John Burningham

by John Burningham, Maurice Sendak, foreword, Brian Alderson, introduction

£150 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition · Signed

London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. Autobiography SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Royal quarto 31 x 24cm , pp.224. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the glossy pictorial dust-jacket, priced at £25. Signed by the author in black marker to title page. The signature was acquired in person by Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert of this firm, who was acquainted with the illustrator through Queen Anne

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