ARDIZZONE, Edward

Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.

Description

Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.

1964. 12mo. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt design of Nurse Matilda and gilt lettering. 127pp.Illustrated with line drawings by Edward Ardizzone. On front blank endpaper is the Surrealist bookplate of Andrew Murray. Cover is a little rubbed, corners bumped. Light handling folds inside text,one page has a small biro mark, see photograph, else very good.  Nurse Matilda was eventually made into a film titled Nanny McPhee.

Size 16 x10.5cm (6 x 4 inches)

Item details

Provenance:

Andrew Murray, Director of Mayor Gallery, Cork Street, London. The Mayor Gallery exhibited Ardizzone s work in the 1960 s. Andrew Murray lent his personal collection of books and prints etc. to the travelling exhibition by Middlesbrough Museum in 1982.

Item details

Publisher: Brockhampton Press,
Signed: No
Date: 1964
Place: Leicester:
Condition: Very Good
Illustrator: Edward Ardizzone
Book ID: 60002393