William Goldman

The Princess Bride

US$80

Illustrated by Mark Thomas

Featuring giants, duels, man-eating swamp rats and, of course, true love, Goldman’s funny and poignant lampoon of the fairy-tale tradition has inadvertently become a classic of the genre.

The Princess Bride

US$80
Book Details
 
Presentation Box & BindingBound in cloth blocked with a design by the artist
Printed slipcase
Printed map endpapers
Dimensions9½ inches × 6¼ inches
FontSet in Warnock
Pages328 pages
AuthorWilliam Goldman
Illustrated byMark Thomas
IllustrationFrontispiece and 9 colour illustrations
Publication Date08/10/2013
Editor's Notes
 
Mythologised by the author as the ’Good Parts’ version of a magnificent book by the ’great Florinese writer’, S. Morgenstern, The Princess Bride is a gripping tongue-in-cheek fairy tale. It tells the story of Buttercup, an exceptionally beautiful girl who rises from unlikely beginnings to receive the dubious hand-in- marriage of the barrel-like Prince Humperdinck. Meanwhile her true love, Westley the farm boy, must cross perilous seas, climb the Cliffs of Insanity, fight off man-eating swamp rats and survive the abominable Zoo of Death to rescue her from a grisly end. Fast-paced and funny, The Princess Bride lampoons the fairy-tale tradition but is at once a classic in its own right.

About the Illustrator

Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas studied Graphics at Kingston-upon-Thames Polytechnic in England, where he achieved a BA Hons. He is experienced in all areas of illustration, including advertising, film and theatre posters, television, stamp design, and editorial and book illustration. He has won D&AD Awards, and a joint BAFTA Award for his work on The Singing Detective. He illustrated The Princess Bride for The Folio Society in 2013.

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About the Illustrator

Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas studied Graphics at Kingston-upon-Thames Polytechnic in England, where he achieved a BA Hons. He is experienced in all areas of illustration, including advertising, film and theatre posters, television, stamp design, and editorial and book illustration. He has won D&AD Awards, and a joint BAFTA Award for his work on The Singing Detective. He illustrated The Princess Bride for The Folio Society in 2013.

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About the Illustrator

Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas studied Graphics at Kingston-upon-Thames Polytechnic in England, where he achieved a BA Hons. He is experienced in all areas of illustration, including advertising, film and theatre posters, television, stamp design, and editorial and book illustration. He has won D&AD Awards, and a joint BAFTA Award for his work on The Singing Detective. He illustrated The Princess Bride for The Folio Society in 2013.

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About the Illustrator

Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas studied Graphics at Kingston-upon-Thames Polytechnic in England, where he achieved a BA Hons. He is experienced in all areas of illustration, including advertising, film and theatre posters, television, stamp design, and editorial and book illustration. He has won D&AD Awards, and a joint BAFTA Award for his work on The Singing Detective. He illustrated The Princess Bride for The Folio Society in 2013.

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About the Illustrator

Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas studied Graphics at Kingston-upon-Thames Polytechnic in England, where he achieved a BA Hons. He is experienced in all areas of illustration, including advertising, film and theatre posters, television, stamp design, and editorial and book illustration. He has won D&AD Awards, and a joint BAFTA Award for his work on The Singing Detective. He illustrated The Princess Bride for The Folio Society in 2013.

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About the Illustrator

Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas studied Graphics at Kingston-upon-Thames Polytechnic in England, where he achieved a BA Hons. He is experienced in all areas of illustration, including advertising, film and theatre posters, television, stamp design, and editorial and book illustration. He has won D&AD Awards, and a joint BAFTA Award for his work on The Singing Detective. He illustrated The Princess Bride for The Folio Society in 2013.

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About the Author

William Goldman is a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He was born in Highland Park, Illinois, in 1931, and published his first novel, The Temple of Gold, in 1957. He began writing screenplays in 1965, and is now considered one of the most successful screenwriters and script doctors in Hollywood. He has won two Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and Best Adapted Screenplay for All the President’s Men (1974). As well as The Princess Bride, his best-known novel is the thriller Marathon Man (1974); Goldman adapted both books for film.