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OXENBURY**, HELEN: : Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.

LONDON.WALKER BOOKS LTD.,1999.

ISBN 0744561248.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury and also an UNABRIDGED 1st edn.] FINE+/NFINE.A neat, handwritten+dated,contempraneous,ink familial gift presentation inscrptn (parents Christmas present to son,1999) to top left-hand corner of front free endpaper (ffe),price-clipped dw/dj.Stiff paper,off-white background with colour pictorial artwork by Helen Oxenbury,illustrated panels of dw/dj,with brown+grey lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Towards head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj,a tiny,slight sliver of paper re-glued back in situ - not torn or split though.Some inevitable but minor and very very light grubbing in places to pale background - not excessive nor pronounced. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - could be unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,paper-covered thick boards - same colouring as dw/dj - with miniaturised colour detail from upper panel of dw/dj centrally placed to upper board; and the same dw/dj colour design repeated to spine/backstrip and immaculate (inscrptn excepted) plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st illustrated edn thus,11-206pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters,profuse b/w+colour illustrations throughout the text and the book: of which,34 single full-page,full-colour and 9 double-page,full-colour illustrations,4 full-page,b/w line illus,b/w line illus chapter headpieces, many part-page b/w+colour illus - all by Helen Oxenbury.Plus [unpaginated] full-page,full-colour illustrated half-title page,with colour frntis to it's verso,title page,Alice's Adventures in Wonderland verse,author's (Lewis Carroll's) note,and double-page b/w vignette illustrated contents list/table. Helen Gillian Oxenbury is an English illustrator and writer of children's picture books.Has twice won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal,the British librarians' award for illustration and been runner-up four times.For the 50th anniversary of that Medal (1955–2005),this edn,her 1999 illustrated edition of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland',was named one of the top ten winning works. For over a hundred years,Lewis Carroll's classic story of logic and lunacy has delighted young and old alike,with many outstanding artists turning their hand to its illustration.Here,at last,is Helen Oxenbury's interpretation,which bears all of the special qualities that make her picture books so well-loved.Indeed,though unabridged,this is more abundantly illustrated,more of a picture book,than previous editions of the story.The topsy-turvy world of Wonderland and its memorable cast of characters - the White Rabbit,the Mad Hatter,the Cheshire Cat,the Queen of Hearts - are depicted with distinctive warmth and humour.The whole approach is contemporary and accessible: Alice herself is a chld of today - casually dressed, personable,spirited,a true Oxenbury child. This,then,is Helen Oxenbury's vision of Wonderland - and what a wondrous vision it is! Helen Oxenbury,born 1938,in Ipswich, Suffolk,daughter of an architect.Attended Ipswich School of Art and then studied theatre design at the Central School of Arts and Crafts.She was assistant designer and then designer at Colchester Repertory Theatre and spent three years in Israel as scene painter and designer for the Habinek Theatre,Tel-Aviv.On her return she worked for television at Teddington and on film sets at Shepperton Studios.Her first book, 'Numbers of Things',was published in 1967 and in 1969 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal with 'The Quangle Wangle's Hat' and 'The Dragon of an Ordinary Family'.These and her subsequent picture books have been notable for their humour and freshness,and often for their conceptualised,deliberate childlike iconography.She generally works in pen and ink,coloured with crayon, watercolour washes or gouache.She married the children's illustrator and writer John Burningham. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct 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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** 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,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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