{"product_id":"sketches-from-the-dream-island-of-birds","title":"Sketches from the Dream Island of Birds","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVAN SANDWYK, Charles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSketches from the Dream Island of Birds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2005\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOblong 8vo., red sewn card wraps with integral purple and gold sparkle dustwrapper, lettered in black and decorated with onlaid image reproducing a watercolour of the ‘Dream Island’; bordered with plants and birds in gold and bronze;  decorated red and gold endpapers; [unpaginated]; proliferated throughout with watercolour plates (one folding); and decorative borders in brown and gold; printed on a variety of different coloured paper stocks; some colour images and maps flat to page; fine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in the blue variant covers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA tale of adventure. “Once, in a dream” Van Sandwyk begins, “I traded my soft pillow for third class passage to the island of birds…”. Through a series of fantastical sketches, the reader is transported with the author, aboard a boat made of the pages of a book and steered by a heron, to the island, where we are introduced to wong trees (who have feet instead of roots), land-fish, birds who can complete mathematical problems with ease, weapons which ward off frightening thoughts, and much more. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA sumptuous work, which encourages each and every one of us to follow our dreams. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56782306181444,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/76402575.jpg?v=1779555510","url":"https:\/\/foldthecornerbooks.co.uk\/products\/sketches-from-the-dream-island-of-birds","provider":"Fold the Corner Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}