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Title: MR. ROUSE BUILDS HIS HOUSE
By: Stefan Themerson, Barbara Wright, Franciszka Themerson (Illus)
Format: Hardback

List price: £7.99
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ISBN 10: 184976154X
ISBN 13: 9781849761543
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Publisher: TATE PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 3 October, 2013
Description: With beautiful illustrations, this delightful story is full of nostalgia and humour. Originally published in 1950 by Polish avant-garde artists Stefan and Franciszka Themerson this is a charming replica miniature chapter book.
Synopsis: Mr Rouse has decided to build himself a house. Inevitably, the process is much longer and more detailed than Mr Rouse initially envisages: "Mr Builder, I'm not a bird, you know; how could I live in a house made of leaves?" This quirky tale takes the reader through a timeline of inventions. In a wonderful blend of absurd poetry and British pragmatism, Mr Rouse contends with housing, transport, lighting, plumbing and timekeeping, encountering quarrelling stairs and dapper guttering on his way.
Illustrations: Black-and-white illustrations throughout
Publication: UK
Imprint: Tate Publishing
Returns: Returnable
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