MIMFF - ROBINSON

First edition, first printing. Signed by the artist, Edward Ardizzone. Publisher's original red cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Edward Ardizzone illustrated dustwrapper. Colour illustrated endpapers, a frontispiece and seven further full page line drawings by Edward Ardizzone throughout. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm with just s little bumping to the spine tips and corners, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is faded to the spine and otherwise without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (publisher's later price label over the printed price on the lower front flap). Inscribed by the artist in black ink on the half title "To Stephen from / Edward Ardizzone / Oct 1970". The fourth book in the Mimff series, which follows a boy named Mimff on a deserted island quest inspired by 'Robinson Crusoe'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…