Odo Cross (3 results)

Condition: Near Fine. First edition in a second state binding, tall 8vo., pp.86, unlettered grey hardcover, colour plates and b/w illustrations, pictorial endpapers; light toning to half title, light toning at head and foot of spine, very slight bruising at extremities, a very good+ copy, in a price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has chipping to corners and loss at head and foot of spine, otherwise complete and very good.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. With illustrations by John Minton. (illustrator). 1947. First edition, first impression. John Lehmann. London. 1947. First edition, first impression. Hardback, small quarto; illustrated paper-covered boards, backed with blue cloth, with title in black and gilt to spine, matching dust jacket. 86 pages. Illustrated boards, dust jacket, b&w endpapers, colour frontispiece, 7 hors-texte colour plates, 12 b&w head- and tail-pieces. English. 255x190mm. 0.35kg. Near fine, in very good dust jacket; light wear to spine ends and forecorners with slight loss, small area of loss at head of spine, smaller area of loss at base of spine, slightly browning to spine, slight ruffling to top edge, price-clipped; slight rubbing to spine ends and forecorners of boards, very slight spotting to edges; a very well preserved copy. A first edition of the 1947 children's book of stories with illustrations by John Minton, scarce in the dust jacket. The Snail That Climbed The Eiffel Tower is one of six stories written by Paul Odo Cross and illustrated with Minton's delightful drawings. It was one of Minton's earliest collaborations with the publisher John Lehmann, for whom he illustrated and supplied dust jackets for several publications. Odo Cross was a wealthy ex-ballet dancer-turned-author, whom it is likely met Minton through Lehmann. Frances Spalding writes in her biography of Minton - 'It is one of Minton's most delightful books. His empathy with the childhood world of romance and humour creates instantly absorbing scenes, intricate but never over-ornate'. [Spalding, Frances. John Minton. Dance Till The Stars Come Down. 2005. p. 108.; Sailsbury, Martin. The Snail That Climbed the Eiffel Tower and other work by John Minton. 2017. p.100-109] Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller.

Illustrations by John Minton. First edition. 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper boards, dust jacket. London, John Lehmann.  From the library of Orwell scholar and former UCL deputy librarian Ian Angus. Angus was the co-editor of Orwell's Collected Journalism, Essays and Letters published in 1968 and also later contributed to editing the enormous 20-volume edition of Orwell's Complete Works published 1997-8. Dust jacket rather worn with loss at foot of spine, tape repairs to verso. Internally good. .