CAM. Barbara Lamb. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, Great Britain, 1944.

Price: US$160.00 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: 32 unnumbered pages with pictorial boards. Written and drawn by CAM (Barbara Campbell) elaborately illustrated story of the anthropomorphic lamb and her friends the Bluebird, Rueben and Mr. Robinson. Measures 7 1/2" x 9 1/2". Inscribed on free end paper and dated 1940 (??) This was Campbell's first book.

Seller: Eclectibles, ABAA, Tolland, CT, U.S.A.

CAM (Campbell, Barbara Mary). Barbara Lamb. London, 1944.

Price: US$288.73 + shipping

Description: (John Lane, The Bodley Head 1944). First UK Edition. Illustrated Card Boards in D/W. 32 pages (un-paginated). Illustrated in colour by Cam throughout. 9 1/2 x 7 1/4. (Spotting to the end-papers and neat birthday gift inscription to the front paste-down. A very nice copy in slightly worn VG D/W with a V-shaped closed tear to the back panel. Cam's 1st Book. Tells the story of a lamb who could sing, who had great success at the theatre in London?until she caught a cold - and her singing career came to an end. A war-time production which does not seem to last the test of time particularly well in our experience. Quite an attractive copy.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom