The First NOEL: A Christmas Carousel.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.[Assistant illustrator David Walser,paper engineering by Helen Balmer and Lois Bulow.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal - printed to rear board.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,red+white silhouette illustrated upper board with green +gilt lattering,rear board with a colour photograph of the book as a stand-up,stand-alone carousel with red ribbon tie; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edges clean,fore-edges gilt coloured,red silk ribbon tie; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original paper-covered scenic silhouetted+colour photographic illustrated boards with white letters and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip.UK, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,5 unpaginated double-page white card nativity silhouette cut-outs with text and with a red background,that opens out to form a carousel when boards are back to back and tied with the ribbon.
A Nativity pop-up,cut-out designed as stand-alone part carousel,part shadow box,designed by a master paper engineer.A highly collected and prolific children's book illustrator,and an unusual item/ephemera in Pienkowski's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the canon. Jan Michel Pienkowski,born 1936,Warsaw,Poland: childhood spent in Austria, Germany and Italy.Educated in England and Wales.Read Classics and English at King's College,Cambridge and studied in London.Founder director (1961) of Gallery Five Ltd., greetings card and publishers.As an illustrator of children's books,he works in bold colours and simplified shapes, sometimes (as in the Meg and Mog series) adopting a childlike drawing style. Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal with Joan Aiken's 'Kingdom under the Sea' (1971) and with his own pop-up book 'Haunted House' (1979). Although he collaborated with Aiken on a few of her books,perhaps his finest works are his own pop-up books - 'Haunted House' (1979) and 'Robot' (1981) - see rja1203 - the first of which sold over one million copies.Also a graphic designer for advertising and television,designer of wallpaper, stage designer and art editor.Began his artistic career by designing posters and greetings cards,but later turned to children's book illustration.He is one of the leading artists working in Britain today - then 2004.[ Born 8th August,1932 - d. 19th February,2022.]. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,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. 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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