ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Claudia Zeff Author & Editor

Claudia Zeff is Creative Consultant to Quentin Blake and Deputy Chair of House of Illustration.

Miroslav Šašek cover

Miroslav Šašek

Martin Salisbury - Hardback

£19.99

Quentin Blake - A Year of Drawings cover

Quentin Blake - A Year of Drawings

Claudia Zeff - Hardback

£25.00

Raymond Briggs cover

Raymond Briggs

Nicolette Jones - Hardback

£19.99

Posy Simmonds cover

Posy Simmonds

Paul Gravett - Hardback

£19.99

Judith Kerr cover

Judith Kerr

Joanna Carey - Hardback

£19.99

Find the Duck cover

Find the Duck

Claudia Zeff - Board book

£5.99

Dick Bruna cover

Dick Bruna

2 authors - Hardback

£19.99

Jason and The Golden Fleece cover

Jason and The Golden Fleece

Claudia Zeff - Hardback

£5.99

Walter Crane cover

Walter Crane

Jenny Uglow - Hardback

£18.95

Ludwig Bemelmans cover

Ludwig Bemelmans

2 authors - Hardback

£18.95

Not for Art's Sake cover

Not for Art's Sake

Quentin Blake - Hardback

£30.00