Signed by John Norris Wood to the limitation page. Number 3' of only 36 copies which have all the B/W illustrations hand-coloured by Sylvia Stokeld under the artist s supervision. The Special Edition published by the Inky Parrot Press, UK in 2002. The stapled spines of each of the books are worn, but not separated. All text and illustrations are bright and clean. Four of the books contain a brief gift inscription (in pencil) on the title page dated Christmas 1925, and one contains the owner's name and date (December 25, 1925) in the "My Book" box on the fep, but all are otherwise unmarked. All of the books are illustrated in color and B&W by Harrison Cady. Toad to Dine and Grandfather Frog Stays in the Smiling Pool. The six books are: Unc' Billy Possum has a Fright Peter Rabbit Puts on Airs Jerry Muskrat Wins Respect Jumper the Hare Cannot Sleep Buster Bear Invites Old Mr. Burgess, each approximately 6.5" by 8.5", each with 13 printed pages and each with extremely bright color and B&W illustrations by Harrison Cady. Original red box containing six books by Thornton W. Illustrated by Harrison Cady (illustrator). 20 volumes, all are hardcover, all in dustjackets, -these are Good to Very Good+ examples, most are certainly Very Good, Buster Bear has about 25/26 loose pages (these have been resewn so that clutch of loose pages are stable as a single group of pages), small address label in each volumes has been blacked out, some edge wear and rubbing, overall a quite nice set that is well over 75 years old, -all are in dustjackets, most dustjackets are Good or better, chips and loss (see scans), a few have had small tape repairs on the verso, some degree of sunning to all jacket spines -all in uniform format,-all jackets are now in hi-quality mylar protectors, TITLES ARE: REDDY FOX JOHNNY CHUCK PETER COTTONTAIL UNC' BILLY POSSUM MR MOCKER JERRY MUSKRAT DANNY MEADOW MOUSE GRANDFATHER FROG CHATTERER the RED SQUIRREL SAMMY JAY BUSTER BEAR OLD MR TOAD PRICKLY PORKY OLD MAN COYOTE PADDY the BEAVER POOR MRS QUACK BOBBY COON JIMMY SKUNK BOB WHITE OL' MISTAH BUZZARD, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED -GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// -sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)- Size: 4.75w x 7h Inches.
Dust Jacket Condition: Good (see description).
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