THE BUTTERFLY BALL AND GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST. by ALDRIDGE,ALAN & PLOMER,WILLIAM,RICHARD FITTER:

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj[as issued] +ball Invitation,1st edn.NFINE.No owner inscrptn and Ball Invite loosely laid in.Bright,glossy,laminated,colour pictorial illustrated upper bd; with negligible shelf-wear and miniscule bumping to edges and corners.Spine/backstrip minimally sunned/faded - as usual/normal - miniscule rubbing with reciprocal loss to foot of same.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/tanned, contents bright,tight and clean.UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,72pp (unpaginated and excluding eps),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.                                                            Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!