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Charming ABC that describes in verse words and concepts from the world of magic and make believe - A is for abracadabra, O is for 'once upon a time', w for witch, q for quest - all accompanied by fabulous pencil drawings by Margaret Tarrant on every page. Very nicely presented. At the end there are 8 pages of a description of both the author's and artist's life and works and some of their books - a bit more personal than the usual listings. Green cloth covered boards with red titling to backstrip. Plain endpapers. Bookseller's stamp on front pastedown. Dustjacket not clipped. 58+8pp. 23.5x16 cm. Dustjacket chipped at edges and folds with some loss to top / tail of spine area; brown spotting and sunned. Corners / top / tail of book backstrip bumped; cover lifting slightly on upper board and some discolouration; some brown spotting to last two pages of adverts.

ABC, rhymes, poetry, children's illustrated, tarrant, farjeon,