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Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain.
by ARDIZZONE, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press,, 1936. First edition, first printing. The first book written and illustrated by Ardizzone. "Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain arose from stories told to his own family. It draws on memories of the harbour at Ipswich and upon his liking for ships and the sea, and in its bold integration of word and pictures it stands out as one of the most significant picture books of the age. (It was, too, an early example of colour offset lithography. Its spacious folios were printed in the United States, where the text was hand-lettered by Grace Allen Hogarth, an editor at the Oxford University Press New York office.) The complete colour draft of this first book is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London" (ODNB). Quarto. Original pictorial boards, titles to front cover in red. With dust jacket. Colour illustrations throughout by Ardizzone. Corners rubbed, light browning to end papers, dust jacket lightly faded to spine, lightly rubbed and nicked to edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145236
- Title
- Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain.
- Author
- ARDIZZONE, Edward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press,
- Date Published
- 1936
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Quarto
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- Jacket
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