KATE CULHANE; A Ghost Story / Illustrated by Michael Hague

New York: SeaStar Books, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. Fine/Near Fine. Michael Hague. ILLUSTRATED with an ORIGINAL SKETCH of a SCARY GHOST & SIGNED by the Author-Illustrator, small 4to (10 3/8" x 6 7/8"), black pictorial boards with colored depiction of young Kate being menaced by a ghost from a graveyard, illustrated throughout with reproductions of full color watercolors by Michael Hague, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) reproducing Hague's colorful cover art, pictorial endpapers, unpaginated [34] pages. SIGNED & ILLUSTRATED with a 3"+ SKELETAL GHOST by the brilliant Author-Illustrator, Michael Hague: one of the best and most facile of modern book illustrators. Me'thinks he rivals Arthur Rackham.<br/><br/>Closely adapting a folk-tale about a blood-drinking Irish ghost recorded by Jeremiah Curtin during the 19th century. <br/><br/>Though technically classified as a "Children's Book," this Irish tale's folkloristic basis and gruesome content make it akin to brilliant collections for adults authored by the Brothers Grimm and Andrew Lang. <br/><br/>Superior Condition! Internally very clean and bright; plus the Super illustration! No remainder marks. Very slight rubbing to the dj. <br/><br/>The publisher is a subdivision of a Swiss operation.