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BLAKE**, QUENTIN: : A Sailing Boat in the Sky

LONDON.CAPE,2002.

ISBN 0224064541.

UK,square Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued. Bright,clean,colour pictorial wrap-around illustrated artwork by Quentin Blake boards; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and non-bumped corners and head+foot of spine/backstrip, with immaculate alphabetical childrens' lettered names designed endpapers.A really superb copy. UK,slim square Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,44pp [unpaginated] includes endpapers,colour pictorial vignette illustrated title page,6 double-page illus,19 full-page,full-colour illus - some with text,some without. This book has Quentin Blake's name on the front of it,but he did not do it all by himself.He had helpers: 1,800 children from many parts of the world,including London, Singapore, Dublin, Luxembourg, Oslo (you can read their names on the endpapers). The adventure began in the southwest of France, where Quentin Blake spends part of every year and where a group of local teachers invited him to work with their young pupils on a book about the problems of our world - problems such as prejudice, pollution,child slavery and war. He started them off with three rough drawings and then,throughout an entire school year,the teachers set in order an avalanche of ideas and suggestions,words and pictures.There were discussions in class,exchanges on the Internet, and in France there were gatherings of hundreds of children where Quentin Blake explained and encouraged and they read their poems,sang and performed. Listening to what they had to say,following their words and pictures in front of him,Quentin Blake produced 'A Sailing boat in the Sky' - a book that,like the boat it describes,can now set off to meet other children and invite their thoughts and hopes about the future and the way we should live together. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant.Educated at Chiselhurst, Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme.He was chosen as the first Children's Laureate in 1999. 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,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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