WYNKEN, BLYNKEN and NOD & THE Sugar-Plum Tree. [Illustrated by Helen Page.]

UK,slim,narrow portrait HB (approx 11" tall x 5" wide), no dw/dj,as issued(?),illustrated,1st edn thus. [Originally written in 1889,USA.] VG+. No owner inscrptn and absence of a published price.Bright,clean, sharp-cornered,glossy laminated glazed boards with repeated colour pictorial artwork illustration by Helen Page,illustrated boards with capitalised,white-lettered title and author's name and illustrator's name in other white-lettering to the front cover; blue spine/backstrip with author's capitalised,white-lettered surname and title,and publisher's name to foot of same.Negligible shelf-wear to board's edges,the head+foot with minimal age-acquired bumping with reciprocal creasing and mininscule rubbing occasioning miniscule colour paper loss to top+bottom of rear board's gutters - but no other nicks,tears or splits present - some minimal laminate cracking to rear board's gutters,and book is slightly cocked.Top+fore-edges with inevitable age-acquired ageing/toning; contents exceptionally bright, crisp and clean without the expected foxing/spotting,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation.UK,slim,narrow portrait HB (approx 11" tall x 5" wide), no dw/dj,as issued(?) ,illustrated,1st edn thus,28pp [unpaginated - includes free endpapers],poems 'Wynken, Blynken and Nod' and 'THE Sugar-Plum Tree' both with colour pictorial illustrations by Helen Page - includes single page colour illustrated title page with 2 single page and 6 double-paged colour illustrations, and a double-page colour illustrated title page with 5 single page and 5 double-paged colour illustrations for each poem respectively; a clean,white with black-lettered list of 9 titles in the series,front pastedown with bookseller's tiny adhesive label,and immaculate plain white rear pastedown. Visually the exterior appearance is much more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its near 70 year-old age and its nature, i.e. a children's ephemeral book.It is only the minimal and minor faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of major detracting faults to be expected to be found in a book of this age. Eugene Field Snr. b. (September 2nd,1850,St. Louis – d. November 4th,1895,Chicago) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood". Eugene Field's classic bedtime poem originally written 1889 - about three children's adventures sailing in a wooden shoe,and a poem about a sugar-plum tree,a chocolate cat and a gingerbread dog - is brought to life with Helen Page's vivid illustrations in this later edition. Helen Lamson Page was born in Charleston,West Virginia,on October 1st,1909. She graduated from Red Bank (New Jersey) High School in 1927 and Pratt Institute in Brooklyn,New York, in 1932. Helen Page's paper dolls are charming,the work of an artist with a delicate touch. She made her first paper dolls at age four, and her creative talent has allowed her to explore many artistic avenues besides her captivating and collectible paper dolls.
She has illustrated greeting cards and children's books for the Samuel Lowe Company and the Swann Company.Helen and her husband Gregory,whom she wed in 1933,created puppets and presented full length productions of Cinderella and Tinderbox.
During the 1960s,Helen expanded her artistic horizons even further by studying the Oriental style of painting known as sumi-e (simple strokes rendered swiftly with special ink on rice paper). The result? A one-woman show in St. Petersburg where she and her husband retired.There, Helen became immersed in the world of doll collecting and miniatures,focusing mostly on paper dolls. She had also created party favours, convention souvenirs and special paper doll commissions for collectors. Enjoying her later years in Florida,she continued to paint miniature paper dolls until late in 2006,when tremors in her hands made it impossible for her to work any more.She passed away on February 21st,2013 at the age of 103. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **