SOLD THE HAUNTING OF CHARITY DELAFIELD BY IAN BECK RARE SIGNED AND DOODLED BOOK
Breaking new you can now collect a stunning new book by Ian Beck called The Haunting of Charity Delafield. Ian Beck is an English children's illustrator and author. In addition to his numerous children's books, he is also most famous for his cover illustration on Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album and illustrating Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. He has sold more than a million copies of his books worldwide. The Haunting of Charity Delafield is the first in a new series and already production companies are interested in the film rights. Infact Ian has already admitted that this is his best book to date!
Each rare first edition first printing is signed, lined, dated and has an illustration by Ian Beck. A truly amazing addition for your book collection.
Book Description
A magical, enchanting tale, with stunning illustrations that will transport you into another world.
Product Description
A magical, enchanting tale, with stunning illustrations that will transport you into another world.
Flame-haired Charity Delafield has grown up in a vast, isolated house - most of which she is forbidden to explore - with her fiercely strict father. With only her kindly nurse, Rose, and her cat Mr Tompkins for company, she knows very little of the outside world - or of her own family's shadowy past. What she does know is that she is NEVER to go outside unsupervised. And she is NEVER to over-excite herself, because of the mysterious 'condition' that she has been told she suffers from.
But Charity has a secret. All her life, she has had the same strange dream - a dream of a dark corridor, hidden somewhere in the house. Then, one day, Charity stumbles across the corridor. It leads to a door . . . and suddenly she realises things are not quite what they seem.
From the Inside Flap
Flame-haired Charity Delafield leads a lonely existence.
Growing up in a vast, isolated mansion with her fiercely strict father, she is forbidden from exploring the house, from speaking to strangers, from stepping a foot beyond the tall, iron gates - even from reading fairy tales. Told that she suffers from a mysterious 'condition', Charity must never do a thing to over-excite herself - or her imagination.
But Charity has a secret. All her life, she has been visited by the same dream - a dream of a dark corridor, and a locked door, hidden somewhere within the house. One snowy day, she stumbles across the door - and with the help of chimney sweep, Silas, and a very unusual diary, Charity begins to unravel the strange, magical story of her family's past.
About the Author
IAN BECK is a familiar name to the Doubleday/Corgi lists with his previous successful picture books. A freelance illustrator for over twenty years (including such notable artwork as the record cover for Elton John's Yellow Brick Road album), Ian turned to writing and illustrating children's books on the birth of his own first child.
Product details
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First Edition First Printing
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Hardcover: 288 pages
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Publisher: Bodley Head (3 Nov 2011)
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ISBN-10: 0370332105
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ISBN-13: 978-0370332109
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Product Dimensions: 18 x 13.5 x 3 cm
