VGC.Andre Deutch,1989.Rare first edition.Large format blue hardback(gilt lettering on the front cover & spine) with laminated Dj(some nicks & scratches on the laminated cover),both in VGC.Ex-library book with stamp,pocket,sticker but in VGC.Illustrated with 200 colour,b/w plates.Nice & clean pages with some ink marks on the outer edges,some creases and small nicks inside the pages.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.272pp including An interview with Charles Blackman,select bibliography,selected exhibitions,list of illustrations(including date,title,dimensions and Gallery).A collectable first edition.Price un-clipped.Heavy and oversized book.First edition. This is another paragraph Book desciption: One of the achievements of this book is that it records for the first time the crucial early years of Blackman's art,during the 1950s, when an astonishing and vigorous outpouring of drawings and paintings immediately defined a major new talent.