The Princess Elizabeth gift book : in aid of the Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children / edited by Cynthia Asquith & Eileen Bigland
1935, First Edition. London : Hodder & Stoughton. Poor copy in the original title blocked boards; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Item #290562
Physical description; 224 p. : ill., ports. Contents; Mickey Mouse and his retinue arriving at the party [illustration] -- A children's hospital in wartime / J.M. Barrie -- Ham and the porcupine, a "Just-So" story / Rudyard Kipling -- Three cuckoos in search of a village, a story / Francis Brett Young, ilustrated by Paul Bloomfield -- A good grocer (an apology), a poem / G.K. Chesterton -- Pip, Squeak, Wilfred and Stanley, their life stories / "Uncle Dick" (B.J. Lamb), illustrated by A.B. Payne -- What the black chow saw, a story / Algernon Blackwood, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield -- Princess Jane of London Town, a poem / Jan Struther, illustrated by Sylvia Salisbury -- Rupert the little bear goes adventuring in the robbers' den and with the giants / Mary Tourtel, illustrated by Mary Tourtel -- The fairy washerwoman, a story / Compton Mackenzie, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield -- Come and change, a poem / Herbert Asquith, illustrated by A.H. Watson -- The unromantic princess, a story / Elizabeth Bowen, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield -- Young Waveney, an episode in the life of Mr. Chips / James Hilton, illustrated by Bip Pares -- Stars, a memory rhyme / Walter de la Mare -- Check to the King Of France, a one-act historical play for children / Margaret Irwin, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield -- The street criers, a poem / W.H. Davies, illustrated by Sylvia Salisbury -- Woolly Bear's aeroplane, a story / Shirley Cooke, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield -- A sixteenth century Princess Elizabeth at Hatfield, a poem / Lord David Cecil, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield -- Teddy Tail's circus, a story / Una L. Lascot, illustrated by Herbert S. Foxwell -- The blue chicken, a Hepzibah Hen story / Olwen Bowen, illustrated by R.L. Brightwell -- Harvest by the sea, or Mr. Wacksparrow, Mr. Deebles and the sea-gull, a story / L.A.G. Strong, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield -- The story of rather greedy little Hugh / Denis Mackail, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield -- Childhood, a picture / Frank Salisbury, A.R.A. -- Putting Tucker to bed, a bed-time conversation / Enid Bagnold, illustrated by Laurian Jones -- Uncile Oojah's little princess, a story / Flo Lancaster, illustrated by H.M. Talintyre -- The little chair with the gold thread, a story / Hugh Walpole -- For a princess, a poem / John Drinkwater -- The end of the party: Mickey Mouse takes a photograph [illustration]. Subjects; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926-). Elizabeth princess of Great Britain (1926-). Children's literature, English. Gift books. Children's stories. Children's literature. Gift books. Genre; Illustrated.
Price: €48.00