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Published by Ginn and Company, Toronto, Canada, 1969
Seller: Bygone Pages, Aurora, MN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Diz (illustrator). This is a nice copy of a childrens fiction reader (ages 10-15) dealing with the industrial Revolution time period called The Milldale Riot, copyright 1969, written by Freda Nichols. The book has a chip out of page 5/6 which takes 3 words out of the text, otherwise in good condition with tight binding and 154 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Ginn & Co. Ltd, 1965
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. 8vo. Art Deco style decorated boards. Illustrator's own copy with his ownership signature and date on the front endpaper. A very good copy. Pictorial endpapers showing diagrams of the most densely populated areas in England and Wales. Line drawings by Ardizzone (Diz) and diagrams accompany the text. The story of the Industrial Revolution, aimed at a school reader.
Published by 1965, 1965
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Published within Freda P. Nichols's The Milldale Riot (Ginn, 1965), set at the time of the Industrial Revolution. This illustration ably displays Ardizzone's skill for capturing movement and dramatic action in a black and white drawing. As noted by Horne, "Ardizzone. became one of the best loved and most prolific book artists of the period" (Horne, p. 75). This illustration is reproduced on page 116 of The Milldale Riot, from chapter 14 entitled "Irish Town". It shows a fight between "a gang of youths" and the heroes of the tale, Harriet and Nick: "With his experience as a climbing boy to aid him, Nick clung to the outside of the parapet. The Irish leant over to dislodge him. Harriet's party, arriving at this moment, gave them an enormous push. Two somersaulted through the air and landed with a squelch in the filthy mud." Alan Horne, The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators, 1994. Original drawing (122 x 145 mm) on thick paper (200 x 290 mm), pen and ink, unsigned, captioned "Milldale Chapt. XIV" upper left and "The fight on the bridge" lower left, mounted, framed and glazed (framed size 384 x 356 mm). Some light toning: a fine drawing.