DE WALDEN PRESS

 Miniature Hand made limited edition books

Limited Edition of 200 copies, signed and numbered.  Click on thumbnail for larger image. SOLD OUT.

This is a unique story about a much-loved car.  The Morgan Motor Company was once one of the largest car-makers in Britain and has been owned and run by the Morgan family for three generations. The story of how it came about and managed to survive two World Wars, umpteen recessions and the rigors of modern red tape is contained in this book.  The story was told to me by Peter Morgan, son of the founder.

The five hand-colored illustrations show the original garage, the Pickersleigh Road works and other places closely connected with the family.  There are also six black and white illustrations showing various models of cars in production throughout the 20^th century, taken from advertisements of the day (by kind permission of the Morgan Motor Company).

The frontispiece for each book is a Royal Mail postage stamp of a Morgan car from the Classic Car Series, October 1996. The foreword was written by Peter Morgan and some of the books are signed by him.

The Club Edition is sewn and bound entirely by hand, in midnight blue leather inlaid on front and back covers with green leather ‘Morgan Wings’.  The title is in gold on a green leather label, with hand gilt bands.  The endpapers are of hand marbled paper, and the same paper covers the slipcase.  Blue and gold colored silk sewn end bands finish the binding in traditional style.

The book has 175 pages and measures approximately 2⁵/₈ “ x 2⁷/₈”, in a slipcase. It was printed offset on Retreeve 90gsm paper. Price CA$ 445.00  Sold out.