ALICE'S adventures in WONDERLAND.**

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st illustrated edn thus.(The text is based on that of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' published in one volume with 'Through the Looking Glass' by Puffin Books in 1982.) FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - usually indicates an export edition and generally believed to precede UK trade issue/distribution.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial and b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - some inevitable light,inoffensive indents/scoring to both front+back dw/dj panels.B/w portrait photograph of Alice Liddell,photographed by Lewis Carroll,to rear panel.Top+fore-edge generally bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's clean,original dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate pale blue endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st illustrated edn thus,5-158pp [paginated] includes contents+illustrations lists/tables,a dedication, 2 chapters,22 (frntis included) full-page,full-colour illustrations all by Justin Todd,interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and colour illus frntis. Since making her first appearance in 1865,Lewis Carroll's Alice has worked her magic on generations of readers around the world.She has been televised,dramatised,animated and annotated, becoming in the process one of literature's best-loved heroines and an essential part of childhood. Now Justin Todd takes a fresh look at the story with a dazzling array of pictures which paint anew the topsy-turvy world Alice discovers at the bottom of the rabbit hole.He presents her to us as the little girl who first inspired Lewis Carroll: Alice Liddell,a fragile,dark-haired child with a remarkable air of composure.She casts an unperturbed eye on even the most curious of creatures as they spring from the pages: the dapper White Rabbit with his desperate concern not to be late (but for what?); the Mad Hatter,the March Hare and their sleepy tea-time companion,the Dormouse; the Cheshire Cat who despite his vanishing trick always leaves his grin behind; and,of course,the outrageous Queen of Hearts with her retinue of nervous playing cards.Here,then,in an inspired interpretation of this enduring classic for today's children and one which turns a new face to all those who have read and enjoyed the story many times before. Michael Justin Todd (b.1932),works as Justin Todd.Born in New Malden,Surrey,son of a Post Office engineer.Studied painting at Wimbledon College of Art (1949-53) and,after Army service,illustration at the Royal College of Art (1955-58.).He assisted Edward Bawden on murals for Morley College,London (1958-59).Part-time lecturer in graphics at Tunbridge Wells School of Art (1963-64),and in illustration at Brighton Polytechnic (from 1964).He has worked as a freelance illustrator and designer since 1960. Since 1972 he has concentrated on cover illustrations for paperback books specialising in mysticism and horror (including the Fontana Tales of Terror series from 1974).Among these have been many striking images of dream and fantasy,often symbolist or surrealist in feeling and sometimes incorporating allusions from art history.He avoids direct references to nature whenever possible,and instead manipulates his component images into tightly structured yet freely imaginative designs.He works in black and white and full-colour. In 1978,a selection of his paintings was published, called 'The Magical Paintings of Justin Todd'.In 1982 he was runner-up for the Francis Williams Memorial Prize for children's book illustration,presented every five years by the Victoria and Albert Museum. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct 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.
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