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The Sixpence that Rolled Away. by Edward BAWDEN

Creator: Edward Bawden
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
BAWDEN, Edward (illustrator); MACNEICE, Louis.

The Sixpence that Rolled Away.
Illustrated by Edward Bawden.

Stock Code 109671
London, Faber & Faber, 1946

Current price£1,100.00
'Once upon a time there was a One Pound Note and he married a Ten Shilling Note and they had three children, a half-crown and a shilling and a sixpence and they lived in a Money Box.....', a charming and imaginative tale, stunningly illustrated by Bawden.

First edition, Edward Bawden's copy with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper; 8vo (215 x 160 mm); five colour plates and additional engraved plates and vignettes, near-fine; publisher's illustrated boards with corresponding dust-jacket, close tear to top edge of upper panel, rubbed at extremities, mildly soiled with offsetting to the endpapers but otherwise very good.

Provenance: From Edward Bawden's Personal Collection.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	1920-1949
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Mid Century
Dealer Reference #:	109671
Incollect Reference #:	662778

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