SONGS FROM ALICE: Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass.[Set to music by Don Harper.]

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.[First and originally published by same publisher in 1921 but with music by Lucy E. Broadwood.This example a re-issue with Harper's musical notation/ interpretation,so a 1st edn thus.] FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Charles Folkard,illustrated boards/covers with white lettering and white silhouette illustrated edge borders and immaculate illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Minimal,minor,superficial scoring/indentations to both covers - not obtrusive though.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,3- 48pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,9 songs from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 10 songs from 'Through the Looking-Glass' each with musical notation and lyrics,11 full page,full-colour illustartions by Charles Folkard throughout the text and the book,an index of first lines,plus [unpaginated] vignette illustrated title page.
Lewis Carroll's inspired nonsense rhymes from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass' have been set to music before,but never so happily as in 'Songs from Alice'. The music - by Don Harper,Australian composer and jazz violinist - has a wit and spirit which is the ideal match for Lewis Carroll's words.The illustrations,by Charles Folkard,provided the immediate stimulus for this book. Originally published in 1921 they were rediscovered when the publisher cleared the cellars where they had lain undisturbed for fifty years.They provide the perfect complement to this fusion of talents.Both a highly collected children's classic and also as a prolific children's book illustrator,and an unusual item/ephemera in Folkard's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the 'Alice' canon and to the illustrator's works too.
Charles James Folkard (1878-1963).Worked as Charles Folkard.Born in Lewisham,London,son of a printer.Became an expert conjurer,and,while designing his own programmes, discovered his preference for drawing. Studied at various schools of art including the St John's Wood School of Art and Goldsmith's College School of Art.He illustrated nursery literature and children's classics in black and white and full colour with professionalism,often combining naturalistic detail with a strong element of caricature.He was the creator of the Daily Mail children's strip cartoon 'Teddy Tail' (1915) which continued until 1960,and the author of a number of children's plays and pantomimes.He lived in London,Kent and Sussex. Don Harper (b. 1921,d. 1999) Born in Melbourne in 1921,Don Harper showed an interest in music from an early age and as a child, learned to play the violin.Then,his formal study began at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music Later he would become the successful conductor of one of Australia's most popular big bands as well as being a prolific film and television composer.In 1955 he emigrated to England, and found himself much in demand for television music scores and TV themes. During that seven-year stay in England,he provided music and themes for 'World of Sport','The Big Match','Champion House' and 'Sexton Blake' amongst other popular series.The Don Harper Sextet also broadcast regularly on the BBC's 'Music While You Work' programme. Returning back to Australia in 1962,Don Harper could regularly be seen performing on Australian television and heard on radio,as well as in many jazz clubs across the country.He also toured with the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
His most popular recording was 'The Hot Canary'.However he is probably best remembered for providing music for the classic 1968 Doctor Who serial 'The Invasion'. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!
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