Search Results: numerous names nimbly narrated by sandys ruth

Oxford: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Ruth Sandys. A collection of, sometimes excruciating, alliterative statements accompanying 26 brightly coloured illustrations. This copy internally very good in shaken boards with bumped corners. Boards dusty and with 1944 inscription on front endpaper with green spots at base. Illustrations printed on one side of the paper, only. Unpaginated

Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Sandys, Ruth. 26 silkscreen plates on thick laid sheets (watermarked: Abbey Mills Greenfield with coronet emblem). Utterly charming and joyful. It has been avidly owned. The boards are much worn, scuffed and marked all about. They are steady and sweet. The contents are full of character. Each letter of the alphabet is printed on one side of each page only, leaving the other side blank. Both the verses and illustrations are utterly enchanting. The pages do have some foxing, some aging marks, some light wear. However, they are healthy, firm, colourful, exquisitely-imagined, venerably elegant. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press 1930. 4to. Unpaginated. Original quarter blue cloth over pictorial yellow boards. Wear to corners and boards slightly darkened. Early ink inscription to first blank. Occasional light spotting. A tongue-twisting ABC with colour illustration and list of words for each letter of the alphabet. . Good. Pictorial Boards. 1930.

Oxford University Press, (1930).. 26 silkscreen/pochoir plates, each with a humorous illustration and alliterative words beginning with a letter of the alphabet. Lacking letter L.