Charles william james keeping (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 36 unpaginated illustrated pages. Quarto (12" x 8 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial stiff boards. First edition. Charles William James Keeping was an English illustrator, children's book author and lithographer. He first came to prominence with his illustrations of Rosemary Sutcliff's historical novels for children, and he created more than twenty picture books. He also illustrated the complete works of Charles Dickens for the Folio Society. Keeping won two Kate Greenaway Medals from the Library Association for the year's best children's book illustration, for his own story Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary (1967) and for a new edition (1981) of Alfred Noyes's poem "The Highwayman". For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (19552005), a panel named his edition of The Highwayman one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favorite. Condition: Sticker residue to cover, sticker to front end paper else very good to fine.…

American first edition (per publisher's "First American Publication . . ." statement on rear copyright page). Unpaged - 32 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 28.5cm. Dust jacket chipped at front panel's top right and at spine head; several tears have tape repairs on one or both dj sides; some creasing to front panel; scuffing/wear along rear panel's top edge; front flap is price-clipped. Yellow boards. Rubbing at front free endpaper's top right from erasure of past bookseller's pencil price interior pages are otherwise clean. Vibrant color illustrations throughout, Binding is firm.…