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AIKEN**, JOAN: : Tale of a One-Way Street

LONDON.CAPE,1978.

ISBN 0224011588.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Jan Pienkowski illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Head +foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing,sunned and the top two corners minimally rubbed with reciprocal loss - nothing excessive though. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also,without any dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,publisher's original,plain grey cloth boards with a bright,crisp,blocked gilt decorated silhouette of boy riding a zebra to upper board's lower,right-hand corner and bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,and 3 colour (blue+b/w) silhouette illustrated endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-127pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,dedication,8 stories,profuse part,full and double-page b/w silhouette illustrated pages throughout the book and text,plus 12 full-page,full-colour illustrations - all by Jan Pienkowski and all called for - plus half-title page,and a double-page,b/w silhouette'd title page. What very strange creatures you are apt to meet if you dare to go the wrong way up a one-way street.What splendid things you can remember,even if they didn't happen (like the zebra you got for your birthday or all the doughnuts in the world which you ate without being sick),if you hold the leaf of a memory tree in the palm of your hand.What a peculiar muddle your presents can get into when your birthday cake is baked with a wishing spoon,and what magical rewards come your way if you save the king of grasshoppers from drowning in your porridge. In these original stories of imagination, charmingly enhanced by the adventurous illustrations of Jan Pienkowski,Joan Aiken takes us to peculiar lands where all the magical things that only seem to happen in dreams really happen. Jan Michel Pienkowski,born 1936,Warsaw, Poland: 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) - see rja24 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. 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! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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