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BROADLEY, MAE - selected & rewritten by: : TALES FROM EVERYWHERE. [illus byJanet & Anne Grahame-Johnstone.**]

UK,MANCHESTER.WORLD DISTRIBUTORS LTD.,1975.

ISBN 72350699X.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. VG+.No owner inscrptn present,previous one though,amateurishly removed from colour pictorial world map illustrated front free endpaper,with slight detrimental effect.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone, illustrated boards; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present,both internal endpaper hinges without cracking,solid and sound - but hinge to to pp8/9 cracked - no others affected.Head+foot of spine/backstrip and all corner tips, minisculely bumped with reciprocal rubbing and miniscule loss and very minimal, minor superficial scoring/indents to either board.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned; contents bright and tight,crisp,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,other than my own collation.UK, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued, 1st edn,6-53pp [paginated] includes part (the majority)+full-page colour illustrations by Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone,to all pages,11 tales from around the world,plus [unpaginated] colour pictorial illustrated title page. Tales from New Zealand,Scotland,Mexico,England, Australia,Africa,Persia,Europe,China and Russia. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age and nature - i.e a child's book,and even internally,the book is also in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only those few faults described that prevents a skightky higher grading.Despite them,it really is an acceptable copy for brightness and cleanliness. Highly collected and prolific children's book illustrators,a scarce and unusual item/ephemera in Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the A & J Grahame Johnstone's canon. Want more Janet & Anne Grahame JOHNSTONE titles? For similar and other titles please seach my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone,twins born 1928.Active from c1949,Janet died in a tragic accident 20th January,1979,her sister surviving her until 25th May,1998.Children's book illustrators specialising in large,brightly coloured gift books (mainly published by Dean & Son),in which the full-page illustrations normally surround the passages of the text.Janet specialized in animals and birds,Anne focused on the period costumes that so dominated their work. Their work represents a recent manifestation of the nursery traditions mass-marketed by Mabel Lucie Attwell and updated by Hilda Boswell, characterised by unfailing sentimentality and a palpable determination to please.Between them they published over 200 titles;with over 5,000 illustrations in total: 1,000+ in b/w and 4,000+ in colour,and 10 technical equestrian books. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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