Drummond Violet (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [32p.] Cover corners lightly worn, jacket has small tears to edges with corners worn and sticker shadow on front flap and spine sunned. Color illustrations by the author. (10"x7-5/8").

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 2 p. l., 27 p. illus. 26 cm. LCCN 39032123 OCLC 7589497 ; LC PZ7.D831 Ph ; pictorial paper cover on tan cloth ; no dustjacket ; A knitted squirrel has a chance to become real for a while and learns he vastly prefers life as a toy. ; V. H. Drummond (1911-2000), British author and illustrator whose first picture book, Phewtus the Squirrel, appeared in 1939. ; Violet Hilda Drummond (30 July 1911 - 7 February 2000) was a British children's author and illustrator from the 1930s to 1970s. During her career, Drummond primarily wrote series on Mrs. Easter, Little Laura and Miss Anna Tully. Of her works, Drummond was awarded the 1954 Kate Greenaway Medal for Mrs Easter and the Storks. During the 1960s, her Little Laura books were adapted into eighteen television films for the Children's Hour on BBC. Apart from writing, Drummond was an illustrator for various authors including Helen Cresswell, Barbara Sleigh and J.K. Stanford. Drummond was also a watercolour painter and had her artwork shown in London, England. ; bookplate of Mary Ellen Lanks, 1940, She was the subject of a series of well-known photographs from 1930-1940 ; FINE. Book.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original pictorial boards. Illusrated in colour by the author throughout. A very good copy, the binding firm, with some rubbing to the tips of the slightly rolled spine. The contents, with a gift inscription to the front endpaper, a few finger marks and some toning to the page edges, are otherwise clean. Scarce. The first book in the Mrs Easter series, the second of which 'Mrs Easter and the Storks' won the 1957 Kate Greenaway Medal. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.