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THEROUX**, PAUL: : A CHRISTMAS CARD

LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1976.

ISBN 0241100194.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Clean,glossy laminated,colour scenic pictorial illustrated dw/dj by John Lawrence; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - one small closed tear to upper wraps right-hand top corner - no other nicks or tears present. Internally to dw/dj,light spotting/foxing to all edges,with some sporadic,light foxing to inner flaps of same.Top edge coloured,fore-edge bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine -no foxing present.Clean,dark blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt scenic vignette to upper board's bottom,right-hand corner (repeated through book as b/w line illustrated chapter head-pieces) and bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,and clean,near immaculate, unmarked plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-76pp [paginated] includes b/w line vignette illustrated half-title,b/w line illustrated frntis,b/w line illustrated title-page,8 full-page b/w line illustrations - all by John Lawrence - and 8 chapters,2pp blanks to rear. Want more Paul THEROUX titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,BIOGRAPHY and CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Paul Theroux,internationally acclaimed for his distinguished novels and travel books, here evokes in a short,poetic story the meaning of one particular Christmas for one particular family.The story is set in a snowy December on America's Eastern coast, but it could perhaps be anywhere,for the feeling it creates is universal and timeless,just as the appeal of the book is ageless.The Christmas card of the title is left to guide a snowbound family by a mysterious old man - an old man who reappears at the end of the story to shed his own kind light and to illuminate the meaning of Christmas for Marcel and his family. Paul Theroux brings the house,the snowy wilderness,the family and the old man into sharp focus with his finely-wrought story-telling and his unique ability to sustain an atmosphere of wonder.John Lawrence is the ideal illustrator for A Christmas Card; text and pictures combine to make this book the perfect gift for the child in all of us. John Lawrence,born in Hastings,Sussex, 1933,son of a company representative. Educated at the Salesian College,Cowley, Oxford.Studied at Hastings School of Art (1951-53) and at the Central School of Arts and Crafts under Gertrude Hermes (1955-57). Part-time lecturer at Maidstone College of Art (1958-60),Brighton College of Art (1960-69) and Camberwell School of Art (since 1960).Book illustrator,book plate and press mark designer (e.g. for the Baselisk Press and Julia Macrae Books), relief printmaker.He is well known for his wood engravings in which he uses a wide range of tools to create elaborate effects of pattern and texture,giving emphasis to his forms by means of varied multiple outlines in white and black.He also works in pen and ink or pencil,sometimes with colour washes.His work has mainly been published by the Folio Society,Hamish Hamilton and Kestrel Books. Prize winner in the Francis Williams Book Illustration Award for both 1972 and 1977. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.