Untitled historic item (043560)

First edition, third printing.  28pp, gloriously illustrated with colour plates m page decorations and in text images throughout.  Glazed pictorial boards.  Blue endpapers.  4to.  Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original glossy, illustrated dust wrapper, not price clipped, just a little bumped on extreme edges.  Gift-giving quality.  Dust wrapper now protected in an archival-quality Mylar sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. A modern retelling of the classic fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty, with stunning colour illustrations throughout.  The illustrator, Kinuko Craft, has won more than thirty awards for graphic arts, including a gold award from the Society of Illustrators.  Her paintings have appeared in publications such as Time, Newsweek and National Geographic.  Here the fabled legend of Briar Rose, the lovely princess who pricked herself on a spindle and fell into a ling, enchanted slumber is set to captivate another generation.  In this handsome edition, the magic and romance of the story come splendidly to life with Kinuko Craft's rich artistry promising to keep Sleeping Beauty's story forever in the hearts of children.