Quentin Blake — Words and Pictures

London, Chris Beetles Limited, 2000. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of this richly illustrated autobiography, signed by the author. A scarce first edition, signed by the author to the title page.A limited 'special edition' - this is one of 2000 copies printed for the Chris Beetles Gallery. This is number 71/200 - written in ink to the edition page, and followed with the signature of Chris Beetles.Featuring a colour frontispiece, twenty-two unlisted double-sided colour plates, three unlisted double-sided monochrome plates, eight unlisted double-sided plates featuring a mixture of monochrome and colour illustrations, and a great number of additional colour and monochrome vignette illustrations throughout.No other collation record available.Also featuring an original 'Chris Beetles Ltd' bookmark, with a blank order form for a copy of this signed limited edition to the reverse.In original unclipped dust wrapper. bound in original blue cloth. In original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Very slight bumping to head and tail. The odd mark to rear board. Dust wrapper very smart. Mild sunning to dust wrapper spine and rear dust wrapper cover extremities. Moderate spotting to dust wrapper reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Quentin Blake. Near Fine/Near Fine.