"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka

London: Francis Lincoln Children's Books, 2007. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (24 x 29cm), pp.[26]. With colour illustrations by Hess to every page. SIGNED by the illustrator in gold with some doodle to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, and illustrated endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket, priced..... More