Timothys Song Signed Ardizzone by Lederer William Edward Ardizzone Illustrator (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition. (First published in USA 1965) Small 8vo. 39pp. Bound in blue cloth boards with silver gilt titles to spine. Illustrated with Black & white illustrations. . On front loose endpaper is the Surrealist bookplate of Andrew Murray. SIGNED by the artist, Edward Ardizzone. The dustjacket is clipped, a little worn, dusty eighth some old light crease along the top edged. Inside the book four pages have a brown spot, the endpapers are fractionally dusty with a little thumbing, otherwise fairly clean, not pristine as some of the other books in the collection, but very acceptable. A poignant Christmas story for children by the bestselling author and illustrated by Kate Greenaway Award winner, Edward Ardizzone. Size 19.5 x 13.5cm (7.75 x 5.25 inches) Provenance: Andrew Murray, Director of Mayor Gallery, Cork Street, London. The Mayor Gallery exhibited Ardizzone s work in the 1960 s . Andrew Murray lent his personal collection of books and prints etc. to the travelling exhibition by Middlesbrough Museum in 1982. Signed by Author(s).