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BRAND, CHRISTIANNA: : THREE TALES FROM NURSE MATILDA

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY CHILDREN'S BOOKS,2005.

ISBN 0747576750.

UK,16mo HB+dw/dj,3 vols+s/case,1st edns thus.[Originally published previously, sequentially,by Brockhampton Press (UK). Nurse Matilda (1964),NURSE MATILDA GOES TO TOWN(1967),Nurse Matilda goes to HOSPITAL(1974).]FINE/FINE.(Virtually as new!) No owner inscrptn,no clips to dw/dj - absence of publisher price.Bright,crisp, immaculate,red paper-covered card s/case, with bright,crisp,gilt printed nanny's head silhouette+letters to sides and spine/ backstrip of same; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Bright,crisp, clean,colour pictorial artwork by Edward Ardizzone,illustrated dw/dj's - upper wrap+ spine/backstrip - again,all with negligible - if any - shelf-wear to edges and corners, no nicks or tears or rubbing present.Tops+ fore-edges bright,crisp and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Unblemished,paper -covered boards with printed gilt, silhouette design of dw/dj repeated to upper board+spine/backstrip,immaculate coloured endpapers and colour co-ordinated headbands and sewn-in bookmarks/ribbons. NM,NMGTT,and NMGTH,have green boards+green bookmark+red endpapers,red boardds+red bookmark+brown endpapers and brown boards+ brown bookmark+cream endpapers respectively.UK,16mo HB+dw/dj,1st edns thus,3-126pp,3-124pp and 3-122pp [paginated] respectively,all with b/w vignette illustrated title page,chapter Capital illumination,and profuse,b/w line illus,all by Edward Ardizzone,throughout the text and the books.The first book about Nurse Matilda and subsequent others, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone,cousin of the author. Uncommon,complete,slipcased set. Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone,1900-1979, worked as Edward Ardizzone.Born in Haiphong,China,the son of an employee of the Eastern Telegrah Company,the eldest of five children.He lived in the Far East until he was five and then moved with his family to England.Ardizzone lived in Ipswich until he was 14,'and it was here', he wrote,'that I learnt to know and love the little coastal steamers that I have drawn so often in the TIM books.' He attended evening classes in life drawing given by Bernard Meninsky at Westminster School of Art,while employed as a statistical clerk in London(1916-26). He worked freelance as an illustrator from 1926,achieving widespread recognition with his first children's book 'Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain(1936) the first of the famous TIM books. Served in the Royal Artillery(1939-40); Official War Artist(1940-45),noted for his war diaries.Taught illustration at Camberwell School of Art(1948-52).Worked for UNESCO in India(1952-53).Part-time tutor at the Royal College of Art School of Etching(1953-61).Ardizzone worked in watercolour,pen and ink,pencil and lithograph as a painter,printmaker, greetings card designer and illustrator of over 170 books,many of them his own.He was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal(1956) for 'Tim All Alone' and the Carnegie Medal (1955) and Hans Christian Andersen Medal (1956) with 'The Little Bookroom'.He particularly enjoyed illustrating poetry. He worked mainly from memory,early developing a freely drawn and unmistakable style that changed very little during the course of his long career.He acknowledged the influence of Bernard Meninsky on his work,and also the 19thC draughtsmen Daumier,Dore and Caldecott.His brother-in-law Gabriel White considered 'perhaps no artist since Randolph Caldecott has captured so easily the qualities essential in successful illustration for a child. Ardizzone's are bold and clear and tell the tale in the simplest lines and colours. Ardizzone was awarded the CBE (UK honour) in 1971.In 1973,a retrospective of his work was held at the V & A Museum in London. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,16mo HB+dw/dj,3 vols+s/case,1st edns.
Not SIGNED.

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