Item #5657 BEAUTY and the BEAST; Illustrated by Michael Hague / Based on a story by Marie Le Prince de Beaumont / Adapted by Deborah Apy Kohen. Michael Hague, Marianna Mayer.
BEAUTY and the BEAST; Illustrated by Michael Hague / Based on a story by Marie Le Prince de Beaumont / Adapted by Deborah Apy Kohen
BEAUTY and the BEAST; Illustrated by Michael Hague / Based on a story by Marie Le Prince de Beaumont / Adapted by Deborah Apy Kohen
BEAUTY and the BEAST; Illustrated by Michael Hague / Based on a story by Marie Le Prince de Beaumont / Adapted by Deborah Apy Kohen

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. Michael Hague. First Softcover Edition. Wrappers. 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. Fine / None. Item #5657
ISBN: 0914676474

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.

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.

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.

Price: $225.00

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