Broomsticks and Beasticles: Stories and Verse About Witches and Strange Creatures
Sleigh, Barbara
| Publication Date |
1981 |
| ISBN |
0340259485 |
| Publisher |
Hodder and Stoughton, |
| Binding |
Hardback |
| Condition |
Very good copy in good+ dust jacket |
| SKU |
24724 |
| Notes |
Maroon boards with gilt titles to spine are very clean and neat. Hint of softening to spine ends . Dust jacket is very slightly sunned to the spine and lightly rubbed to the edges. Not price clipped. |
Description
Hardback. 154pp. Signed first edition. The printed dedication ‘For Sarah’ has a hand written note below, ‘with love from Barbie / September 26th 1981. A collection of stories for older children, selected by Barbara Sleigh, featuring witches, dragons etc. Some are folk tales retold by Barbara Sleigh and others. Others are original stories. Includes pieces by Barbara Sleigh, Robert Graves, Ian Serraillier, T. H. White, Ruth Manning-Saunders, etc. as well as folk tales from Wales, Russian, Northumberland, etc. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by John Patience. colour illustrated dust jacket with pictures to the front and back.
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