A Is for Alice

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The Porcupine's Quill, 2009 - Art - 64 pages

Twenty-six magical images gleaned from almost two hundred wood engravings made by George A. Walker for extremely rare editions of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (And What Alice Found There) published by Cheshire Cat Press in 1988 and 1998, respectively.

 

Contents

Section 1
7
Section 2
12
Section 3
14
Section 4
18
Section 5
20
Section 6
22
Section 7
24
Section 8
26
Section 14
40
Section 15
42
Section 16
44
Section 17
46
Section 18
48
Section 19
50
Section 20
52
Section 21
54

Section 9
28
Section 10
30
Section 11
32
Section 12
34
Section 13
38
Section 22
56
Section 23
60
Section 24
63
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A Is for Alice
George A. Walker
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About the author (2009)

George A. Walker (Canadian, b. 1960) is an award-winning wood engraver, book artist, teacher, author, and illustrator who has been creating artwork and books and publishing at his private press since 1984. Walker’s popular courses in book arts and printmaking at OCAD University in Toronto, where he is Associate Professor, have been running continuously since 1985. For over twenty years Walker has exhibited his wood engravings and limited edition books internationally, often in conjunction with The Loving Society of Letterpress (and The Binders of Infinite Love) and the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG). Among many book projects Walker has illustrated two hand-printed books written by internationally-acclaimed author Neil Gaiman. Walker is also the illustrator of the first Canadian editions of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-Glass books (Cheshire Cat Press). George A. Walker was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art for his contribution to the cultural area of Book Arts.

Bibliographic information

TitleA Is for Alice
AuthorGeorge A. Walker
Editionillustrated
PublisherThe Porcupine's Quill, 2009
ISBN0889843236, 9780889843233
Length64 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Art / Canadian
Art / Individual Artists / General
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  
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