STORIES BY FIRELIGHT.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. Neat, handwritten ink familial gift presentation inscrptn and contempraneous date to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Shirley Hughes,illustrated dw/dj with capitalised,red-lettered title and other black-lettered author name to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with capitalised,white-lettered title+author name and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered initialled name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of illustration and a barcode.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges coloured without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original glazed boards with repeated dw/dj illustration and capitalised,red-lettered title and purple-lettered author name to front board, spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title, author and publisher name as dw/dj and coloured endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,64pp [unpaginated] includes 5 poems,3 stoies with text and 1 story in pictures without text; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a nauthor's Note on origins of two of the stories to reverse of last page of last poem. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and even/particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 30 year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book. It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. Winter is coming! The wind that blows Hard from the north,from the land of snows, Nips the fingers and reddens the nose And strips the tree. The track is sticky with mud and mire, And crows string like crotchets along the wire. And wanderers think of home and fire, And so do we. Shirley Hughes sweeps the reader into a world which will enrapture both children and adults in this remarkable collection of poems,stories and paintings to celebrate the winter season.'Stories by Firelight' is a book to treasure; it breathes a spell of winter magic which,once savoured,will not be forgotten. Shirley Hughes (b.1927).Born in Hoylake,near Liverpool, daughter of a department store owner.Educated at West Kirby High School.Studied drawing and costume design at Liverpool School of Art,and drawing and lithography at the Ruskin School of Drawing,Oxford.Since then,working freelance,she has illustrated more than 200 books for British,American and Dutch publishers.As an 'intimate chronicler of familiar childhood experience',she has developed a distinctive,easily recognisable way of drawing children, winning the Kate Greenaway Medal (1977) with 'Dogger'.
For black and white work,she uses pen and ink, sometimes with brushed-in areas of solid black; for colour, she works up from a fine sepia brush drawing,adding chalk,watercolour,gouache,and finally black ink. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard 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. **