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LAGERLOF, SELMA: : The wonderful Adventures of NILS

LONDON.words & pictures/Qrto Publishing Plc.,2016.

ISBN 9781910277188.

UK,rectangular 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn thus.[Exquisitely illustrated by renowned illustrator Olivier Latyk,and adapted by Kochka.] FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial snowy landscape artwork by Olivier Latyk,illustrated paper-covered boards,and a circular die-cut to front board with black silhouetted laser-cut paper stencil which has incurred 3 tiny minor tears - head of goose,goose's body and top of a tree trunk - all in situ,but no loss to the stencil,with white-lettered part title and capitalised black-lettered NILS of title and white-lettered author,adapter and illustrator names,black spine/backstrip with white lettering,illustrated rear board with black-lettered prose.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no bumping to corner tips,no nicks,tears or splits present to boards.Top+fore -edges clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread other than my own collation.UK, rectangular 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn thus,2-58pp [paginated] includes 22 chapters, colour illustrations by Olivier Latyk,5 black card,laser-cut silhouette stencil overlays within the text - all complete,intact without any breaks/tears,despite their fragility. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. with fragile,cut-out silhouette stencils and as a child's book. It is only the described faults on front board's stencil that prevents a higher grading overall. Despite it,this really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness,completeness and lack of wear/usage. Scandinavia's best-loved children's classic - the enchanting story of a naughty little boy who learns to love nature.Abbreviated version of the travels of a peripatetic young Swede,from the glittering Baltic to the frozen north. Never before had Nils travelled around at such good speed, and he had always liked riding fast and wild. And he had never thought that it could feel as fresh as it did up in the air, and that such a good smell of topsoil and resin rose up from the earth. It was like flying away from worries and sorrows and annoyances of any sort that could be imagined. Nils Holgersson is a naughty boy who tortures animals and never listens to his parents - until one day he wakes up as an elf. Deeply puzzled by his new status, he climbs on a gander's back and flies away with him, joining a flock of wild geese. As he is carried around Sweden, Nils learns everything about birds, animals, his country and good behaviour. Incredibly charming, elegantly translated and beautifully designed, 'The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson' is a timeless classic loved by generations of children around the world. Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was a teacher in a girls' secondary school before she became a full-time writer. She is known around the world for her classic children's book 'The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson' and she was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in 1909. Intricate laser cut-paper overlays highlight the art and create depth and enhance detail to tremendous effect,lending the book a unique and delicate charm. With soft winter scenes and a gentle but engrossing story,would make an ideal gift for any reader,young or old,with a taste for fun and adventure.. Being much abridged and a bit modernized (“ ‘Weird-looking bird!’ said the fisherman,tying him up and placing him in a basket”), these 22 recast chapters from the 1906 story and its sequel,'Further Adventures of Nils',read as a series of partially sketched incidents with abrupt transitions.Still,the overall plot,which features a trickster lad who is transformed into an elf and flies all over Sweden on the backs of birds,remains intact,and the narrative captures the flavor of the originals,strewn with place names - Lagerlöf was commissioned to write the works as geography lessons - and narrow escapes from danger. Latyk’s illustrations look like retro screen prints,with thin layers of blue and pink the predominant colours and small,stylized figures placed against misty backdrops.On five spreads,wordless expanses of landscape flank black stencils pierced with the outlines of finely detailed buildings,creatures,and natural details (a sixth cutting fills a large window in the front cover). The relationship of these special pages to the tale is,at best,tangential, but they do add a memorable element to the presentation. An artistic showcase that also serves as a teaser for a once-popular,and not entirely dated,children’s classic. 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. ** 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,rectangular 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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