The Bird Talisman by Henry Allen Wedgwood

. Hardcover. UsedGood. Dust Jacket: Good condition, small stain on front cover, mild shelfwear, bookvery good condition spine shows some wear from reading but is still tight

Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ, No date. 1st edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. c1965 First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Illustrated; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 20249. .

Princeton: D. Van Nostrand,, 1965. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Gwen Raverat. Henry Allen Wedgwood. The Bird Talisman: An Eastern Tale. Illustrated by Gwen Raverat. Princeton: D. Van Nostrand, no date. Reprint edition. Originally published in 1939 by Faber and Faber, when Gwen Raverat, great grand-niece of the author, illustrated it with color and black and white drawings. The story had been published privately for the Wedgwood - Darwin families only. This is an undated (circa 1965) reissue of that 1939 publication. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt decorated spine, 70 pages, color and b/w illustrations throughout by Gwen Raverat. Condition is VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: book has slight rubbing to spine extremities, fait stain to top page edge, appears unread; jacket has slight edgwear, a few faint stains to rear panel. A lovely book, a charming tale about a little princess and the magic ring which made her able to talk to birds.

Faber and Faber 2nd Edition. Small 4to, original cloth hardcover, illustrated, 70 pages, unclipped dust jacket.

D. Van Nostrand Company. 1965. Hardcover. UsedVeryGood. Hardcover; illustrated by Gwen Raverat; light fading, light shelf wear to t he cover; otherwise in very good condition with clean text and tight bindin g. Dust jacket shows light fading and shelf wear, and inside front corner i s clipped. .

D. Van Nostrand & Company. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Gwen Raverat. This charming story was written over a hundred years ago for the Wedgewood and Darwin families, was and not intended for publication till 1939 in Britain.

Faber, London, 1965. Fourth Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. Size: Quarto. 70 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children; India; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 28632. .

(London: Faber and Faber: 1965) Reprint of the Second Edition. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. x, 70 (216 x 160 mm). Illustrated by Gwen Raverat. A near fine copy in like price-clipped dust-jacket.

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1964. Second edition. Very Good +/very good +. This charming story about a little princess and the magic ring which made her able to talk to birds was not intended for publication and remained for many years a private and treasured possession of the Wedgwood and Darwin families, loved by generation after generation of children. hardback, clothbound; mylar dust jacket; staining pp.12-13;clipped corner from frontispiece First Edition AB54

Faber, London, 1939. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 70 pp. Front hinge reinforced with tape. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges browned. Covers wrapped in protective paper, glued in place. Believed to be a proof copy, though not explicitly stated as such. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; India; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51519. .