By Olivia FItzRoy
London   Jonathan Cape
8" by 5.5" [6], 7-252, [1pp]
The uncommon first edition of this charming illustrated children's novel by Olivia FitzRoy, in the equally uncommon dustwrapper.
By Olivia FItzRoy

1954 The Island of Birds

London   Jonathan Cape
8" by 5.5" [6], 7-252, [1pp]
The uncommon first edition of this charming illustrated children's novel by Olivia FitzRoy, in the equally uncommon dustwrapper.
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Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon, With Dustwrapper

The uncommon first edition of this work.

In the original price-clipped dustwrapper.

A charming children's novel, following a pair of siblings convalescing in Scotland after a bout of measles, when they meet a young boy and get led to an Island of Birds.

Illustrated with a frontispiece, and many illustrations throughout by Raymond Sheppard.

Collated, complete.

By Olivia FitzRoy.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. Dustwrapper is lightly edge worn with some small chips and closed tears. Wrap is a little age-toned with some spots and rubbing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

Near Fine

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