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BLAKE**, QUENTIN: : Loveykins. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.CAPE,2002.

ISBN 0224064711.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.FINE.No dw/dj,as issued,no owner inscrptn,but author/ illustrators',neat,handwritten blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated boards by Quentin Blake; with negligible shelf-wear to edges,sharp corners - none bumped - and immaculate,plain red endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,author SIGNED, illustrated,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour pictorial illustrated title page,5 double-page colour illus by Quentin Blake. Following a blustery night,Angela Bowling finds a baby bird blown out of his nest.Her sense of duty compels her to wrap him up carefully in her scarf and take him home.She names him Augustus and he quickly becomes more to her than just a bird to be looked after.He's her little Loveykins. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant.Educated at Chiselhurst, Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakeable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme.He was chosen as the first Children's Laureate in 1999. 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,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.
Author's signature - without dedication.

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