Satoshi Kitamura When Sheep Cannot Sleep - A Signed Presentation Copy with Original Drawing

Published by A & C Black, London, 1986. Hardcover. First edition, first printing of When Sheep Cannot Sleep, one of Satoshi Kitamura’s most celebrated picture books, a gently surreal counting story that has remained in print for decades.

A superb association copy, inscribed by Kitamura to fellow illustrator and author Posy Simmonds at the verso of the front endpaper. Simmonds - a Kate Greenaway Medal winner and creator of Gemma Bovery and Tamara Drewe - is one of Britain’s most distinguished illustrator-authors. The inscription is cleverly incorporated into a drawing of a sheep seated at a table, writing.

Condition: Very Good. Clean internally but well-read; corners bumped, impact marks to the top and bottom edges of the laminated boards, covers bowing slightly.