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193224571Duckworth 1932. 8vo. First UK Edition on laid paper with illustrations a number full-page in the text neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper some mild offsetting to free endpapers; original cream boards blocked in red and lettered in black red cloth back lettered in black uncut a bright clean copy. Published a year after the US edition. The author's first book. Duckworth, hardcover
1987mbb007036New York: Stewart Tabori and Chang 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 185x135x15mm. DELESSERT ETIENNE. 185x135x15mm284g . . Stewart Tabori and Chang. New York. 1987. . . . Pp79 Black cloth hard boards impressed title to front boards silver lettering to spine in original dust jacket unclipped. A new collection of the Master’s best loved verses about Animals. Beautifully illustrated by Etienne Delessert. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$11.20 Stewart Tabori and Chang hardcover
199734788Boston: Little Brown and Company 1997. Preceding the First Edition. Publisher's Original working sheets pre-publication for the book. With the publisher's marketing prospectus showing the original design for the cover of the book printed in colours and with a mock-up of the binding proposed for the book. Illustrated throughout by Katie Lee. Square 8vo publisher's original printed sheets with notes and emendations as directed to the printers and copy-readers. With an example of the original cover design the illustrations in near final format and the publisher's marketing pamphlet for the book. 64 pp. plus additional items. A pristine set as from the publisher's archives. RARE PUBLISHER'S PRE-PROOFS OF OGDEN NASH'S BOOK BEING PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION IN LATE 1997. Little, Brown and Company unknown
199434792Boston: Little Brown and Company 1994-1995. 18 folios Publisher's Working Proofs and paste-ups for the final publication of this Ogden Nash favorite replete with handwritten directions to the typesetters and printers the publisher's own work-ups. Illustrated throughout with the drawings and paintings of Lynn Munsinger. Large Folio Leaves Unbound the publisher's working layouts for the book. 32 pages plus various cover and title-page renditions. A fine set in excellent condition. PUBLISHER'S WORKING LAYOUT AND PROOFS USED PRIOR TO PUBLICATION REPLETE WITH HANDWRITTEN DIRECTIVE NOTES IN RED AND BLACK. A UNIQUE SET OF PUBLISHER'S WORKING DRAFTS.<br> <br> From the poem:<br><br> Belinda lived in a little white house<br>With a little black kitten and a little gray mouse<br>And a little yellow dog and a little red wagon<br>And a realio trulio little pet dragon.<br><br>Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink<br>And the little gray mouse she called her Blink<br>And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard<br>But the dragon was a coward and she called him Custard.<br><br>Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth<br>And spikes on top of him and scales underneath<br>Mouth like a fireplace chimney for a nose<br>And realio trulio daggers on his toes.<br><br>Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears<br>And Ink and Blink chased lions down the stairs<br>Mustard was as brave as a tiger in a rage<br>But Custard cried for a nice safe cage. . Little, Brown and Company unknown