Description
Very Good+ dust jacket. The Very Good+ binding is yellow paper over boards, cover illustration is a table with several people and a cook, black and red lettering, black lettering on the spine. Minor spots of discoloration on inside front and back cover. Color and black and white illustrations throughout by Edward Ardizzone. The book cover and dust jacket have the same illustrations. The pages are clean and the binding is tight. The “1” is present on the number line on copyright page which is the designation of first edition. The book measures 10.3″ tall x 7.7″ wide.
About the book (from the dust jacket)
Tim’s mother claims that something horrid always happens when Tim and his friend Ginger go to sea. “”Nonsense, my dear,” says Tim’s father, as he plans to take the entire family, and Ginger, on a voyage in Captain McFee’s new ship.
But Tim’s mother is right. Several horrid things happen during the voyage, starting with a message calling Tim’s parents home. When half the ship’s crew is stricken with food poisoning, Tim and Ginger are called on for help. Poor Ginger finds himself acting as ship’s cook, and soon the rest of the crew is in danger, not just from Ginger’s terrible cooking but from the evil second mate who is now in charge
of the ship. It is up to the intrepid little Tim to save them all.
About the Author & Illustrator (from the dust jacket)
EDWARD ARDIZZONE was born in China in 1900, and was brought to live in England at the age of five. After leaving school, he worked as a clerk, studying art in the evenings, until his father gave him some money so that he could paint full time. His first book for children, Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain, was written in 1935. Nine more books about Tim have followed, as well as many other children’s books. some with texts by Mr. Ardizzone, others written by such authors as Graham Greene, James Reeves and Eleanor Farjeon. Tim All Alone was awarded the British Library Association’s first Kate Greenaway Medal in 1956. In 1970 Edward Ardizzone was elected a member of the Royal Academy, and in 1975 a retrospective of his work was held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Mr. Ardizzone and his wife make their home in the English village of Rodmersham.
