William Kurelek Author Illustrator (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN . B007IA6ZUY Oblong Hardback. Book is a tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good condition. Price clipped Dustjacket is in Good to Very Good condition with some edgewear and slight closed tears around its edges. The dustjacket has been placed in a Brodart protective cover by us to protect it and it looks much better than described. . This does not affect the dustjacket in any way, as all taping is done on the outside of the protector. No Signature.…

Condition: Very good. First edition, second publishing. [14], 303 pp. Ouarto. Hardcover, dark navy blue cloth boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Pictorial dust jacket, front panel white letters on a blue background, white spine with blue letters. Dust jacket is in very good condition, minor wears to the joints, spine, and edges. No tears, white parts slightly yellowed barely noticeable. Blue endpapers, all edges trimmed. Kurelek and Mitchell's signature on the title page, rare. Numerous black and white illustrations, eight full page colour illustrations. Internally clean and unmarked, tight binding. Very good to near fine condition. There are many copies of this book in the marketplace signed by the author, this one includes the artist's signature as well. This book features a collaborative effort by a Canadian-born author complemented by illustrations from a talented Canadian artist. William Ormond Mitchell (d. 1998) was a Canadian writer and broadcaster. His "best-loved" novel is Who Has Seen the Wind (1947), which portrays life on the Canadian Prairies from the point of view of a small boy and sold almost a million copies in Canada. William Kurelek, (d. 1977) was a Canadian artist and writer. His work was influenced by his childhood on the prairies, his Ukrainian-Canadian roots, his struggles with mental illness, and his conversion to Roman Catholicism. (ref: Wikipedia).…