STUDIES AND SKETCHES OF A BIRD PAINTER: Paintings, Drawings and Text by Raymond Ching, with additional text by Errol Fuller
Melbourne, Sydney, New York, London: Lansdowne Editions, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited Edition: this is Number 89 of 500 copies signed by Raymond Ching. Brilliant presentation of the ornithological illustrations of the noted New Zealand painter. Raymond Ching (or Raymond Harris-Ching, born 1939) has been called an "artist's artist" and among bird painters is a draughtsman without peer. Folio: 260 pp. with full-color artwork throughout. Full gray calf binding, with gilt-stamped blue leather spine labels, six raised bands, and blue endpapers. A fine copy in the original plain paper dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's blue cloth solander box, which is moderately rubbed. Fine. Item #80583
ISBN: 0701810416
Price: $200.00

