THE LION AND THE UNICORN.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated artwork by Shirley Hughes,dw/dj - design repeated to publisher's original,colour illustrated laminated covers,colour pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.UK,Qrto (approx 11" tall x 9" wide), HB+dw/dj,1st edn,56pp [unpaginated] includes colour illustrated title page,and colour illustrations to every page. When Lenny Levi's father goes off to fight in the Second World War,he tells his son to be brave and gives him a brass badge with a lion and a unicorn on it,fighting each other too.Lenny has to learn to be brave: brave when bombs are dropped in his street,brave when he's evacuated to a big house in the country,and brave when spiteful children tease him and call him names.The only place Lenny can really feel at home is the secret walled garden,with a stone unicorn high up on a pedestal that looks as lonely as he feels.It is here,with wise words to help him and a guardian angel to look over him,that Lenny begins to understand the true nature of courage.This lovely book will strike a chord with anyone who has ever felt homesick and alone.Full of detail and character it embraces the past and the present with unique poignancy and power. Shirley Hughes (b.1927).Born in Hoylake,near Liverpool, daughter of a department store owner.Educated at West Kirby High School.Studied drawing and costume design at Liverpool School of Art,and drawing and lithography at the Ruskin School of Drawing,Oxford.Since then,working freelance,she has illustrated more than 200 books for British,American and Dutch publishers.As an 'intimate chronicler of familiar childhood experience',she has developed a distinctive,easily recognisable way of drawing children,winning the Kate Greenaway Medal (1977) with 'Dogger'.For black and white work,she uses pen and ink, sometimes with brushed-in areas of solid black; for colour, she works up from a fine sepia brush drawing,adding chalk, watercolour, gouache, and finally black ink. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **