Editore: Gallimard, Paris, 1989
ISBN 10: 2070334465 ISBN 13: 9782070334469
Da: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Michel Simeon (illustratore). Octavo paperback. 190 pp. Illustrated Very Good condition. No inscriptions.
Editore: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, LONDON, 1967
Da: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST IMPRESSION. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED BOARDS, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS, NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 10 x 7 INCHES. SOME WEAR & TEARS AT THE TOP EDGES OF SPINE WHICH IS MOSTLY TO FRONT, THE USUAL LOSS TO SOME OF THE ORIGINAL LAMINATE COVERING AROUND THE SPINE & INNER EDGES OF FRONT & REAR BOARDS [SEE IMAGE] RUBBING TO FRONT EDGE OF SPINE, OCCASIONAL MARKS OR LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES, NAME TO FRONT ENDPAPER, OCCASIONAL MINOR WRINKLES TO PAGES. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOOK HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVER THAT DOES SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Editore: London: George Allen and Unwin., 1967
Da: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original pictorial laminated boards, without dustwrapper was issued. Illustrated with line drawings throughout by Michel Simeon. A lovely fine copy, the binding square and firm and the the fragile laminate film intact. The contents are clean and bright throughout and without previous owners' marks. Housed in a bespoke quarter black morocco solander case with titles in gilt to the spine. A superb example of a notoriously brittle production. The first British printing of this classic of children's literature and the first edition to feature illustrations by Michel Simeon, which remained the standard up until 1990. Quentin Blake first illustrated the book in 1995. The story was first published in America in 1961 by Alfred A. Knopf, with illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.