Quentin Blake | First Editions
1932
Sir Quentin Saxby Blake, CBE, FCSD, FRSL, RDI (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer. He is perhaps best known for illustrating books written by Roald Dahl. In 2002, Blake was awarded biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award (the highest recognition available to creators of children's books) for his lasting contribution to the world of children's book illustration. Moreover, from 1999 to 2001 Blake was the inaugural British Children's Laureate. Today, he remains a patron of the Association of Illustrators.Blake has written and illustrated 35 of his own books, including: Quentin Blake's ABC (1989), Zagazoo (1998), A Sailing Boat in the Sky (2003), and Daddy Lost His Head (2009).
See below our stock of Quentin Blake First Editions, fine bindings, and signed copies.
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Rough Husbandry.
London: Hutchinson, 1965. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.142; [2]. With a double page title illustration, occasional in-text illustrations and dust-jacket design by Blake. In publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and red illustration to upper board. With original bright red pictorial dust-jacket. Slight reading lean. Jacket price-clipped, with very..... More
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke.
London: Century, 1991. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.24. Quentin Blake illustrations throughout, some in colour. Publisher's dark blue cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £6.99. Clean throughout. Near fine in jacket. A short novel: Reverend Lee doesn't realise that his dyslexia is affecting his sermons. His..... More
The Sheikh and the Dustbin, and Other McAuslan Stories.
London: Collins Harvill, 1988. [Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.189 [3]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Quentin Blake priced at £10.95. A pristine copy. As new. The third volume of McAuslan short stories, from the creator of 'Flashman'. More
Uncle.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2]; 160; [2]. With in-text line drawings by Blake throughout. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title. Recently re-bound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and matching cloth over boards..... More
The Fabulous Foskett Family Circus.
London: Andersen Press, 2013. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 31cm), pp.[32]. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, and illustrated endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. A few minor marks and smudges to jacket. Near fine. One of many children's books produced by Blake and Yeoman, who first collaborated..... More
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