Buy this book on-line MORPURGO**, MICHAEL: : PINOCCHIO by Pinocchio.**LONDON.HarperCollins Children's Books,2013. ISBN 9780007339693.
UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap -colour pictorial artwork by Emma Chichester Clark,illustrated dw/dj with gilt+b/w lettering to front,similar lettering to spine/backstrip; 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 and immaculate,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain gold cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked,red fluorescent gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain blue endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,11-265pp [paginated] includes an introduction,glossy paged text+illustration to 12 chapters each with double-page colour illustration borders,profuse 3/4 double-page, full+part page colour illustrations,vignettes - all by Emma Chichester Clark - throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] colour pictorial illustrated half-title page,double-page colour illustration,a title page,a dedication,double-paged part illustrated contents list/table and to the rear; reverse of last page,part-illustrated blank double-page blanks and double-page color illustration.
A highly collected and prolific children's book illustrator,and an unusual item in collaboration with one of her favourite authors,in Emma's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Chichester Clark canon.
"My name is Pinocchio.I reckon I must be about the most famous puppet the world has ever known.
But I'm more than just bits of wood and string. I'm me.So it's about time that I,Pinocchio,told you my story . . ."
Michael Morpurgo,master storyteller and author of 'War Horse',brings you Pinocchio as you've never seen him before.
From Gepetto's workshop up leaps irrepressible Pinocchio,a wooden boy intent on having the most fabulous adventures!
Journey with Pinocchio to lands afar,join the Greatest Puppet Show in the World,meet the dastardly Lame Fox and the Blind Cat,and fall under the spell of the beautiful blue-haired Good Fairy.But beware the enticements of the Land of Toys. . . and never forget to heed the advice of a Talking Cricket!
Pinocchio comes to life in this uniquely beautiful interpretation of Carlo Collodi's classic adventure.Stunningly illustrated by the acclaimed Emma Chichester Clark,it is the perfect gift for any book lover.
Emma Chichester Clark b. 1955,Hyde Park,London and studied Graphic Design at Chelsea School of Art (1970s) and then accepted to the Royal College of Art,London (1981-84),where she was taught by Quentin Blake,amongst other tutors,the likes of Michael Foreman,Dan Fern,Linda Kitson, Peter Brookes and Shelia Robinson.
She worked as a freelance illustrator for various magazines including 'Cosmopolitan' and 'The Sunday Times' and has illustrated numerous book jackets.Emma Chichester Clark has illustrated a vast number of children's books, and she has also written and illustrated many of her own stories,mainly for very young children. Her illustrated stories,which feature both child and anthropomorphised animal characters and often combines realistic and fantasy worlds,have all been highly acclaimed.Emma Chichester Clark has been described as 'one of England's most distinguished picture-book creators',and her work is often likened to that of Edward Ardizzone,Tony Ross and Quentin Blake,who was her teacher.She has also illustrated many children's favorite and standard classics including; 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', 'Alice in Wonderland','Little Red Riding Hood', 'The Sleeping Princess and Other Fairy Tales from Grimm','Hansel and Gretel',and 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'.
In 1988 she won the Mother Goose Award as the most exciting newcomer to children's book illustration for her illustration of 'Listen to This' (1987),a collection of short stories that was edited by Laura Cecil.Since then she has written and illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including the notably acclaimed 'Melrose and Croc' series,and also equally acclaimed series of 'Blue Kangaroo' stories,the first of which,'I Love You,Blue Kangaroo!' (1998) was shortlisted for the 1998 Kate Greenaway medal.A new series of books,'Humber and Plum' about a toddler bear,began in 2009.
Her awards include Kate Greenaway Award twice, 1998 and 2011,Blue Peter Book Award: The Most Fun Story with Pictures and The Mother Goose Award 1988.
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UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, wrap-colour pictorial artwork by Emma Chichester Clark,illustrated dw/dj with gilt+b/w lettering to front,similar lettering to spine/backstrip; 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 and immaculate,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain gold cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked,red fluorescent gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain blue endepapers.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 11- 265pp [paginated] includes an introduction, glossy paged text+illustration to 12 chapters each with double-page colour illustration borders,profuse 3/4 double-page,full+part page colour illustrations,vignettes - all by Emma Chichester Clark - throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] colour pictorial illustrated half-title page,double-page colour illustration,a title page,a dedication,double-paged part illustrated contents list/table and to the rear; reverse of last page,part-illustrated blank double-page blanks and double-page color illustration.
A highly collected and prolific children's book author/illustrator,and an unusual item in collaboration with one of her favourite authors, in Emma's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Chichester Clark canon.
"My name is Pinocchio. I reckon I must be about the most famous puppet the world has ever known.
But I'm more than just bits of wood and string. I'm me.So it's about time that I,Pinocchio,told you my story . . ."
Michael Morpurgo,master storyteller and author of 'War Horse',brings you Pinocchio as you've never seen him before.
From Gepetto's workshop up leaps irrepressible Pinocchio,a wooden boy intent on having the most fabulous adventures!
Journey with Pinocchio to lands afar,join the Greatest Puppet Show in the World,meet the dastardly Lame Fox and the Blind Cat, and fall under the spell of the beautiful blue-haired Good Fairy.But beware the enticements of the Land of Toys. . . and never forget to heed the advice of a Talking Cricket!
Pinocchio comes to life in this uniquely beautiful interpretation of Carlo Collodi's classic adventure. Stunningly illustrated by the acclaimed Emma Chichester Clark,it is the perfect gift for any book lover.
