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PADDED HARDCOVER BOOK -- LADY COTTINGTON'S PRESSED FAIRY JOURNAL -- PAVILION BOOKS 1ST ED 1996
TERRY JONES IS A MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY COMEDY TROUPE MONTY PYTHON, A DIRECTOR AND AN AUTHOR. BRIAN FROUD IS AN ILLUSTRATOR AND WAS ONE OF THE DESIGNERS THAT WORKED ON "THE DARK CRYSTAL", "LABYRINTH" AND YODA IN "THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. TOGETHER TERRY JONES AND BRIAN FROUD COLLABORATED ON "LADY COTTINGTON'S PRESSED FAIRY JOURNAL" WHICH IS TODAY CONSIDERED A MODERN MASTERPIECE
THE BOOK IS A SPOOF OF ONE OF BRITAINS MORE INTERESTING URBAN LEGENDS, THE STORY OF THE COTTINGLEY FAIRIES WHICH BEGAN IN 1917 WHEN ELSIE WRIGHT AND FRANCES GRIFFITHS (2 young girls) TOOK PICTURES OF THEMSELVES IN A GARDEN SETTING WITH SUSPENDED CARDBOARD CUTOUT FAIRIES. THE PICTURES CAME TO PUBLIC ATTENTION AND CREATED A SENSATION WHEN SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE SPOKE ABOUT THEM, CLAIMING THEY WERE PROOF OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA. IT WASN'T UNTIL 1980 THAT THE TWO COUSINS ADMITTED TO THEIR TRICKERY
LADY COTTINGTON'S PRESSED FAIRY JOURNAL IS AN UNUSUAL BOOK BECAUSE IT TAKES THE STORY ONE STEP FURTHER. IN TERRY JONES' VERSION OF THESE EVENTS, ANGELICA COTTINGTON NOT ONLY TOOK PICTURES WITH THE FAIRIES BUT INTERACTES WITH THEM AND WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE A FEW - BY CLOSING HER BOOK ON THEM. THE RESULTING BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF JOURNAL ENTRIES AND IMPRESSIONS OF PRESSED FAIRIES AND GOBLINS, EACH CONTORTED IN THE MOST COMICAL OF WAYS. OVER THE COURSE OF 60 GORGEOUSLY RENDERED PAGES IT TELLS THE STORY OF ANGELICA'S VARIOUS ENCOUNTERS WITH THESE FANTASTICAL CREATURES AND THE IMPACT THEY HAD ON HER LIFE, FEATURING HAND WRITTEN NOTES THAT MATURE AS ANGELIKA AGES AND NUMEROUS WATERCOLOR ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CREATURES SHE HAS MANAGED TO CAPTURE OVER THE YEARS
CONDITION : THE BOOK IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGES ETC AND NO MISSING, LOOSE, TORN OR SCRIBBLED PAGES ETC
SIZE : 21.5cm by 15.2cm and 2cm thick
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