The Ultimate Alphabet.
by Wilks, Mike
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy. As new.
- Seller
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Fair Oaks, California, United States
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Synopsis
The Ultimate Alphabet is a best-selling book by Mike Wilks. It is a collection of 26 paintings, each depicting a collection of objects starting with a particular letter of the alphabet. It was published in 1986 as a competition with a £10 000 prize, closing in 1988. Unlike children's alphabet books, it contains unusual words, and is extremely intricately painted, with the paintings in a realistic style, but rendered surrealistic by the strange juxtaposition of subject matter.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookMine (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 227039
- Title
- The Ultimate Alphabet.
- Author
- Wilks, Mike
- Format/Binding
- Gilt decorated hard cover.
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- First edition. Full number line.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Holt.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1986.
- Size
- Folio.
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