LITTLE BEAUTY. [illus by Anthony Browne.**]

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] VG+. No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued - and no price removal to rear cover.Bright, clean,part matt,part glossy colour pictorial illustrated front cover,with author's capitalised,silver gilt lettered title and orange-lettered name,orange spine/backstrip with author's black- lettered name,capitalised,black lettered title and black lettered+illustrated publisher's colophon to foot of same,orange rear panel with colour pictorial illustration of a smiling tabby cat, centrally placed.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. White background on front cover with light minimal age-acquired grubbing and a near horizontal production wrinkle underlying the author's name at top edge,across the majority of the board's front and to front's fore-edge too,another couple of small, oblique-angled similar creases.The glossy.overlaid gorilla illustration with minimal,superficial scoring/indents,a tiny dent at front,lower edge (beneath the letter 'E' of Beauty),rear cover appears scoring+ indent -free.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,sharp-cornered,original paper-covered boards with colour illustration by Anthony Browne,and immaculate repeated orange+ white William Morris-style flora+foliage illustrated endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated and excludes both free endpapers] includes colour illustrated half-title+title pages,single+double page colour illustrations by Anthony Browne and text. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. a child's book. It is only the exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional example for its cleanliness and brightness. A heart-warming tale of a gorilla and his tiny friend, from the master picture book-makerAnthony Browne.** A very special gorilla is taught a very special skill: sign language. He appears to have everything he needs,but one day he signs that he is sad and needs a friend.His keepers' bring him a tiny cat called Beauty and the two of them become inseparable.But when the gorilla gets angry and causes damage to the TV,will his keepers think him unfit to be friends with such a small, defenceless animal? Not if Beauty can think fast and prove what a special friendship they share. Anthony Browne [b. 1946 - Sheffield,UK.] is a British writer/ illustrator of children's books,primarily picture books. Studied graphic design at Leeds College of Art and first worked as an illustrator for medical textbooks,then as a greeting card designer.His popular book,'Gorilla'(1983) originally started out as a picture designed for a birthday card.The book won a Kate Greenaway Medal and a Kurt Maschler Award in 1983. His first book,'A Walk in the Park',was published in 1977.It has been followed by many other books for children he has written and illustrated,including 'Bear Hunt' (1979);a series of books about Willy,a chimp (1984-1985); 'The Tunnel' (1989); 'Zoo' (1992), winner of a 1992 Kate Greenaway Medal; 'The Shape Game' (2003) - see my book ID rja, which was produced during his time as Illustrator in Residence at The Tate; 'Into The Forest' (2004); 'Things I Like' (2006); and most recently this title - 'Little Beauty' (2008). His books often have lonely, sensitive child protagonists, and several feature gorillas. He has also retold and illustrated 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1988),'King Kong' (1994),and 'Hansel and Gretel Grimm.' (1981); and has collaborated and illustrated books for other authors,including Sally Grindley, Annalena McAfee. Janni Howker, Gwen Strauss, Joe Browne and Ian McEwan,producing timelessly beautiful books. In 2000 he won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for services to children's literature,and from 2009 to 2011 he was the 6th Children's Laureate.His 2014 book,Willy's Stories,was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2016. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. 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