THE ADVENTURES OF ABDI. [Illus by Olga Dugina & Andrej Dugin.]

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE-/FINE-. Handwritten,blue ink forename to top of front free endpaper,same name repeated in black ink in ownership box to double-page colour illustration,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean externally,matt+part glossy (title+author) colour pictorial artwork by Olga & Andrej Dugin,illustrated dw/dj with green+grey lettering to front, similar letters to spine/ backstrip,black+green letters to colour illustrated rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Insides of both front and rear corners of dw/dj and it's concomitant spot to both pastedowns with a water/fluid stain,exterior corresponding corners of boards are unaffected though,and without blemish.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - 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 repeated illustration of dw/dj to same.Grey endpapers with colour borders to opposing corner tips of front lower corner of board and top fore-edge of free endpaper and opposing corner tips of rear,lower fore-edge of rear free endpaper and top corner of rear board respectively. UK, slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] with colour illustrated title page with colour illustrated frntis to its reverse,5 full-page,full-colour, single page illustrations,3 full-page,full-colour double-page illustrations in the text and a double-page colour illustration before the title page.Text pages with colour decorative border strips top and bottom. See my book ID rja1103623 for a US,slim Qrto HB+ dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn of this same title.
"The power of certainty is without limits."
Abdi is a little boy who has been given a very big task.He is to deliver the most precious necklace in the world - made by Eli,his teacher and a master jeweller - to the queen.Along the way he is robbed in the desert, thrown in a dungeon and has a surprising encounter with a snake. But no matter what obstacles he faces,Abdi never gives up hope,guided by Eli's wisdom that everything that happens in life is for the best.
Olga Dugina and Andrej Dugin met and were married in Moscow ,where she was his art student.They have been living in Germany since 1989,working as illustrators on book and film projects,including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,and also teaching art.This is their fourth picture book.
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