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BURNETT**, FRANCES HODGSON: : LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. [illus by Graham Rust.]

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH LIMITED,1993.

ISBN 0718137264.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn thus. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Graham Rust,illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering to front,similarly lettered brown background to spine/backstrip and an oval colour illustrated vignette to rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - though there's a small pin-prick sized indent to rear spine/backstrip's gutter's fold/crease but without penetration to board beneath,inevitable but very minor and minimal superficial scoring to either panels of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemished, sharp-cornered,brown background with white pictorial illustrated brown cloth boards - trellised design reverse repeated from white background with brown illustration endpapers, with visual but faux blind-spine and diagonal corner tips and white lettered spine/backstrip,a brown+white striped headband,and immaculate, aforementioned illustrated endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn thus,7-160pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters,profuse b/w line illus chapter head-pieces,profuse atmospheric water-colour like full and part-page illustrations in b/w+colour throughout the text and the book - all by Graham Rust.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,colour vignetted title page,with illustrator's facsimile signature below the book's dedicatee,and a contents list/table. 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 it's age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It is only the minimal,minor exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. For the first seven years of his life,Cedric Errol lives with his mother,an impoverished widow,in New York City.A popular boy,his best friends include Mr Hobbs, who keeps a grocery store,and Dick,a boot-black.This simple life changes dramatically when a mysterious visitors reveals that Cedric Errol is Lord Fauntleroy,the sole surviving heir of the Earl of Dorincourt. Summoned across the Atlantic by the bad-tempered,gouty Earl and focibly separated from his beloved mother,Cedric has nothing to sustain him in this strange new world of untold riches but his good nature and loving, generous heart. Contrary to the popular image of him as a simpering child tied to his mother's apron strings,Cedric is a robust character: strong, determined and a staunch defender of human rights. Frances Hodgson Burnett's story is a masterpiece of children's fiction,and Graham Rust's illustrations perfectly conjure up the gloomy atmosphere of the English castle and its subsequent transformation by the lively American boy. Graham Rust,born 1942,went to Art School for four years in London and New York.He has painted and travelled extensively,spending a year as Artist in Residence at Woodberry Forest School, Virginia in 1967.His work has been exhibited in London,New York and Hong Kong,and examples of his murals are to be found in houses in Britain, the USA and France.The largest and most spectacular of these,'The Temptation' at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire,was completed in 1983 after more than a decade's work.He has also illustrated other of Burnett's titles: 'The Secret Garden' - see by book ID rja798918 for a UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,for an example,and 'A Little Princess.' 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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