The Ultimate Alphabet: Complete Edition

In the 1980s, artist Mike Wells set out to paint as many objects as possible in 26 images--each representing a letter of the alphabet. The surreal, carefully detailed paintings are crammed with items: for example, the E page has 261--including an ensign, an enchained escapologist, an escarpment, eels, eyes, eunuchs, excavators, elk, emeralds, an elf, an easy chair, etc.

This two-volume, slipcovered set contains The Ultimate Alphabet, with beautiful, full-color renderings of the 26 paintings, and The Annotated Ultimate Alphabet. The latter displays the outlines of each item numbered to correspond with a list on the opposing page that features all 277 H items or all 410 M items, and so forth.

Sure to please artists and wordsmiths alike, The Ultimate Alphabet is the perfect way to while away an hour or two, trying to name everything on a page, or simply flipping through and enjoying the whimsical artwork. --Jessica Howard, blogger at Quirky Bookworm

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