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COLLODI**, CHARLES: : THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO. [Illus by A[lice] H[elena] Watson.]

LONDON.Wm COLLINS, SONS & CO.,LTD,1939.

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UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn thus. [Stated 'First published in this edition in 1939.' A handwritten donor's birthday gift presentation inscrptn dated December 1942.] NFINE. Handwritten ink gift presentation inscrptn+date to top edge of recto of colour illustrated frntis.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered original dusky cerise cloth boards with a pale blue theatre stage and its participants ilustration decoration to front board,and bright,blocked,similar pale blue lettered spine/backstrip,rear board undecorated and plain; immaculate repeated red,b/w and pink colour illustrated endpapers by A.H. Watson with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with gentle pushing/ creasing.Top edges coloured with some minimal fade towards head of spine's vicinity,fore-edges bright but with minimal, faint and sporadic foxing spots; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,8vo HB, minus dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn thus,v-xiipp+1- 232pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Compton Mackenzie,b/w head+tailpiece illustration to contents list/table,b/w headpiece illustrated Illustrations list/table,XXXVI (36) chapters,a colour illustrated frntis,23 b/w line illustrations,13 of which are full-page, remainder with a majority as chapter tailpieces, though some are interspersed within the text - all called for and present and all by Alice Helena Watson.Plus [unpaginated] b/w vignetted half-title page,colour illustrated frntis,and a thumbnail b/w line illustrated title page with dedication to its reverse.  Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. a children's book. It is only the minor exterior faults and missing dw/dj described, that prevents a slightly higher grading. Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. Alice Helena Watson 1896 - 1984. Children's book illustrator,active 1924-58.Born in Cockermouth,Cumbria.Worked in a decorative and sometimes sketchy graphic style that at times showed the influence of Arthur Rackham and E. H. Shepard. She received her first commission in 1923 - to illustrate "Santa Claus in Summer" by Compton MacKenzie.Following it's successful publication in 1924 and her friendship with Mackenzie,by 1931 she had illustrated several more books for him. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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