The Grateful Sparrow and other Tales by THIRKELL Angela:

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1935 First Edition, Very Good Hardcover /no dustjacket, 117 pages, 7.5" x 10", corners bumped, gift inscription on ffep, otherwise clean and tight.

Hamish Hamilton, no date. Hardcover. very good/very good. With 24 full page color illustations by Ludwig Richter. A very nice copy in clipped flap dust jacket. Some foxing to endpapers. Fading to spine of dust jacket.

(London: Hamish Hamilton: n.d.) Gift inscription dated Christmas 1947. Pict. bds pp. 88 (250 x 185 mm) With 24 full-page illustrations in colour by Ludwig Richter. Foxing to endpapers; corners of boards rubbed; child's name on rear board; nick to spine; internally very good. if not near fine

Hardcover. 1936 Hardback (see my photo). Same Day Dispatch (where possible) from the UK

Published by Hamish Hamilton, 1935 (Circa.). Hardback. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by Richter, Ludwig. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Five German tales put into English by Thirkell. Red spine with silver title, pictorial paper boards. 24 full-page colour illustrations. 87 pages. Boards slightly damp stained and rubbed to top and tail. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at edges with slight loss and a few closed tears, browned to rear panel, grubby to front panel.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1935. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 10" by 7.5". Ludwig Richter. A collection of children's tales translated from German into English. Charmingly illustrated by Ludwig Richter This collection has been translated by Angela Thirkell, an English/Australian novelist. The stories are a selection of folktales and fairytales by several lesser known German authors. The flyleaf notes that these five unknown stories 'will find a warm welcome in the nursery world.' In original pictorial cloth boards and held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart with minor shelfwear. Occasional light spots to the boards. Dustwrapper is chipped to the head and tail of spine, resulting in some loss. Closed tears to the externals of front wrap. Light scattered spots to wrap, internally and externally, heavier to the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. The odd spots to endpapers. Near Fine