FARJEON, Eleanor (1881-1965). Mrs Malone. London: Oxford University Press, 1962, 12mo, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. With 2 other illustrated books. (3)

FARJEON, Eleanor (1881-1965) & Edward ARDIZZONE (1900-79, illustrator).  Mrs Malone. London: Oxford University Press, 1962. 12mo (140 x 110mm). Half title, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Original coloured pictorial paper boards, orange endpapers, dust-jacket with price unclipped (backstrip of jacket rubbed). A FINE COPY, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. The work was first published by Michael Joseph in 1950 with illustrations by David Knight. This is the first edition to include the illustrations by Ardizzone, "... one of the most talented of English illustrators ..." (John Lewis, The 20th Century Book (1967)). With 2 other books, namely Edward Ardizzone's The Young Ardizzone. An Autobiographical Fragment (London, 1970, tall 8vo, original green cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on the front free endpaper), and Alan Garner's The Stone Book (London, 1976, 8vo, illustrations by Michael Foreman, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the title inscribed by the author, "For Elaine, Alan Garner", and further SIGNED on the title by the illustrator Michael Foreman). Provenance: Elaine Moss (1924-2020). Please see lot 607 for a biographical note on Elaine Moss. (3)