Sleigh (Bernard).- Corke (Jean) Limberley Vale: a faery sequence... Decoration & Introduction by Bernard Sleigh, 32pp. on 23ff., calligraphic manuscript in black, red and blue with elaborate border decorations, title vignette and 7 original ink and watercolour illustrations by Bernard Sleigh, frontispiece illustration laid down, the rest drawn directly onto page, hand-coloured woodcut laid down on p. 23, frontispiece and title detached, some scattered spotting, watered silk endpapers and doublures, contemporary green morroco, elaborately decorated in gilt with spider web design to covers and moths to corners formed of brown and black morocco onlays, upper cover with painted vellum disc depicting a young seated cherub holding a daffodil onlaid to centre, spine lettered in gilt and dated 1951 at foot, g.e., some toning to spine, slight rubbing to extremities, surface wear to a few moth wings, 4to, colophon dated May, 1947.

⁂ An attractive and elaborately decorated calligraphic manuscript by Bernard Sleigh of a seemingly unpublished work, executed by the artist in the last decade of his life.

The illustrations and decorations are typical of Sleigh's later work and depict numerous nymphs and fairies at play. The binding too is very unusual and was very likely designed and possibly executed by Sleigh. We can trace no like example.