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Title: A Garth Williams Treasury of Best-Loved Golden Books by Garth Williams ISBN: 0-307-10889-9 Publisher: Golden Books Pub. Date: 17 October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This stunning book rights old wrongs!
Comment: Garth Williams is a genius illustrator of the very best in children's books. You simply can't do better.
...But you can do worse. If you only know the GB editions of GW's books from the *1970's*, you'll be in for a wonderful shock from this book.
The image quality is 3X as good! So bright, sharp, distinctive and subtle in coloring. These are basically fine art plates. Lucky us! Part of it is probably due to the very high quality paper, but most of it has to be due to the LOVE OF THE ART on behalf of those who published this tribute Treasury.
But there's more. (And this is where it gets a bit nasty.) For some reason, in the *1970's* GB editions of these books, the publisher often DELETED PAGES! Several of the books featured in their ENTIRETY here have many pages that never appeared in the 1970's editions. And many of these pages feature the VERY BEST ART! It was so wonderful to finally find them here. ...Dismaying as well. What a crime! I can only imagine that the publisher was trying to save paper costs: they always killed pages in groups of 4. Can you imagine the low, venal insult to art and children in doing such a thing? Here's a real example of an artist pouring his heart out, but being thwarted by chiselers. Well, maybe there's another explanation: I hope so for the sakes of GB.
Thank heavens, wrongs are gloriously righted in this gorgeous new volume.
I daresay you will cherish it as one of your most favorite story books, if not your #1. Thanks!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book
Comment: "A Garth Williams Treasury of Best-Loved Books" is a must have, right up there with "The Golden Books Treasury of Elves and Fairies". Williams is one of the best children's illustrators. His drawings have such magic that anyone who sees them can remember them well after childhood is long gone, and leaves them with a hunger to see them again. This book is pleasingly large, appx. 12" x 10.5" and the drawings are nice and big. The stories featured in the collection are: A Tale of Tails; Baby Farm Animals; Three Bedtime Stories: The Three Little Kittens, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears; Animal Friends; The Golden Sleepy Book featuring: The Whispering Rabbit, Close Your Eyes, Going to Sleep; The Friendly Book; Home for a Bunny; The Sailor Dog; The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse; and Mister Dog. The book is 149 pages long.
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Title: The Golden Book of Fairy Tales by Adrienne Segur ISBN: 030717025X Publisher: Golden Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Wait Till the Moon Is Full by Margaret Wise Brown, Garth Williams ISBN: 006443222X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 15 November, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Snow Queen and Other Tales by Marie Ponsot ISBN: 0307202054 Publisher: Golden Books Pub. Date: 24 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The Rabbits' Wedding by Garth Williams ISBN: 0060264950 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 30 April, 1958 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Friendly Book by Garth Williams, Margaret Wise Brown ISBN: 0307106438 Publisher: Golden Books Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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