large 4to., burgundy boards lettered vertically in gilt along backstrip; matching endpapers; in the original unclipped pictorial Wrapper (£25.00) featuring an illustration of Ackroyd’s ‘Blakeney’ (2004); numerous in-text, full and double page watercolours and etchings by Norman Ackroyd. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First edition, inscribed by the author to the title page : “-for Jill - and John -, His line about you and now if not always, with love, Kevin, March 2013 Cambridge”. The recipients were the children's author Jill Paton Walsh and her husband, the author John Rowe Townsend. A series of evocative poems, embodying the ethereal spirit of the Norfolk coast, by this poet, children’s author, and translator of Anglo-Saxon. Crossley-Holland is perhaps best known today for his Arthur trilogy (2000–2003), which won him the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2001. The book is profusely illustrated in colour by Norman Ackroyd, some taken from sketchbooks used on visits to Norfolk between 2003 and 2004. Ackroyd was elected Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art in 2000, and received a CBE in 2007 for services to Engraving and Printing. A lovely association copy, scarce signed.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Near Fine