The story of Jack the intrepid boy whose courage and ingenuity defeated a host of manyheaded giants has been told to children for hundreds of years In 1842 when he was just 18 Richard Doyle whose natural talent for draftsmanship was matched by imaginative invention and a passion for legend and the grotesque created a picturebook version of Jack the Giant Killer with handwritten text and a watercolor within a pictorial border decorating every page It has remained one of the most beloved versions of this timeless tale In this new Everymans edition Doyles vivid wonderfully engaging illustrations have been enlarged and the text has been given greater legibility It is a book that will satisfy both the childs delight in scariness wonder and magic and the collectors pleasure in classic Victorian illustration