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ATTWELL**, MABEL LUCIE: : LUCIE ATTWELL'S ANNUAL - 1952

LONDON.DEAN & SON LTD.,[not dated but 1952.]

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UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.[Not dated,but the annuals were produced earlier in the year for the Christmas market.] VG. Handwritten blue ink,familial gift presentation inscrptn: 'In loving memory of Grandad to Lillian 1953 Xmas to front pastedown.Bright, crisp,generally clean with some minimal age grubbing,wrap-around paper-covered card boards with colour pictorial artwork by Lucie Attwell to either cover,capitalised author's name and publisher and capitalised blue lettered part title to front,spine/backstrip missing,rear cover with colour illustration but with some residual blue biro ink overlapping circles over said illustration.Repeated colour pictorial artwork by Lucie Attwell,illustrated sets of endpapers.All four corners minimally bumped and rubbed with reciprocal paper loss - no other nicks,tears or splits present.Inevitable, ubiquitous ageing and toning to top edges,fore-edges slightly brighter and toned to a lesser degree; contents surprisingly bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no hinges cracked or split - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,other than my own collation.UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,7-92pp [paginated] includes 11 short stories by assorted authors all with colour artwork illustrations by Lucie Attwell within the text - first story When The Wizard Lost His Hat,2 double-page colour illustrated poems,5 other separate colour illustrated poems,2 full-colour,full-page child's portraits,a painting page (pp53) competently completed,a tiny closed tear to top edge of pp79/80. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable, and even internally,the book is also in a more than acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. a child's ephemeral book.It is only the exterior faults and the minor minimal internal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still an acceptable example for collectors and for its cleanliness and brightness. Mabel Lucie Attwell (b. 4th June,1879 – d. 5th November,1964) was a British illustrator and comics artist,known for her cute and nostalgic drawings of children.Her drawings are featured on many postcards, advertisements,posters,books and ceramic figurines. Educated privately and at the Coopers' Company School and at the Regent Street school.She studied at Heatherley's and Saint Martin's School of Art,but left to develop her own interest in imaginary subjects,disliking the emphasis on still-life drawing and classical subjects.As well as illustrating such children's classics as Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland, Attwell produced her own Annuals and 'midget books'. The 'Lucie Attwell Annual' was published from 1922 - 1974,its continuing publication ten years after her death being made possible by extensive re-use of images.She also drew a comic-strip for the magazine,The Passing Show,and contributed to Pearsons,the Strand and many other magazines. 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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