OWL BABIES. [Illustrated by Patrick Benson.**]

UK,landscape,small 8vo HB,1st reprint,illustrated,edn. [First published 1992,this listing is of the first reprint in 1993.] FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from board.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around glossy,colour pictorial artwork illustration by Patrick Benson,illustrated boards with capitalised.yellow lettered title and author+illustrator names to front board; spine/backstrip with light fade to capitalised, mauve-letteredtitle and author+illustrator surnames and publisher's lettered+illustrated name and colophon respectively,to foot of same,rear board with storie's yellow-lettered prose extract ,and immaculate/clean,colour illustrated endpapers. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - and some inevitable but minimal,superficial scoring/indents.Top+ fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation. UK,landscape,slim,small 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st reprint,28pp [unpaginated and includes free endpapers], includes double-page colour illustrated title page and 12 other double-page full-colour illustrations by Patrick Benson and pale blue lettered text. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 30+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a children's book. It is really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. All owls think a lot,even baby owls,like Sarah and Percy and Bill.And they think more than ever at night in the woods,when they're waiting for their Owl Mother to come HOME. Patrick Benson (b. 1956 and was educated at Eton. He studied classical drawing in Florence, and continued studying Art at Chelsea Art School and St Martin's School of Art. He worked for a while in the fashion business before embarking on a career as illustrator. In 1984 he won the Mother Goose Award, given annually to the most promising newcomer in children's book illustration,for his illustration of William Mayne's 'Hob Stories'.He gained further acclaim for illustrating 'Owl Babies',written by Martin Waddell and 'The Minpins' by Roald Dahl, and has since illustrated many other titles,including 'The Little Boat' by Kathy Henderson and 'The Sea-Thing Child' by Russel Hoban,both shortlisted for a Kate Greenaway Medal. 'The Little Boat'also won the 1995 Kurt Maschler Award. A passionate fly fisherman,Benson also illustrated 'Fly Fishing' by J.R. Hartley.In 1990, Benson wrote and illustrated 'Little Penguin'. He is perhaps best known for his illustrations of the republishing of Kenneth Grahame's 'Wind in the Willows'in 1994 and William Horwood's 'The Willows at Winter' (1993), 'The Willows and Beyond' (1996) and 'The Willows at Christmas' (1999). His recent books have included 'It's a Dog's Life' (2007) with Michael Morpurgo, 'North: The Greatest Animal Journey on Earth' (2013) with Nick Dowson, 'Night Sky Dragons' (2014) with Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham, and 'Soon' (2015),a collaboration with the writer Timothy Knapman. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **