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BLYTON**, ENID: : THE LITTLE WHITE DUCK AND OTHER STORIES

LONDON.MACMILLAN,1946.

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UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE. Neat,blue ink,familial gift presentation inscrptn+date (Xmas 1946) to top of ffe and no price-clip (5s. NET) to dw/dj. Vibrant,bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap- around coloured pastel pictorial illustrated dw/dj with red+white lettering to front panel and spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Top edges with merest hint of ageing and faint dust-soiling spotting,fore-edges similar but still bright and clean; with one blemish and minimal thumbing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - text body bright and clean - unfoxed - and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean and virtually unblemished,sharp-cornered,publisher's original cloth bds with two-colour (blue+black) decoration to front cover/board and spine with bright, crisp,stamped black and blue ink stamped letters to same,and generally bright and clean plain white eps with minimal foxing. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-192pp [paginated] includes 23 short stories,each with 3-colour block illustrations (either of red,green,blue,orange and b/w) by Eileen Soper,throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] a 3-colour block (black,white+red) decorated illustrated title-page with contents list/table to its recto. Uncommon example with a dw/dj in a book of its age and given the period of production,i.e. 1942-1947 - with wartime paper-rationing, and the poor quality of paper generally used and survival rates of air-raids on domestic and commercial properties i.e publishers+printers.Any dw/dj would have been of substandard quality and prone to subsequent disintegration and usually discarded,or be reverse printed - possibly coming from an entirely different book/title. A very scarce copy,particularly with an exceptional dw/dj as this. A new Enid Blyton book is always an event and is welcomed eagerly by thousands of children to whom the name of Enid Blyton spells fun and laughter,magic and excitement. Here is another new one 'The Little White Duck',which will be read with delight.This book is full of the kind of stories children like best - stories of children, animals,toys and pixies - told in the well-loved Enid Blyton way. It is well illustrated in colour,and the pictures,by Eileen Soper,interpret each story in exactly the right way. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,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!

UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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