The boards of this book are notched at the hinge above the exposed wrapped long stitch binding. The notches allow the book's over all shape to match that of the individual pages which are made up of flower petal specimins encased in plastic and tabed with paper for the binding. The flyleaf is followed by two blanck pages before the pages change from paper to the plastic encased flower petals. The book contaiins no text. The title is stenciled on the front cover, and the author's initials, "SSS" are stenciled on the back endpaper along with the artists' signiture, the initals of the press, "BBP", the date and the edition. The book is housed in a black and beige clamshell box., Signed by the artist; A gift in memory of Peter Ward Britton
10 Leaves. "Loose fish shaped pages, painted on one side, including a flounder with a human head, a mermaid wedding, me underwater surrounded by fish and more tall tales. Housed in a creel shaped silk and faux leather lipped clamshell box, decorated with a fishing lure" --Artist's statement from publisher's website.
