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CHARTERS, JANET - text by: : THE GENERAL. [50 YEARS ANNIVERSARY EDITION.]

UK.DORKING,SURREY.TEMPLAR PUBLISHING,2010.

ISBN 9781848771536.

UK,rectangular,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,wrap-around white background with colour pictorial artwork by Michael Foreman,illustrated dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj lightly creased - spine beneath unaffected - without any bumping or concomitant creasing.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 paper-covered,colour illustrated design boards with bright,crisp,black ink printed lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate colour pictorial illustrated endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,42pp [unpaginated] includes text by Janet Charters (Abis),full,double and part-page colour illustrations all by Michael Foreman. There was once a proud general who fell off his horse,only to discover the beauty of the flowers on the ground around him. From that day on,he vowed to change the world into a place of peace and beauty. Fifty years ago,at the height of the Cold War,a young couple produced a new kind of book for children.It confronted the folly of war and the threat to the environment. This Anniversary Edition is jst as fresh and relevant today as it was then. This is award-winning illustrator Michael Foreman's debut picture book,which was first created in the early 1960s.It is reproduced here in all its glory for a new generation. Janet Charters (Foreman's former wife, [now Abis]) was born in England in 1938,on the eve of the Second World War.Growing up in the uncertain atmosphere created by the Cold War and the nuclear arms race,Janet developed an acute awareness of the fragility of peace.She studied at St. Martin's School of Art,where she met fellow student Michael Foreman.Janet currently lives in London with two beautiful cats and a slightly wild garden. She continues to paint and exhibits her work regularly. Michael Foreman was also born in England in 1938.Having not known a world without war,he thought it was normal.One frightful night while a three-year-old Michael lay fast asleep,a bomb came crashing through his bedroom ceiling - this was his first memory.The bomb missed him by a few centimetres,bounced on the floor,hit the wall and then dropped into the fireplace, where it exploded up the chimney.When the war ended,Michal looked forward to a world of peace,but unfortunately his teenage years were lived under the threat of nuclear war. In creating their first book,'The General',Janet and Michael wanted to produce a fun and lively story that encouraged a sympathetic outlook on the world.Now,almost fifty years later,the book seems even more relevant as not only the need for peace but also the threat to the environment,hinted at in the story,are both plain for all to see. Michael Foreman,born Pakefield,Suffolk, 1938.Studied at Lowestoft School of Art and at the Royal College of Art.Lecturer at St Martin's School of Art (1963-65),the London College of Printing (1967/8),the Royal College of Art (1968-70) and the Central School of Arts and Crafts (1972). Art Director of Playboy magazine,Chicago (1965) and the King Magazine,London (1966).Painter,etcher,illustrator and writer of children's books.His illustrative work is distinctive: he often works in colour or halftone,creating luminous effects with veils of thinly diluted pigment over delicate pencil outlines; in his etched illustrations,he uses soft ground techniques to achieve subtle tonal graduations.His imagery, ostensibly decorative,humorous or with a sometimes child-like appearance,often has menacing or bizarre overtones.Michael Foreman is a three-time Kate Greenaway Medal winner. Since April 2013,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 (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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