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BAWDEN**, NINA: : SQUIB. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1971.

ISBN 057500665X.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,dedicated+ dated,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, but neat,ink familial donor gift,dated presentation inscrptn to top edge of ffe, whilst to the recto of same,author's handwritten blue ink,dedicated+dated signature: 'To Alison Best Wishes Nina Bawden 18/XII/71.' to top edge,no price- clip to dw/dj.Both inscrptns are to the same named recipient/person (Alison). Bright,crisp,clean,4-colour block (b/w, brown,blue-green) artwork illustrated dw/dj by Shirley Hughes; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no fading to spine/ backstrip.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.There seems to be a production(?) fault of a light crease/indentation starting on ffe and decreasing in degree to first dozen or so pages.Top edge very lightly dust-soiled/aged with some minimal,sporadic spotting/foxing,fore-edge generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Bright, clean,sharp-cornered,green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers with the aforementioned inscrptns to both sides of the front free endpaper.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,8-127pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters,3 full-page b/w line illus by Shirley Hughes throughout the text and book; plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages,and dedication.A really exceptional copy,certainly the best I've handled. Kate Pollack is a girl who likes to get to the bottom of things.An only child and intensely motherly,she worries about Squib,a wordless waif of a boy,who is always in the park when she goes there with Robin and Prue and Sammy,and always stays when they leave.He wears strange, frilly,old-fashioned clothes,and Kate almost believes that he is the ghost of her much-loved brother who was drowned years before. Squib is surrounded by a mystery Kate has to solve: why is he sometimes covered in bruises; why does he never speak; who is he really? But by becoming involved,Kate finds herself in a terrifying situation she is unable to cope with. In Kate,Nina Bawden has created one of her most memorable characters.Shirley Hughes' atmospheric illustrations enhance the text. Nina Bawden British authoress born 1925. A reputation in books for both adults and children,and notable for and 'Carrie's War' (1973) and 'The Peppermint Pig' (1975). Shirley Hughes (b.1927).Born in Hoylake, near Liverpool,daughter of a department store owner.Educated at West Kirby High School.Studied drawing and costume design at Liverpool School of Art,and drawing and lithography at the Ruskin School of Drawing,Oxford.Since then,working freelance,she has illustrated more than 200 books for British,American and Dutch publishers.As an 'intimate chronicler of familiar childhood experience',she has developed a distinctive,easily recognisable way of drawing children, winning the Kate Greenaway Medal (1977) with 'Dogger.' For black and white work, she uses pen and ink,sometimes with brushed-in areas of solid black; for colour,she works up from a fine sepia brush drawing,adding chalk,watercolour, gouache,and finally black ink. The 2nd of 3 Nina Bawden titles that Shirley has illustrated,the first being 'The Witches Daughter' (Gollancz,1966) and the 3rd being 'Rebel on a Rock' - sequel to 'Carrie's War' -(Gollancz,1978). Awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1977 and the Eleanor Farjeon Award in 1984. Awarded the OBE in 1999. Since April 2013,and in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, dedicated+dated,1st edn.
'To Alison Best Wishes Nina Bawden 18/XII/71.'

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