For the avid reader, discerning collector and real Jackie Morris / Norwegian fairy tale - fan (to be),
a new, bookplate-signed, beautiful 1st UK edition / 1st printing hardcover copy of,
Jackie Morris
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Tales from the Wild
Unbound, London / UK, 2021
Your copy is signed by Jackie Morris to a losely inserted, colour-themed bookplate. You decide if you want to stick it into the book or not.
One of the best made and most beautiful books we have seen this year (see photos).
"From the moment she saw him, the girl knew the bear had come for her.
How many times had she dreamt of him? Now, here he was, as if spelled
from her dreams. This encounter marks the beginning of a long and extraordinary journey.
At the bear’s secret palace in faraway mountains she is treated
courteously, though is troubled by the bear’s unfathomable sadness. As
the bear’s secret unravels, another adventure unfolds, which takes her
to the homes of the four winds and beyond, to the castle that lies east
of the sun, west of the moon.
In this new edition of Jackie Morris’s captivating picture book, the
acclaimed writer and artist retells this classic Norwegian fairy tale – a
mysterious story of love, loyalty and freedom. Originally published in 2013, this book been completely re-designed for Unbound by Alison O’Toole, designer of The Unwinding and The Lost Words and contains some new illustrations by Jackie.
The new Unbound edition is a beautifully printed small hardback of 336 pages (177 x 145 mm - the same size as The Unwinding)
in full colour throughout. It contains a silk marker
ribbon; specially printed endpapers and a foil design on the case, drawn
by Jackie." (unbound.com)
"Jackie Morris is an author and illustrator. She lives in a small house
beside the sea in Wales, with cats and dogs for company. She studied
illustration at Hereford College of Art and Bath Academy and has
illustrated many books, and written some. The Lost Words, co-authored with Robert Macfarlane won the Kate Greenaway Medal 2019. In the same year she published The Unwinding with Unbound, and they have committed to re-issuing and re-designing her backlist beginning with Song of the Golden Hare (Sep 2020) and East of the Sun, West of the Moon (Mar 2021) and The Wild Swans (Mar 2021)." (unbound.com)