Description
Very Good dust jacket, illustrated front and back, soiling at edge, a mylar dust jacket has been added. Fine binding is green cloth over boards, gilt stamping on the spine. Black-and-white and color illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 10″ tall x 5.9″ wide.
Stated “First American Edition”
Printed in Great Britain.
About the book (from the dust jacket)
Few author-artists since Beatrix Potter have enjoyed such international popularity as Edward Ardizzone. His easily recognizable drawings enliven the pages of numerous books for children. But he is probably best known for the Tim and Lucy books which he both wrote and illustrated. These are classics. and are now being read to children by parents and grandparents who loved them when they themselves were young.
In this ‘autobiographical fragment’ Edward Ardizzone tells of his own childhood up to the time he started his career as an artist. The book evokes a period as well as a human being, and is filled with the life and humor that the world has come to expect from Mr. Ardizzone. The many illustrations, half in color and half in black and white. Were expressly done for the book and are Ardizzone at his best.
About the author (from the dust jacket)
EDWARD ARDIZZONE still lives in the house in London that he describes in the later pages of this book. He is actively involved in writing, illustrating and painting. His paintings appear in the Tate Gallery in London as well as 1n many other public and private collections around the world.
