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CAREY, JOANNA: : QUENTIN BLAKE

LONDON.TATE PUBLISHING/HOUSE OF ILLUSTRATION,2014

ISBN 9781849763271.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/d,as issued,illustrated, 1st edn. FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around matt,white paper-covered background to boards with wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake,illustrated boards,with title and author's name in capitalised,pale mauve lettering to top fore-edge corner of front board.Spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as the front's at its head,capitalised,black-lettered TATE name and collaborator's white-lettered name and grey illustrated colophon to foot of same; rear panel with black-lettered synopsis and remainder of front's illustration. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean with without ageing/toning,foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,sharp-cornered,original illustrated paper-covered boards boards - a single score to rear board,no other scoring,and no indents present - with a mustard-coloured headband and immaculate repeated pale mauve with repeated thumbnail black line drawings of fishs and newts/salamanders(?) illustrated endpapers - taken from the hospital series 'Life under Water', 2008.UK,slim Qrto HB, no dw/dj,as issued, illustrated,1st edn,7-96pp [paginated] includes 3 sections: The Art of Quentin Blake, a Select Bibliography with Acknowledgements,a Chronology, and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title with a full page b/w illustration to its reverse,a title page; a Contents list/table also with a single colour,full page illustration to its reverse.Interspersed throughout the text and book,profuse thumbnail, part, full and double-page of a variety of either b/w, several assorted black and another single colour,and colour illustrations throughout the text and the book. Visually the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 10+ year-old age and nature, i.e.  an ephemeral exhibition example.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it's brightness, cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of a comparable age.   Quentin Blake in a collaboration between Tate and the House of Illustration,and published to coincide with the gallery's inaugural exhibition; 'Inside Stories',a landmark show by Quentin Blake.                                   Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and highly-regarded illustrators of our time. Internationally celebrated for his partnership with Roald Dahl he has also, in a career of fifty years, had extended collaborations with other authors such as Russell Hoban, John Yeoman and Michael Rosen; created children's books of his own; and illustrated adult classics by Cervantes, Cyrano de Bergerac, Voltaire and La Fontaine. In recent years his work has appeared extensively on the walls of museums, hospitals, and other public spaces.                          Joanna Carey has written a brilliant survey of Blake's oeuvre, at once intimate, perceptive and illuminating,and written with a brio and elan which matches that of her subject.                Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant.Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakeable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme.He was chosen as the first Children's Laureate in 1999. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US 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,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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