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The Night Adventures of Alexis
Published by Faber & Gwyer, 1st tp; 9 plates with brilliant saturated flat colours, primary and black, 7.25x10"; 34 pp., London, 1925
Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.
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/Winifred Langlands, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good Plus without jacket; no names or other marks, minor bumps to extrems, light soil, straight, clean, very bright. Picture competition clipping from Nursery World, founded 1925, pasted on fixed endpaper. Juvenile hardback. Alexis, who is turning six, adventures with the toys his father the sailor has brought home. The 29 year old author's first book of children's fiction, the others being written at least 10 years later. An early children's book editor for Heinemann and Methuen, Graham became the founding editor of Puffin Books, and thus heavily influenced the quality of works for children on both sides of the Atlantic. Although not riveting, her writing avoids the artificial voice of some minor children's writers of the 20's. The plates are fascinating, by an artist who worked for the London Underground Group. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /Winifred Langlands, illustrator.
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The Night Adventures of Alexis
Published by Faber and Gwyer, 1925
Seller: Love Rare Books, St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Association Member: ABA ILAB PBFA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Night Adventures of Alexis, Eleanor Graham, illustrated by Winifred Langlands, pub. Faber & Gwyer, [which became Faber and Faber in 1929] 1925 1st ed. Quarto, 255 mm x 190 mm. 34 pages illustrated with full page colour plates. No jacket as issued. Illustrated cloth boards, mild soiling,v. Slight crack at foot of junction of spine and front board, but nothing serious, pale stain at margin rear board. Ghost of an old inscription to front free end paper now erased. Hinges solid. A VG copy of this, the first book by Eleanor Graham, who would go on to become the first editor at Puffin during the war. Her later novel, 'The Children Who Lived in a Barn' [1938] was re-issued by Persephone in 2001 with a foreword by Jacqueline Wilson. Alexis is an only child whose toys come alive at night and take him on fantastic adventures. The illustrations have a strong Art Deco feel.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Winifred Langlands. (illustrator). 1st Edition. 34 pages with 9 full page colour plates in the art-deco style by Winifred Langlands, illustrated embossed cloth, very cleanb sharp and tight almost as new, prize label inside front board of Haling Lodge School presented to David R Hart. For being first in form III 26th July 1928. Some mild light age spotting just about noticed on the edges of some pages and on the endpapers, otherwise also near fine, quarto. 1925. **Toys that come to life and take him "Alexis" on wondrous night escapades all wonderfully illustrated and very styalised art-deco flavoured period colour plates. Editor of Puffin Books this was her first book. After her retirement in 1961, she received the Eleanor Farjeon Award from the Children's Book Circle.[1].
