Buy this book on-line

SELZNICK,BRIAN: : THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET.[Author SIGNED signature card+DVD author interview.]

LONDON.SCHOLASTIC Ltd.,2008.

ISBN 9781407105048.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED signature card,author interview DVD (unopened therefore unplayed).[Originally published simultaneously in USA & UK,both by SCHOLASTIC Ltd.,in 2007.This "Gift Edition" by same publisher,a year later and dw/dj includes in it's design,the Caldecott Winner logo (which the book won in 2008).The American Library Association awards it to the most distinguished American picture book each year.Stated copyright 2008,with number sequence 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,bold,black ink signature - without dedication or date - to b/w vignetted+bordered,pasted-in signature card towards foot of the dedication page,no price-clip to dw/dj.Clear,plastic DVD case containing a DVD,unopened and still sealed,of author's interview,pasted to inside/recto of upper bd and to bd's front pastedown.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial illustrated upper panel of dw/dj with red,b/w ink and bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters,and b/w wrap-around artwork with white letters,from the spine/backstrip round to rear panel,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Printed Caldecott Winner and printed (not adhesive) b/w circular 'Special DVD interview with Brian Selznick INSIDE Gift Edition' label to upper panel of dw/dj.The dw/dj's stamped gilt decorative border design is repeated to pasted-in signature card's border,but in black ink.Red headband,aeg (all edges gilt) and all bright and crisp and clean; contents bright, tight and pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy.Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,black paper-covered bds with stamped,white ink single-line border inside a stamped,white ink spiral border designed bds with minimal bumping with reciprocal creases to both head+foot of spine/backstrip and white printed ink letters to same and immaculate plain black endpapers.A miniscule,tiny knock to lower edge of upper bd, towards the corner.Thick 8vo,[x]+1,534pp [partly-paginated] includes half-title+title pages,dedication page with pasted-in signed signature card near foot of same,contents list/table,Pts 1+2 comprising 12 chapters each,profuse b/w illustrations (284pp),many of them across two full pages,with the text pages interspersed.The illustrative pages themselves are on heavy black paper with the white pages of text framed in black, acknowledgements and credits. Described at length and in detail,fairly and honestly,to differentiate the book from the expensive US/UK true 1sts. It is 1931,and twelve-year-old Hugo Cabret,the orphaned son of a clockmaker,lives in secret in a forgotten room in the Paris train station so the authorities won’t realise he is now on his own.He is terrified of being caught and sent away,but his greatest secret is the automaton his beloved father discovered in a museum attic,a mechanical man which,when fixed properly,will write a secret message.Convinced that the note will give him a link to his father,Hugo steals windup mechanical parts from a toymaker in the station and attempts to fix the automaton by following the sketches and instructions in his father’s notebook.But when the toymaker,a bitter old man with a mysterious past,catches him and confiscates the notebook,Hugo’s attempts to reclaim it begin to unravel the decades-old mystery of the long-lost automaton. Caldecott Honor artist Brian Selznick creates a fascinating story of intertwining mysteries,secrets,and revelations told partly through prose and partly through pages of intricate,wordless b/w illustrations,both combining to tell the tale more fully than either could alone.With the 284 pages of original drawings Selznick has created a new reading experience,combining elements of picture book, graphic novel,and film. The basis for the Academy Awards winning 2011 Martin Scorcese's film 'Hugo',starring Jude Law,Sir Christopher Lee,Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz,Sacha Baron Cohen,Ray Winstone,Sir Ben Kingsley and Richard Griffiths in the film,which started production in London. The film,which is the Oscar-winning film maker's first foray into 3D,was released in December 2011,and was nominated for 11 Academy awards but won five. Since April,2013,the UK Post Office has increased it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So, please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED signature card,DVD, 1st edn thus.
Author signature - without dedication or date.

Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints.