BECKET

POSTGATE, OLIVER AND LINNELL, NAOMI.

£20.00

Publisher

Kingfisher Books.

Place

London

Date

1989

Synopsis

An illumination of the life and death of thomas becket. by oliver postgate and naomi linnell.

Item Description

FIRST EDITION. Oblong 4to. 8.5 x 11 inches. 40 pp. Bound in pictorial laminated boards, in matching unclipped dust wrapper. A very good copy. Illustrated in colour throughout by continuous frieze sequence and vignettes in main text. Decorated by vignette and publisher's device on title page. A juvenile life of Archbishop Thomas Becket illustrated by Oliver Postgate (1925-2008), writer, animator and creator of well known children's TV programmes. Text by Naomi Linnell who was Keeper of Printed Books at Canterbury Cathedral.

[Stock No. 28554]