BEAUTY and the BEAST; Illustrated by Michael Hague / Based on a story by Marie Le Prince de Beaumont / Adapted by Deborah Apy Kohen

New York: A Star & Elephant Book / The Green Tiger Press, 1980. First Softcover Edition. Wrappers. Fine/None. Michael Hague. SIGNED & Extra-Illustrated by the Author-Illustrator with a beautiful UNICORN''s HEAD on the title page, 4to (8 1/2" X 11"), blue wrappers (stapled), illustrated contents (including frontispiece, several color plates, and decorative title page) by Michael Hague in full-color and B&W, archival mylar dust wrapper [added by us], [32] pages. SUPERIOR CONDITION for this VERY SPECIAL & UNCOMMON title that has been EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with author-artist Michael Hague's ORIGINAL DRAWING of a beautiful UNICORN's head. Internally clean and bright. Covers have lower right hand corner tip turned up a bit with upper right corner top of all pages slightly bowed upwards. Note that our color photos have whiter pages and brighter colors than may have been transmitted.<br /> <br /> Michael Hague (b.1948) is one of America's finest illustrators. In this bookseller's opinion, his artistry--though stylistically different--is as excellent as Arthur Rackham's was for his era.<br /> <br /> He has illustrated several classics to include The Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland, one of his finest achievements, The Hobbit; also wonderfully illustrated books on Irish folktales, fairy tales, several adorable books on bears, book(s) on wizards, and--of course--this Extra-Illustrated volume with a splendid UNICORN on its title page.