Emma Chichester Clark b. 1955,Hyde Park,London and studied Graphic Design at Chelsea School of Art (1970s) and then accepted to the Royal College of Art, London (1981-84),where she was taught by Quentin Blake,amongst other tutors,the likes of Michael Foreman,Dan Fern,Linda Kitson, Peter Brookes and Shelia Robinson..
She worked as a freelance illustrator for various magazines including 'Cosmopolitan' and 'The Sunday Times' and has illustrated numerous book jackets.Emma Chichester Clark has illustrated a vast number of children's books, and she has also written and illustrated many of her own stories, mainly for very young children.Her illustrated stories,which feature both child and anthropomorphised animal characters and often combines realistic and fantasy worlds,have all been highly acclaimed. Emma Chichester Clark has been described as 'one of England's most distinguished picture-book creators',and her work is often likened to that of Edward Ardizzone,Tony Ross and Quentin Blake, who was her teacher.She has also illustrated many children's favorite and standard classics including; 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears','Alice in Wonderland','Little Red Riding Hood','The Sleeping Princess and Other Fairy Tales from Grimm','Hansel and Gretel',and 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'.
In 1988 she won the Mother Goose Award as the most exciting newcomer to children's book illustration for her illustration of 'Listen to This' (1987),a collection of short stories that was edited by Laura Cecil.Since then she has written and illustrated many acclaimed picture books,including the notably acclaimed 'Melrose and Croc' series,and also equally acclaimed series of 'Blue Kangaroo' stories,the first of which,'I Love You, Blue Kangaroo!' (1998) was shortlisted for the 1998 Kate Greenaway medal.A new series of books,'Humber and Plum' about a toddler bear,began in 2009.
Her awards include Kate Greenaway Award twice, 1998 and 2011,Blue Peter Book Award: The Most Fun Story with Pictures and The Mother Goose Award 1988.
Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
** UK,buyers note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order receipt and before order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P/p free.
** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR 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. 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.
Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of MORPURGO**, MICHAEL: : PINOCCHIO by Pinocchio.**. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. MORPURGO**, MICHAEL: : PINOCCHIO by Pinocchio.**LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS Children's Books,2013. ISBN 9780007339693.
UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, wrap-colour pictorial artwork by Emma Chichester Clark, illustrated dw/dj with gilt+b/w lettering to front,similar lettering to spine/backstrip; 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 and immaculate,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain gold cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked,red fluorescent gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain blue endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11-265pp [paginated] includes an introduction,glossy paged text+illustration to 12 chapters each with double-page colour illustration borders,profuse 3/4 double-page, full+ part page colour illustrations,vignettes - all by Emma Chichester Clark - throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] colour pictorial illustrated half-title page, double-page colour illustration,a title page,a dedication,a double-paged part illustrated contents list/table and to the rear,reverse of last page,part-illustrated blank double-page blanks and double-page color illustration.
A highly collected and prolific children's book author/ illustrator,and an unusual item in collaboration with one of her favourite authors,in Emma's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Chichester Clark canon.
"My name is Pinocchio. I reckon I must be about the most famous puppet the world has ever known.
But I'm more than just bits of wood and string. I'm me.So it's about time that I,Pinocchio,told you my story . . ."
Michael Morpurgo,master storyteller and author of 'War Horse', brings you Pinocchio as you've never seen him before.
From Gepetto's workshop up leaps irrepressible Pinocchio,a wooden boy intent on having the most fabulous adventures!
Journey with Pinocchio to lands afar,join the Greatest Puppet Show in the World,meet the dastardly Lame Fox and the Blind Cat,and fall under the spell of the beautiful blue-haired Good Fairy.But beware the enticements of the Land of Toys. . . and never forget to heed the advice of a Talking Cricket!
Pinocchio comes to life in this uniquely beautiful interpretation of Carlo Collodi's classic adventure.Stunningly illustrated by the acclaimed Emma Chichester Clark,it is the perfect gift for any book lover.
Emma Chichester Clark b. 1955,Hyde Park,London and studied Graphic Design at Chelsea School of Art (1970s) and then accepted to the Royal College of Art,London (1981-84),where she was taught by Quentin Blake,amongst other tutors,the likes of Michael Foreman,Dan Fern,Linda Kitson, Peter Brookes and Shelia Robinson.
She worked as a freelance illustrator for various magazines including 'Cosmopolitan' and 'The Sunday Times' and has illustrated numerous book jackets.Emma Chichester Clark has illustrated a vast number of children's books, and she has also written and illustrated many of her own stories,mainly for very young children. Her illustrated stories,which feature both child and anthropomorphised animal characters and often combines realistic and fantasy worlds,have all been highly acclaimed.
Emma Chichester Clark has been described as 'one of England's most distinguished picture-book creators', and her work is often likened to that of Edward Ardizzone,Tony Ross and Quentin Blake,who was her teacher.She has also illustrated many children's favorite and standard classics including; 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears','Alice in Wonderland','Little Red Riding Hood','The Sleeping Princess and Other Fairy Tales from Grimm','Hansel and Gretel',and 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'.
In 1988 she won the Mother Goose Award as the most exciting newcomer to children's book illustration for her illustration of 'Listen to This' (1987),a collection of short stories that was edited by Laura Cecil.Since then she has written and illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including the notably acclaimed 'Melrose and Croc' series,and also equally acclaimed series of 'Blue Kangaroo' stories,the first of which,'I Love You,Blue Kangaroo!' (1998) was shortlisted for the 1998 Kate Greenaway medal.A new series of books,'Humber and Plum' about a toddler bear,began in 2009.
Her awards include Kate Greenaway Award twice, 1998 and 2011,Blue Peter Book Award: The Most Fun Story with Pictures and The Mother Goose Award 1988.
Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
** ALL buyers note,the stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order receipt and before order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P/p free.
** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR 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. 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.
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