London: Hamish Hamilton, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's yellow boards, blue title to spine and vignette to the front board. Patterned end-papers. Profusely illustrated throughout in black & white by BB. Publisher's yellow boards, blue title to spine and vignette of a reindeer in blue to the front board. Patterned end-papers. A neat former owner's name to the front free end-paper, a neat gift inscription on the verso of the FFEP, a scattering of foxing to the page block edges overall a VG+ copy. In the RARE D/W priced 8s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for). The VG+ D/W is partially faded to the spine (to a lighter shade of brown) and is foxed in places to the back panel. The Story of Ben & Biddy, two bullfinches found lost and too young to move in the middle of the road by Sheila and Peter, and their subsequent adventures. One of the scarcest BB titles to find in any condition, particularly so in such collectable condition as this example. Photographs/scans available upon request.

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Bookseller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 355490720630
Title: BEN the Bullfinch
Author: WATKINS PITCHFORD DENYS - BB
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used
Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1957

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.