![]() ![]() and Mike Wilks's The Ultimate Alphabet and The Annotated Ultimate Alphabet. ![]() The two-volume edition includes each of the paintings here (plus twenty-two others, of course) and a fully annotated key to each of the works. Alphabet Books We're used to thinking of alphabet books as being for young. Today The Ultimate Alphabet -alongside its annotated version detailing the more than 7,000 items drawn-is back in print as The Ultimate Alphabet: Complete Edition (Pomegranate, 2015). He went on to publish an annotated volume two years later, as well as The Ultimate Spot-the-Difference Book, The Ultimate Noah’s Ark, and more before establishing himself as a novelist with The Mirrorscape Trilogy, a fantasy adventure series. Wilks began writing and illustrating books in 1975 and rocketed to fame with the publication of The Ultimate Alphabet in 1986. It was published in 1986 as a competition with a 10 000 prize, closing in 1988. ![]() It is a collection of 26 paintings, each depicting a collection of objects starting with a particular letter of the alphabet. Can you spot the jerboa in The Letter J ? The oboe in The Letter O ? The vixen in The Letter V ? Or the zeppelin in The Letter Z ? Linger over one of Wilks’s works and you’re ensured constant new discoveries. The Ultimate Alphabet ( ISBN 1-85145-050-5) is a best-selling book by Mike Wilks. 1947) challenges you to investigate each of his intricate images. Known for paintings of intense complexity, Mike Wilks (British, b. ![]()
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