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The Beautiful Island

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Book Description

Ephemera loosely inserted.
Dealer Notes
Signed on the title page by Rutherford. With a post card, posted to Axel & Ros (i.e. Axel & Roslyn Poignant, the photographer and the anthropologist), from the artist "I only wish I'd had the sense to work on the originals a bit ... ". 'The Beautiful Island', a joyful fantasy, has been described as 'comparable only with the work of Max Ernst and Rene Magritte ... '.
Author Rutherford, Meg
Date 1969 (1st.UK ed).
Binding Decorated hard cover.
Publisher Allen and Unwin, London
Illustrator Meg Rutherford. Collage line illustrations throughout.
Condition Very slight corner wear. A good clean copy.
Pages 64pp. 18.5 x 24.5cm. (landscape).

Price: £40.00

Offered by Peter Moore

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