Richmal Crompton William and the Moon Rocket. London: George Newnes, 1954 8vo (184 x 124mm.), FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY RICHMAL CROMPTON TO HER SISTER GWEN ("To Gwen | with much love from | Ray (Richmal Crompton)"), pencil annotations by Richmal Crompton, illustrations by Thomas Henry, original cloth gilt, pictorial dust jacket, preserved in wooden box, jacket creased and lightly chipped with some loss at head of backstrip The pencil annotations by Richmal Crompton comprise a series of underlinings to pages 65-80, one whole signature where the printers have over spaced many of the words - highlighted by Crompton. LITERATURE:Lofts and Adley 29 PROVENANCE:Gwen Disher, hence by descent to Thomas Disher and Margaret Disher
Richmal Crompton William and the Moon Rocket. London: George Newnes, 1954 8vo (184 x 124mm.), FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY RICHMAL CROMPTON TO HER SISTER GWEN ("To Gwen | with much love from | Ray (Richmal Crompton)"), pencil annotations by Richmal Crompton, illustrations by Thomas Henry, original cloth gilt, pictorial dust jacket, preserved in wooden box, jacket creased and lightly chipped with some loss at head of backstrip The pencil annotations by Richmal Crompton comprise a series of underlinings to pages 65-80, one whole signature where the printers have over spaced many of the words - highlighted by Crompton. LITERATURE:Lofts and Adley 29 PROVENANCE:Gwen Disher, hence by descent to Thomas Disher and Margaret Disher
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