Celestino Piatti — The Happy Owls
London, Ernest Benn, 1970. Hardback. The uncommon and scarce UK fifth printing of this children's book by Celestino Piatti. The fifth UK printing. Most commonly seen in the US edition of 1964. A charming children's book written and illustrated with colourful plates in text by Celestino Piatti, Swiss graphic artist, painter and book designer. Popular in the twentieth century, he achieved international success as a designer for Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding over decorative boards. Externally with light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, boards only lightly marked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Celestino Piatti. Good .
