signed first edition
1998 · (Arcade, NY
by Daly, Thomas Aquinas, with Christine A. Daly
(Arcade, NY: Thomas A. Daly Studio, 1998. First edition, 1/300 copies signed by the artist/author and accompanied by an original wash drawing by the artist, signed by him. Oblong folio. 152 pp. Profusely illustrated from the artist's paintings, primarily color plates. "[Daly's] personal relationship with the natural world strikes an emotional chord familiar to sportsmen and naturalists ... as a virtuoso of the watercolor medium, his preeminent skill is in describing the myriad nuances of light and atmosphere that are apparent only to one intimately attuned to the vagaries of his environment." Fine copy. Gilt-stamped green cloth, color illustrated dust (truncated)