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Testa, Fulvio (Artist) & Sage, Alison (Adaptation).
A SHORT STEP.
New York City, NY: Mayflower Books, 1978. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. Unpaginated. Fine. The artist/illustrator's classic graphic story. A charming production by Mayflower Books: Small-size volume format. Glossy pictorial stiff hard boards with titles on cover and spine as issued. Art by Fulvio Testa. Adapted by Alison Sage. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Alison Sage's brilliant adaptation of Fulvio Testa's modern classic. Rendered in stunning, vivid, and richly detailed black-and-white drawings, which are inimitably Testa's own. They are a "projection" of the child-in-all-of-us. Testa begins his story with the line, "Sometimes it takes a child to show an adult a whole new way of seeing things". Sage rendered Testa's text in English and re-created the book, with the artist's approval. All of Testa's original drawings have been retained for this edition, which was published a year after Testa's book first appeared in French to tumultuous acclaim. This title has been out-of-print for a long time. Many existing copies have major flaws and have obviously been used. This is an unread copy. A scarce copy thus. A modern classic in a lovely new edition. One of the finest graphic artists of the 20th century. A fine copy. . ISBN 0831777753. $20.00 |
