Jean de Bosschere; F. Tennyson Jesse [translator] - The City Curious

London, William Heinemann, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this brightly illustrated story from Belgian writer and painter Jean de Bosschere. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A charming and fantastical story following young Smaly and Redy who set forth on an adventure in search of three little girls who they wish to make gardens for. They soon find themselves in a strange land with people made of cake, chocolate walls, and a moving prison of sugar. Written and illustrated by Jean de Bosschere, a Belgian writer and painter. Translated by Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse Harwood, an English journalist, author and criminologist. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. A small mark to the front board with a small split in the cloth at the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Jean de Bosschere. Very Good .

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