"The apt subtitle doesn't do full justice to the ingenuity with which Anno has crafted his solid oak capital letters with their optical illusion effects; or to the richly original object representing a word beginning with the letter; or to the borders, delicately insinuated with plants, creatures, and other things beginning with the same letter. . . ".--Booklist. ALA Notable Children's Book.
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"The apt subtitle doesn't do full justice to the ingenuity with which Anno has crafted his solid oak capital letters with their optical illusion effects; or to the richly original object representing a word beginning with the letter; or to the borders, delicately insinuated with plants, creatures, and other things beginning with the same letter. . . ".--Booklist. ALA Notable Children's Book.
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Seller's Description:
Illus By Author. Good in Very Good jacket. Book Squarish quarto, hardcover, good ex library with endpaper removed, VG beige dj in mylar. Beautifully illustrated alphabet with wooden letters on the versos, and wood-themed objects on the rectos, all framed in elaborate pen and ink drawings. Unpaginated.
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Mitsumasa Anno. Good. 1982 Third Printing. Good-Very Good Hardcover in a Good-Very Good Dustjacket. Oversize colour illustrated boards. Spine a touch slanted, light edge and corner wear. interior is good. Small name on the title page. Pages yellowed towards edges. DJ with light edge and corner wear, toned at edges, light rubbing and scratches. Colour illustrations by the Author. Each letter of the alphabet accompanies a full-page picture of an object whose name begins with that letter.