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The Sixpence that Rolled Away.

Stock Code 109671

London, Faber & Faber, 1956

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Edward Bawden's own copy. 'Once upon a time there was a One Pound Note and he married a Ten Shilling Note and they had three children, a half-crown and a shilling and a sixpence and they lived in a Money Box.....', a charming and imaginative tale, stunningly illustrated by Bawden.

First edition, Edward Bawden's copy with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper; 8vo (215 x 160 mm); five colour plates and additional engraved plates and vignettes, near-fine; publisher's illustrated boards with corresponding dust-jacket, close tear to top edge of upper panel, rubbed at extremities, mildly soiled with offsetting to the endpapers but otherwise very good.

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Provenance: From Edward Bawden's Personal Collection.

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The Sixpence that Rolled Away.

BAWDEN, Edward (illustrator); MACNEICE, Louis.

Stock code: 109671

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