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Max Parrish, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1955. First Edition. 160 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Insect damaged.

London: Max Parrish, 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Disley Jones. Hardback: illustrated in b/w + pictorial endpapers by DISLEY JONES, dj (price unclipped), slight wear on edges and front flap fold, spine faded, dark blue boards with gilt front vignette & spine title, lower spine tips slightly faded, pages are clean, vg. small 8vo, 160pp. Set in 1860, a delicate 12 year old girl is joined by her boisterous cousins on an adventure to fairyland.

Max Parrish, 1955. Hardcover. Good. 1955. First Edition. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Minor thumb marking and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, lighter to pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking and creasing to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear to front board; visibly darkened to spine. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: Max Parrish and Company Limited, 1955. 160pp, b/w illustrations throughout. Slight edgewear and light foxing to very top of back inside flap of dust jacket. Pictorial dust jacket with blue spine.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Jones, Disley. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Max Parrish, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Max Parrish and Co Ltd 1955). First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine and with gilt vignette to the front board matching the design from the back panel of the D/W. Map end-papers to the front and rear. Very good+ clean tight binding in like D/W with a couple of closed edge tears at the base of the spine neatly repaired on the verso. Wonderful jacket design & illustration by Disley Jones. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Max Parrish, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. (London: Max Parrish and Co Ltd 1955). First UK Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, THE ILLUSTRATOR, THE COMPOSER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE STAGE PLAY AND THE DECEMBER 1955 CAST OF THE ARTS THEATRE PRODUCTION IN LONDON (INCLUDING RONNIE BARKER). Publisher's blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine and with gilt vignette to the front board matching the design from the back panel of the D/W. Map end-papers to the front and rear. A lovely near fine copy in a VG+ un-clipped D/W. Inscribed by the Author on the title page to the highly-respected English actress Nora Nicholson (1892-1973): "To Nora Nicholson/ With very best wishes/ and gratitude/ Angela Ainley Jeans". Also inscribed by the Illustrator (Disley Jones): "and affection and admiration/ from Disley Jones". In addition inscribed by the Director of the Stage Production at the 1955 Arts Theatre in London, Peter Hall: "Thank you very much,/ dear Nora/ Love/ Peter… Read More