Enid Blyton TALES OF GREEN HEDGES 1962 hcdj Joyce Johnston illust.
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Enid Blyton TALES OF GREEN HEDGES 1962 hcdj Joyce Johnston illust. :
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Vintage collectable item:
TALES OFGREEN HEDGES by Enid Blyton
An EnidBlyton Tell-A-Story Book, No #2
1962 hardcover with jacket,illustrated by Joyce Johnson
from theblurb: In these four-and-twenty charmingly told tales Enid Blyton hasjourneyed round the year, choosing a flower, an animal, a bird, a fish or atree, and telling two fascinating stories to illustrate some incidents ofnature life characteristic of each month. Some of the stories are delightfulfantasies of fairies, witches, gnomes and pixies, but all contain actualinformation about interesting and often unnoticed aspects of nature, which willbe remembered and treasured by Miss Blyton\'s eager young readers. The stories are most attractively illustratedby Joyce Johnson.
CONTENTS:
JANUARY The Poor Little Sparrow
TheDormouse and the Fairy
FEBRUARY OldMister Glue-Pot
TheBonnet Dame
MARCH WhoWould Have Thought It?
BlackBoot Buttons
APRIL TheTom Thumb Fairies
WouldYou Believe It?
MAY Mr. Quink\'s Garden
Mollie\'sMud Pies
JUNE Andrew\'sRobin
TheUgly Old Toad
JULY TheSnow-White Pigeon
TheWitch\'s Cat
AUGUST TheTale of Silly-One and Artful
Muddy-One and Pranky
SEPTEMBER GossamerElf
Tammylin\'sFriend
OCTOBER TheTale of Snips
TheMagic Bubble Pipes
NOVEMBER The Tale of Jig and Jog
Shellyback the Tortoise
DECEMBER The Cat Without Whiskers
The Winter Wide-Awakes
Published by WorldDistributors (Manchester) Limited; ©MCMXLVI. No other dates, however the list of books onthe flap contains #1, #3, #4, which were all published in 1962; #5 was not published until 1964.
Hardcover with jacket; yellow boards with black titles andvignette; profusely illustratedendpapers; black and white frontispieceand illustrations by Joyce Johnson.Approx 19 x 13 cm; 169pages; 288g.
Book condition: BB*; extremities lightly foxed.
*pleasesee seller’s condition ratings for vintage books
Jacket condition:pieces missing at spine at shown;some creasing and dirty marks;scribble on back cover as shown..
Free bonus item: I have provided this book with a compositecopied paper jacket over the original jacket and a new clear removable archival-filmcover to preserve the book and the jacket and look better on your shelf.
Joyce AJohnson illustrated the 1950\'s World Book editions of Blyton\'s Tell-A-Storybooks. These include The Queer Adventure, The Good Morning Book Talesof Green Hedges and Now For a Story. She was also responsible forthe beautiful illustrations in the 1949 Latimer House edition of The RobinHood Book, the cover art for The Fifth Bedside Book and the originaledition of Come To The Circus published in 1948 by Newnes. Johnson also illustrated the rare firstedition of The Three Golliwogs.
* Seller’s Condition rating for vintage and collectable books:*AA down to *BB – cover and pages are mostly cleanand unmarked. There may be some minor rubbing or minimal creasing on spine. Bindingis tight. No apparent writing orscribbling. Some older books mayhave page yellowing or browning. Excellentcollectable quality. *CC – cover and pages may have minormarks, blemishes and/or creasing. There may be some rubbing or creasing on spine.All pages are intact and binding is tight.Previous owner’s name or giftinscription may be written and/or covered by bookplate. Someolder books may have age yellowing,browningand foxing. Still very good collectable quality. *DD – visible signs that the bookhas had good pre-loved life. Cover, pages and spine will have noticeable marks,blemishes and or creasing, includingwriting on front or back pages.Endpapers may have been removed. Pagesmay be browned and foxed. *EE significant visible signs ofwear and tear. There may be writing or scribbling within the text. Pages may be loose or torn. Cover, pagesand or spine will have major noticeable marks, blemishes and or creasing. *FF:- There may be missing pages,tears or other significant defects as noted. Binding may be looseor have parts missing. Books are only sold in FF condition due to scarcity orare highly collectable.
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Enid Blyton TALES OF GREEN HEDGES 1962 hcdj Joyce Johnston illust. :
$17.22