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raphael tuck london [nd]. [first edition] 140pp+4pp ads.at rear ills.[12 col.by mabel lucie attwell] VERY GOOD- (ill.paper boards w.brown cloth spine,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,boards shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,owner's stamp to half-title,some sl.soiling to contents,some plates detached but all present,plate of thumbelina missing upper corner incl.small piece of plate,spine cracked and shaky)

Pook Press, 2015-05-26. paperback. New. 8x0x10. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: Valentine & Sons, Ltd.. Very Good-. N.D.. Softcover. Printed octavo stapled tan card covers. A large color plate is mounted to the front. The centerspread is two separate color illustrations by Attwell. Other illustrations in black & white. The covers and inside covers are heavily foxed. Soiled. Wear about the edges. The interior pages are largely quite clean and tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, nd. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 143, [1] p. 25 cm. Colour frontispiece and 11 other colour plates. Numerous b&w line drawings. Brown cloth spine with paper boards. Colourful front illustration. Corners and edges worn, some scratches to covers. A little soiling evident on plain rear board. A little wrinkling to spine. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Offsetting to free endpapers. Plate opposite pp. 15, 66 & 74 tape repaired and jut out a bit. Tear in edge of p. 51. Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879 -1964) was a British children's book illustrator known for her cute, nostalgic drawings of children. Her drawings were also featured on many postcards, advertisements, posters and figurines. Capt. Edric Vredenburg may be less known today; he was a thriller writer who turned to writing and editing books for the very young and used the name ‘Father Tuck’.

Pook Press. hardcover. New. 7x0x10. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: Raphael Tuck and Sons. [1914]. First edition with these illustrations. First edition with these illustrations. Publisher's pictorial boards with titles in black on the brown cloth spine. Illustrated throughout with 12 colour plates and numerous black and white drawings throughout the text by Mabel Lucie Atwell. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some wear to the corners and bumping to the spine. The boards are a little dusty. The contents, with a contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper, offsetting to the half title, faint spotting to the prelims and a few light fingermarks to the margins are otherwise clean throughout. An attractive example. A collection of Hans Christian Andersen's beloved fairy tales, illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell in her distinctive, cherubic style. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

[n.p.]: [n.p.], 1925. Near fine.. Scarce set of eight cotton handkerchiefs printed with charming and bright illustrations to classic fairy tales by the beloved children's artist. Atwell's characteristic style is on full display in these lovely designs, where her popular original characters, the 'Boo-boos', mingle with instantly recognizable fairy-tale figures. Each handkerchief is decorated with a bold central geometric shape around which Attwell's sweet and stylized figures frolic, blending a modern art deco design aesthetic with a sweet and traditional children's illustration sensibility. Stories depicted include: Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, The Babes in the Woods, The Changeling Baby, Sleeping Beauty, and Robinson Crusoe. Rare intact. 12.25'' x 13''. Original side-stapled brown wrappers with pictorial paste-on (cw: golliwog among group). Eight leaves, each with 10.5'' x 10.5'' cotton handkerchief mounted. Each handkerchief… Read More