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DONALDSON**, JULIA: : Cave Baby. ** [Illustrated by Emily Gravett.**]

LONDON.MACMILLAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS,2010.

ISBN 9780230743083.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.This is Emily Gravett's first picture book collaboration and marks another milestone in her career.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork,by Emily Gravett,illustrated dw/dj,with multi-coloured lettered title and red lettering for author & illustrator; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered paper-covered boards with artist's wrap-around colour pictorial landscape scenic illustration and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,32pp unpaginated includes colour pictorial vignette illustrated title page and 6 single page and 12 double-page5 full colour illustrations by Emily Gravett,and Donaldon's trademark rhyming texts. A hairy mammoth takes a cheeky little baby on a thrilling ride through a moonlit landscape populated by a sabre-toothed tiger, a leaping hare, a laughing hyena and even, just maybe, by a big brown bear . . . But where are they going? And what has it to do with the baby's scribblings on the cave wall? An exceptional item in Emily Gravett's inimitable and bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to her canon of work. Emily Gravett,b. 1972,Brighton.She left school at 16 with a GCSE qualification in Art (grade A) only.In 1997 with her family: partner and a daughter,they had settled in Wales and Gravett realising she wanted a career,and drawing was her only skill,she began an Art course.Returning to Brighton in 2001,she got an interview for the Illustration degree course at the local university.She matriculated that September and graduated three years later. As a 2nd year student,she entered one of her school projects for the MacMillan Prize for Children's Illustration (a competitive annual award to art students established in 1985).She immediately earned a "Highly Commended" and then won the prize in her final year; when she entered two books that the judges ranked first and second.That ensured a contract publication of 'Wolves' from Macmillan Children's Books (now the children's books imprint of Pan MacMillan). Two years after her graduation she won the Kate Greenaway Medal from the professional librarians,recognising her book 'Wolves' as the previous year's (2005) best-illustrated new children's book published in the U.K. By that time,rights had been sold in five other countries. Next year (officially dated 2007),she made the Kate Greenaway shortlist for 'Orange Pear Apple Bear'.The year after that she won a second Medal (no one has won three) for her fourth book,'Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears',and again made the shortlist as well,for her fifth book, 'Monkey and Me'.'Orange Pear Apple Bear' is her work most widely held in participating libraries. Children's Laureate (2011- 2013) Julia Donaldson wrote and Gravett illustrated 'Cave Baby',a 32-page picture book featuring a prehistoric baby's tour atop a woolly mammoth,published by Macmillan in 2010.It has been published in Welsh-language and Chinese editions but not in the United States.With that one exception, as of September 2012,Gravett has been the writer and illustrator of all her previous published work: which includes thirteen picture books including four board books, and all published by Macmillan. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. UK,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. **

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

DONALDSON**, JULIA: : Cave Baby. ** [Illustrated by Emily Gravett.**]

LONDON.MACMILLAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS,2010.

ISBN 9780230743083.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. This is Emily Gravett's first picture book collaboration and marks another milestone in her career.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around glossy,white background with wrap-around colour pictorial artwork illustration by Emily Gravett, illustrated dw/dj with multi-colour lettered title and author+illustrator red-lettered names to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with thumbnail coloured handprint illustration detail to head+foot of same,plus similarly coloured+ lettered title as the front's,author's black-lettered name,illustrator's red-lettered name and publisher’s capitalised,black-lettered+ illustrated name and colophon to foot of spine, rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of front's colour illustration.Some minimal creasing at head of spine - both front+rear and its top edges too - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/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/unblemished, sharp-cornered,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork illustration by Emily Gravett, illustrated paper-covered boards with no text, and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour illustrated title page,6 single page and twelve double-paged full-colour illustrations by Emily Gravett,with Donaldson's trademark rhyming text.  Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its near 15 year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book. It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite those it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                A hairy mammoth takes a cheeky little baby on a thrilling ride through a moonlit landscape populated by a sabre-toothed tiger, a leaping hare, a laughing hyena and even, just maybe, by a big brown bear . . . But where are they going? And what has it to do with the baby's scribblings on the cave wall?                     An exceptional item in Emily Gravett's inimitable and bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to her canon of work.                                         Emily Gravett,b. 1972,Brighton.She left school at 16 with a GCSE qualification in Art (grade A) only.In 1997 with her family: partner and a daughter,they had settled in Wales and Gravett realising she wanted a career,and drawing was her only skill,she began an Art course.Returning to Brighton in 2001,she got an interview for the Illustration degree course at the local university.She matriculated that September and graduated three years later.                      As a 2nd year student,she entered one of her school projects for the MacMillan Prize for Children's Illustration (a competitive annual award to art students established in 1985).She immediately earned a "Highly Commended" and then won the prize in her final year; when she entered two books that the judges ranked first and second.That ensured a contract publication of 'Wolves' from Macmillan Children's Books (now the children's books imprint of Pan MacMillan).Two years after her graduation she won the Kate Greenaway Medal from the professional librarians,recognising her book 'Wolves' as the previous year's (2005) best-illustrated new children's book published in the U.K. By that time,rights had been sold in five other countries. Next year (officially dated 2007),she made the Kate Greenaway shortlist for 'Orange Pear Apple Bear'.The year after that she won a second Medal (no one has won three) for her fourth book, 'Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears',and again made the shortlist as well,for her fifth book, 'Monkey and Me'.'Orange Pear Apple Bear' is her work most widely held in participating libraries.                                        Children's Laureate (2011-2013) Julia Donaldson wrote and Gravett illustrated 'Cave Baby',a 32-page picture book featuring a prehistoric baby's tour atop a woolly mammoth,published by Macmillan in 2010.It has been published in Welsh-language and Chinese editions but not in the United States.With that one exception,as of September 2012,Gravett has been the writer and illustrator of all her previous published work: which includes thirteen picture books including four board books,and all published by Macmillan.  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. **

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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