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THE Butterfly BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST.

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THE Butterfly BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST.

by ALDRIDGE**, ALAN & PLOMER**, WILLIAM:

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UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn thus. [Originally and first published by JONATHAN CAPE (LONDON),1973.This edn 1979 by BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES, (LONDON).] FINE.No owner inscrptn and an absence of published price as a Book Club issue,as books were purchased by monthly subscriptions.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,laminated,colour pictorial illustrated upper board; with negligible shelf-wear and miniscule bumping to edges and both bottom corner tips.White spine/ backstrip with coloured lettering possibly(?) minimally sunned/faded - as usual/normal.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn thus,includes 72pp [unpaginated and excluding endpapers],28 full-colour full-page illustrated plates,illustrated by Alan Aldridge in collaboration with Harry Willock,b/w illustrated,illuminated capitals to verses; verses by William Plomer and Nature notes by Richard Fitter.
This is the tale of the summer's day,deep in the woods of England,when the Butterflies and Grasshoppers invited all the creatures of air and land to a Ball and a Feast.From St.Michael's Mount, Windsor, Rye, Salisbury, Tintern Abbey and the far corners of Britain they came - moles, gnats, dormice, newts, shrews, caterpillars, moths, frogs, squirrels, spiders, toads, mice, bees, flies, worms, centipedes, hares, hedgehogs, otters and foxes.Setting out in Johnson's Spinner Trains, Hot-Air Balloons, stagecoaches and on foot, most arrive - some fall foul of bats, stoats, wasps and foxes and don't! Beneath the Broad Oak Tree the Butterflies and guests dance the evening away,feasting and merrymaking until the glow-worms light up and lead the weary guests back to their beds.Based on William Roscoe's book of same name, originally published 1807.
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Seller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Seller's Inventory #
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Title
THE Butterfly BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST.
Author
ALDRIDGE**, ALAN & PLOMER**, WILLIAM:
Illustrator
colour illustrations by Alan Aldridge. **
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
No dw/dj - as issued.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn thus.
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
LONDON.BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES,1979.
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
q52.CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED.Alan Aldridge.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn thus.ISBN 0224008080.William Roscoe.William Plomer_poetry.Richard Fitter_nature notes.St Michael's Mount.Windsor.Rye.Salisbury.Tintern Abbey.Moles.Gnats.Foxes.D
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About R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

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