Buy this book on-line GALLICO**, PAUL: : THE MAN WHO WAS MAGIC - illus by Janet & Anne Grahame-Johnstone.**LONDON.PAN BOOKS LTD.,1968. ISBN 033002194X.
UK,12mo p/back,illustrated 1st edn. [Originally and first published,UK,8vo HB+
dw/dj,1st edn by William Heinemann Ltd.,
1966.The first of the only 2 PAN BOOKS' titles,and the first of 2 of Paul Gallico's titles,to both be illustrated by the sisters Janet and Anne.Very uncommon.] VG++.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered - rear,top corner with a minimal crease excepted,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Janet And Anne Grahame-Johnstone,illustrated front cover with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and part reading creases to spine/backstrip.
Rear cover with story precis and critics' reviews in b/w lettering and with light superficial scoring - without penetration of cover.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/
tanned; contents bright,tight,clean with page-edge toning,but solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - the last few pages have concomitant top corner creases to pp185-90,from aforementioned rear cover's corner crease,otherwise almost appears unread.UK,12mo p/back,illustrated 1st edn,
11-190 [paginated] includes 20 chapters,16 full-page b/w illustrations by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone (includes frntis - but all unpaginated) interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] b/w vignette illustrated half-title,title page,a dedication,
contents list/table,cast of characters list/table with b/w illustrated frntis to it's reverse,last page also unpaginated and with publisher's advert for author's other titles,to it's reverse.
A FAIRY STORY FOR EVERYONE.
Somewhere west of east,just north of south,only a mile beyond the boundary of time,lies the fabulous city of Mageia,home of the world's master magicians . . . 'The Man who was Magic' tells how Adam the Simple and his talking dog Mopsy brought innocence to Mageia . . . fear to the Guild of Master Magicians . . . and happiness to eleven-year-old Jane.
Read it and you will know how magic is really made. .
Twins,born 1st June,1928.Janet died in a tragic accident on 20th January,1979,her sister surviving her until 25th May,1998.
Children's book illustrators specialising in large,brightly coloured gift books (mainly published by Dean & Son,Ltd.) in which the full-page illustrations surround the passages of text.Their work represents a recent manifestation of the nursery tradition mass-marketed by Mabel Lucie Attwell and updated by Hilda Boswell,
characterised by unfailing sentimentality and a palpable determination to please.
Between them they published over 200 titles; with over 5,000 illustrations in total: 1,000+ in b/w and 4,000+ in colour,
and 10 technical equestrian books.
Highly collected and prolific children's book illustrators,a scarce and unusual item/ephemera in Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Grahame-Johnstones' canon.
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