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BARKLEM**, JILL: : The High Hills [BRAMBLY HEDGE.]

LONDON.COLLINS,1986.

ISBN 0001839640.

UK,slim rectangular 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Jill Barklem,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - though minisculely bumped to head of spine/backstrip with reciprocal creasing. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Dw/dj design repeated to pristine,glossy laminated bds with clean, pale green eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,32pp [unaginated] includes half-title, colour vignette illustrated title page,7 full-colour,full-page,and colour vignettes illustrations throughout the text and book,all by Jill Barklem. The Voles in the High Hills have been preparing for winter.It's no easy job to gather supplies in such rocky terrain,and when they open their chests to take out their warm winter quilts only to find them eaten away by the moths,it's the last straw.Mr Apple hears of their plight and mounts a relief operation.The weavers hurriedly prepare new blankets and Mr Apple and a small party of mice plan to climb up to the Voles to deliver them. Hearing of the expedition,Wilfred Toadflax is eager to go along.It's not so much to help with the delivery but he believes that there's gold to be found in the high Hills and this is his chance to discover it.Everything goes according to plan until Wilfred,in his enthusiasm, scrambles up the rock face and can't get down! Mr Apple tries to help but he gets stuck too.It's getting dark and late,and to make matters worse,Mr Apple's bad leg is beginning to play up. In this exciting new story (then 1986), Wilfred and Mr Apple have to face the dangers of mountainous unfamiliar territory.It requires all Wilfred's ingenuity and skill to get them home safely to Brambly Hedge. Brambly Hedge is on the other side of the stream,across the field.If you can find it,and if you look very hard amongst the tangled roots and stems,you may even see a wisp of smoke from a small chimney,or through an open door,a steep flight of stairs deep within the trunk of a tree.For this is the home of the mice of Brambly Hedge. Jill Barklem (maiden name Gillian Gaze, under which she worked until 1980),British author/illustrator,born Epping,Essex,1951. Studied at St Martin's School of Art, London,along with Fritz Wegner.Freelance illustrator of children's book since 1974. Works in sepia ink and watercolour.In recent illustrations of small anthropomorphised mammals against a background of detailed and evocative habitats,she offers a bland but pleasant example in the Beatrix Potter tradition. Her 'Brambly Hedge' series began in 1980, is in this style of illustration.Her 7th book in the series and one of the slightly more uncommon of the earlier 8 titles. Please contact seller,because of the light weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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