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ATTWELL**, MABEL LUCIE & assorted others: : LUCIE ATTWELL'S SLEEPYTIME TALES

LONDON.DEAN & SON LTD.,1970.

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UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.VG++. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip [6/- 30 NP] Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered tips with exception of top two corners which are gently pushed,glossy wrap-around pale blue background with a colour pictorial illustration of a boy+girl reading a book accompanied with a tiger,a car,a gollywog and a doll, repeated to rear board,with capitalised yellow lettered author name and capitalised pink with black shadowing lettered title and capitalised green with black shadowing lettered publisher name to front board,similar coloured lettering to rear board too,pale blue spine/backstrip with capitalised yellow lettered author name+title and capitalised black lettered publisher name;3-colour block illustrated endpapers- front in b/w+blue,rear endpapers in b/w+ orange; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners no major nicks,tears or splits present,other than a tiny indent to front fore-edge and miniscule creasing to rear board's gutter's fold/crease.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound other than a small semi-circular tear/ loss at lower/bottom edge of pp43/4 without affecting any text.UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,8-125pp [paginated] includes 25 short stories each with 3-colour block illustrations of either b/w+red,blue,green or yellow,by assorted authors,8 illustrated single or double-paged verse/poems - 7 by ATTWELL and 1 verse/poem by Eunice Close - but all illustrated by ATTWELL,story authors include: Leslie C. Hulley (3), J. G. Metcalfe (1), Sylvia Pyke (1), John Keating (1), Charles Griffiths (1), Vera Munday (1),Reginald Brown (1), Catherine Morris (1), Sylvia Allen (1), May Kent (1), Penelope Douglas (2), Clement Wood (1),and Aileen E. Passmore (1) respectively. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. a children’s book. It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a higher grading. Despite them, it really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and completeness. Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964.) Born Mile End,London,the ninth of ten children of a butcher.Studied at Regent School of Art and at Heatherley's School of Art,but,disliking the formal training, completed neither course. Married Harold Earnshaw (1908) and he is thought to have been responsible for some of the more naturalistic parts of her drawings,such as the animals.From 1911 until the end of her life she designed postcards for Valentines of Dundee. Following the success of a card depicting two children peering over the end of a bed at a mouse (entitled 'What's the good of a perfect day if you can't spend a perfect night') she developed a line in pictures of chubby children in situations with adult overtones and (possibly unconscious) suggestions of double entendre.A rapid and prolific worker,she also designed posters, advertisements,calendars,figurines and wall plaques and contributed to annuals and gift books.Some of her earlier books such as 'Peter Pan' and 'The Water Babies' were delicate and appealing but as she becme a household name her drawing became increasingly stereotyped.She worked mainly in pen and ink and watercolour. Member SWA.She died at Fowey in Cornwall, where she had lived for many years. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,the 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 any inexpensive 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,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued, 1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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