Buy this book on-line

WALSER,DAVID - Retold by: : The Glass Mountain: Tales from Poland.[Author and illustrator SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.WALKER BOOKS,2014.

ISBN 9781406348651.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author+illustrator SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3.Text in English.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but both author/reteller and the illustrator have both SIGNED their names - without dedication - in blue felt-tip pen ink,to the verso of the title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour pictorial artwork by Jan Pienkowski,illustrated dw/dj,with b/w, yellow and red lettering to front panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original glazed bds with repeated dw/dj design and immaculate colour pictorial illustrated eps - again by Jan Pienkowski.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, author+illustrator SIGNED,1st edn,2nd impression,8-100pp [paginated] includes author's and illustrator's portrait colour photographic illustrated frntis to verso of contents list/table,a foreword by David Wasler,a potted biography of Jan Pienkowski's childhood with b/w autobiographical photographs,a Polish pronunciation guide,8 Polish fairy tales - each with a full-page,full colour illustrated story title page by Jan Pienkowski,plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated title page with joint signatures to verso,and colour illustrated contents list/table. A brand new title from one of the giants of children's literature,this magical collection is the perfect way to introduce children to Polish folk tales. Jan Pienkowski brings traditional Polish fairy tales to life with vibrant and witty paper-cut illustrations.Dragons and kings, frogs and spells,witches and mermaids - all the hallmark characters of traditional Polish fairy tales are found in this magical collection.Jan Pienkowski draws on a distinctive cut-paper technique learned as a child in Poland to produce dramatic and vibrant illustrations for eight time- honored stories.Celebrating honesty, loyalty,and creativity,stories such as The Krakow Dragon and The Warsaw Mermaid will captivate today's child as much as they did young Jan during his childhood.A pronunciation guide assists the reader with Polish place and character names. A highly collected and prolific children's book illustrator,and an unusual item/ephemera in Jan Pienkowski's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to his canon. Pienkowski and Wasler have collaborated once again,this time on traditional stories from Poland.Previously they have worked together on tales from Germany (Nut Cracker,Hansel and Gretel),France (Puss-n-Boots) and Arabia (The Thousand Nights and One Night,2007) - see my book ID rja608816,travelling to each country to research the stories. David Wasler was born in Singapore in 1937 but came to the UK in 1940.Educated at Oxford and trained as an RAF pilot in Canada.He is a writer,translator,artist and musician. Jan Pienkowski was born in Warsaw in 1936: childhood spent in Austria,Germany and Italy.Educated in England and Wales. Read Classics and English at King's College,Cambridge and studied in London. Founder director (1961) of Gallery Five Ltd.,greetings card and publishers. As an illustrator of children's books,he works in bold colours and simplified shapes,sometimes (as in the Meg and Mog series) adopting a childlike drawing style.Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal with Joan Aiken's 'Kingdom under the Sea' (1971) and with his own pop-up book 'Haunted House' (1979)- Although he collaborated with Aiken on a few of her books,perhaps his finest works are his own pop- up books - 'Haunted House' (1979) and 'Robot' (1981) - see rja1203 - the first of which sold over one million copies.Also a graphic designer for advertising and television,designer of wallpaper,stage designer and art editor.Began his artistic career by designing posters and greetings cards,but later turned to children's book illustration.He is one of the leading artists working in Britain today. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author+illustrator SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp.
Author and illustrator SIGNED - both without dedication.

Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints.