Anansi Company

King, Ronald [author]
Anansi Company : a collection of thirteen hand-made wire and card rod-puppets animated in colour and verse / by Ronald King & Roy Fisher
Spec. GR121.J2 K56 1992 fol.
(London : Circle Press, 1992)
[63] p. : col. ill., music ; 45 cm.

• Derived from material compiled by Walter Jekyll for the book Jamaican song and story, published in 1907 for the English Folklore Society.
• Printed chiefly on double leaves, issued in 15 unbound sections in a portfolio and solander box.
• "This edition of 'Anansi Company' is limited to one hundred and twenty numbered copies signed by both artist & poet; in addition there are three marked H.C. and seven A.P."--P. [7].
• "This book was silk-screened, hand stencilled and letterpressed by Ronald King at Circle Press ... Jessica King and Jona ... were responsible for the construction of the puppets and Nick Gardner for the assembly of the ties and pockets which hold the puppets in place. The box was designed by the artist and made up by Perstella Bookbinders ltd, Wimborne. The type is Walbaum Monotype 374."--P. [63].
• Introduction -- Anansi -- Tiger -- Snake -- Turtle -- Cat -- Rat-bat -- Dog -- Cock -- Parrot -- Dry skull -- Rabbit -- Chicken hawk.
• Spec copy: No. 35; bears the autograph signatures of King and Fisher; unbound gatherings in portfolio and solander box.