BRILL EDITH The Golden Bird, with pictures by Jan Pienkowski

New York 1970 JM Dent & Sons Ltd, pp. 152, form. 15.5 x 23.5, hardcover with wrapper, traces of dampstaining of wrapper and slight understaining on inside. English. 8 color plates and 30 pages of illustrations by Jan Pienkowski.

"Jan Pienkowski was a highly original illustrator, writer and designer of pop-up books, whose Polish childhood and experiences as a war refugee influenced his work. He published more than 140 children's books, and described the essence of his prolific output simply as telling stories with pictures. Pienkowski's distinctive style is instantly recognizable. In books for younger readers, he used bright colors and bold shapes. For older children, he often used a more varied color palette and his characteristic colored inks as a backdrop for black cut-outs." - The Guardian.