Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, Publishers / Harcourt Children's Books, San Diego New York London, 1991
ISBN 10: 0152622101 ISBN 13: 9780152622107
Da: Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Cloth and boards. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Diane, Leo, and Lee Dillon (illustratore). First Edition, First Printing. Large quarto (12 1/4" x 11 1/2"), red 1/8th cloth with gilt lettering on spine over beige boards withgilt "Pish, Posh" on front cover, profusely illustrated with full-color plates of Medieval subjects by the Dillons (Diane, Leo, & Lee), pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting Bosch painting while surrounded by a medley of often grotesque figurines [the elaborate wooden frame--repeated for the plates--was created by Lee Dillon], pictorial endpapers with a medley of sepia figures, 32 pages. Tight, bright, clean copy in a Near Fine dust jacket (price-clipped). The latter has a clean 1/2"-tear (clear taped within) at the upper left corner of the dust jacket No previous owner or remainder marks. "An imaginative tale about the unconventional fifteenth-century Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch, as told by his wildly dissatisfied housekeeper. Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon and their son, Lee, depict a most unusual household filled with pickle-winged fish, flying furniture, and other bizarre delights."--Publisher's Weekly.