The Three Kings

The Three Kings
Bexhill-on-Sea, UK: Silver Thimble Books, 1985. Unpaginated. Approximately 1 11/16 x 2 1/8". LIMITED EDITION of 50 copies, this being #29. Brown cloth over boards with black velvet inlay on front cover with a stitched silver-thread star design, clear plastic dust jacket, signed by Gordon Murray on the limitation page, illustrated endpapers are 4 original watercolors of ornamental Easter eggs, hand-colored illumiated initials on each page, clear plastic dust-jacket, housed in black paper-covered slipcase with printed paper label and ribbon pull, all in fine condition.
A beautifully painted and lovely story about the three wise men meeting the Christ child for the first time. Designed, illustrated, and published by Gordon Murray, the text is photo-reduced calligraphy. Gordon Murray was a British television producer and puppeteer. He wrote and produced some of the most popular children's television programs aired in the United Kingdom. After retiring from television in 1982, Gordon produced and distributed more than sixty limited-edition miniature books under the Silver Thimble Books imprint.
- Publisher
- Silver Thimble Books
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Tags
- First Edition , Miniature , Signed