Hand-numbered and signed by the artist, Limited Edition Linen Hardcover. Linen bound in Ratchford’s ‘Plate’ grey, each of these special edition books is finished with Ebony Black end-papers, thread sewn 150gsm Silk text papers, foil-blocked silver lettering on the spine and cover, and each has a debossed area into which is set a detail print of the drawing “Rock Face, Bidean a’ Roimh” on the cover.

The first 20 sold will be supplied in a specially designed linen presentation sleeve hand-crafted by Rowena Dugdale, of Red Ruby Rose.

Alison Dunlop has created a “poem to the Shiant Isles” with a masterwork of drawings, watercolours and photographs.

Two years in the making, her moving paean to these enchanted isles of the Outer Hebrides is collected together in the exhibition The Spirit of Beyond : The Shiant Isles, in Scotland’s own UK Museum of the Year 2020, Gairloch Museum.

The book, with a foreword by Adam Nicolson, has been produced to accompany the exhibition and comprises the entire collection of work inspired by the Isles - the sketches, watercolour studies and photographs, only a selection of which can feature in the exhibtion.

Alison has also worked with writers, poets, naturalists and Gaelic speakers to bring their perspectives to bear in this celebration of this special place. The book features Gaelic folklore and song inspired by the islands, as well as poems by Brian Hill and an essay by author and geoscientist Annie O’Garra Worsley.

RRP: £90.00

Format: Hand-numbered and signed, Limited Edition Linen Hardcover.

ISBN: 978-1-5272-9403-5

Pages: 136pp

Dimensions: 276mm x 220mm

Publication Date: 03/07/2021