ARDIZZONE, EDWARD. Lucy Brown and Mr. Grimes,. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1937.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: No Publication date. Cracked at top of title page, stitching exposed, pages secure. Name and date on front endpaper. Foxing scattered throughout. Cover heavily scuffed, soiled, bumped corners, exposed boards. Spine cover peeling in a few places. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
Seller: Booksavers of Virginia, Harrisonburg, VA, U.S.A.
Ardizzone, Edward. Lucy Brown and Mr. Grimes. Oxford University Press, 1937.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tall 9 x 13, spine split, paper covered boards rubbed and worn, corners rounded. Cracked but holding well. Paper toned.
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
Ardizzone, Edward. Lucy Brown and Mr. Grimes. Oxford University Press [1937], London, 1937.
Price: US$138.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large format hardcover, no dustjacket, no publishing date listed but 1937 according to our research, unpaginated, illustrated in color by the author, some edge-wear is present, especially at the corners, a few small imperfections on the front cover, the binding is tight and the contents are fine
Seller: Mainly Books, Silverdale, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First US edition of Edward Ardizzone's second book, the story of a lonely girl who befriends a lonely old man - a rare title in the original dust jacket. LUCY BROWN AND MR. GRIMES is a companion in size and format to Ardizzone's first book, LITTLE TIM AND THE BRAVE SEA CAPTAIN. This is a particularly rare title in his much-lauded picture book oeuvre. 13'' x 9''. Original cloth-backed color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($2.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [64] pages, printed one side only. Jacket with several moderate to large chips with attendant edgewear, a few tiny holes; several small tape repairs to verso. Binding with light edgewear. Leaves with scattered foxing; offsetting to endpapers. Sound. Very good plus in good dust jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Ardizzone, Edward. LUCY BROWN AND MR. GRIMES. Oxford University Press, 1937.
Price: US$776.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1937. Slightly better than very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Very large format (14 x 8.25"). Pictorial boards, green spine. Delightful colour illustrations with text in script. Printed on one side of pages only. Text later changed as this story of a little girl who was befriended by an old gentleman is now considered to be "politically incorrect". Ardizzone's second book. Page edge browning, with a few foxspots to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips to cover edges; small loss along top edge of rear panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom