Lady Filmy Fern or the Voyage of the Window Box
by Thomas Hennell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1980. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 11". Edward Bawden. A lovely first edition copy of this children's book by Thomas Hennell, with colour illustrations by Edward Bawden. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. A lovely copy of this children's book by Thomas Hennell (1903-1945), written in 1930 around the series of illustrations presented in this volume by Edward Bawden (1903-1989). The book follows the strange story of the retiring social beauty, Lady Filmy Fern, her devoted companion, the carpenter Mr Virgin Cork, and the photographer known as the Welsh Polypod. Interestingly, at the outbreak of the Second World War, Bawden hid the scrapbook with both text and pictures of this book in a waterproof covering, at the bottom of his well, only to be found after the retreat of Germany. In the meantime, Thomas Hennell was killed in Indonesia in 1945, and it was not until 1980 that the book was officially published, with more illustrations. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean apart from some spotting to the pastedowns and first and last couple of pages. Good colour to dust wrapper, which is in excellent condition, though there is some spotting to the flaps. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 839M8
- Title
- Lady Filmy Fern or the Voyage of the Window Box
- Author
- Thomas Hennell
- Illustrator
- Edward Bawden
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 9" by 11"
- Keywords
- Thomas Hennell Edward Bawden Lady Filmy Fern Children's Fiction Edward Bawden
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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