Vance Gerry and the Weather Bird Press. With contributions by Vance Gerry, Simon Lawrence, David Butcher, Patrick Reagh, James Lorson, and John Randle. With a checklist of publications compiled by David Butcher Randle, John, et al. Bibliographies,Illustrated Books,Press Books,Printing

Edition limited to 235 copies, this being one of 155 'C' copies half-bound in orange cloth over one of Vance's pattern papers, printed paper label on spine, and in a full cloth slipcase. Folio, pp. pp. [10], 86, [4]; mounted color frontispiece portrait after a watercolor of Mary, Vance's wife, plus 69 other illustrations in all, from various sources, including line drawings, linocuts, wood engravings, a bifoliate tip-in of Fair Wind, and 12 pages of 26 color reproductions of Vance's pochoir illustrations. Also, two facsimile letters in a pocket at the rear. With 3 exceptions "the engravings and linocuts are printed from the original blocks, and the line blocks are from Vance Gerry's workshop." In addition to his fine press work, Vance Gerry was an "'animation storyman, layout artist and visual development artist' at Disney in Los Angeles. Vance's name appears on the credits for 101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, The Rescuers, The Great Mouse Detective, The Lion King, and so on many of the major successes of the Disney company during his working life, which began there in 1955" (preface by Simon Lawrence). The text of this volume is based on interviews Vance Gerry gave at the University of California in 1989, together with a selection of his letters from then until his death in 2005 to fellow printers and booksellers, and a few personal reminiscences from those who knew him well. Also included is a checklist of Vance Gerry's publications produced over a period of more than forty years compiled by David Butcher.