Alexander Theroux Illuminated Brian Froud (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Brian Froud (illustrator). 1st Edition. First U.S. Edition 1979. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread in FINE condition. "MASTER SNICKUP'S CLOAK is a Medieval moral tale animated by the spirit of Poe and Burroughs. It weaves a web of Gothic horror around a story of childhood love, tragically betrayed. Alexander Theroux creates a pageant of characters that wittily parodies 20th-century preconceptions of the Dark Ages. Amongst these characters are the divinely beautiful but mercenary Superfecta; the money-grabbing burgher, Mijnheer van Cats; and Master Snickup himself, wanderer, ascetic and recluse. Brian Froud's illustrations depict in subtle colors a world teeming with tiny spirits and mutant devils. The text is set as in an antique parchment, a context that perfectly complements Theroux's wryly humorous fable." A pristine copy, quite presentable & collectible.

First edition (trade binding). Hardcover. Quarto. A neat ownership signature on the top corner of the front free endpaper, otherwise fine in fine dustjacket ($ prices present). A morality tale about the Black Death which begins, "One morning it was.the Middle Ages". Strikingly illustrated in sombre colours by Froud, and darkly humorous. Not really a children's book!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BINDING WITH THE ORIGINAL PRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET, NUMEROUS COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 11 x 9 INCHES. MINOR EDGE WEAR TO JACKET, VERY MINOR MARKS TO ENDPAPERS & THE VERY OCCASIONAL PAGE MARGIN. OVERALL A VERY GOOD PLUS COPY WITH PAGES FREE OF FOXING. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS, ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.