Ardizzone, Collection of 33 volumes by or relating to Ardizzone, 1949-2011

From the Collection of Judy Taylor, MBE

ARDIZZONE, EDWARD

Collection of 33 volumes by or relating to Ardizzone, including several inscribed copies, comprising:

Bunyan, J. The Pilgrim's Progress. Bagster, 1973, reprint, inscribed by Ardizzone (“To Judy with love. | This is the book that | started me on my | career as an artist + | illustrator. I was | only an unhappy | boy of 13 at a | boarding school | when I was given this. | July 1974 | Edward Ardizzone”), original morocco--Gorham, M. Back to the Local. Marshall, 1949, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the artist (“Signed for Judy with love | from Edward Ardizzone | Dec 1976”), original cloth, dust-jacket, [Alderson 26], tears and loss to price-clipped dust-jacket; Gorham, M. Back to the Local. Marshall, 1949, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Alderson 26], some minor loss to dust-jacket--Greene, G. Mr Visconti. Bodley Head, 1969, first edition, one of 300 copies, original wrappers, dust-jacket, [Alderson A26]--Ardizzone, E. Tim’s Last Voyage. Bodley Head, 1972, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the artist (“To Judy with love from Ted | Edward Ardizzone Oct. 1972”), pictorial boards, dust-jacket, [Alderson 157], extremities of dust-jacket slightly frayed; Ardizzone, E. Diary of a War Artist. Bodley Head, 1974, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the artist (“Signed for Judy with love | and in gratitude for the wonderful | way she has worked on and | promoted my books and this one | in particular. What a lucky | man I am! | Ted | Edward Ardizzone. | May 1974”), original cloth, dust-jacket, [Alderson 163], extremities of dust-jacket slightly frayed; Ardizzone, E. The Land of Beulah. Bodley Head, 1974, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the artist (“To Judy Taylor with | love from | Edward Ardizzone | 1974”), one of 350 copies, original wrappers, dust-jacket, [Alderson 164]; Ardizzone, E. On the Illustrating of Books. Fallbrook, California: Weather Bird Press, 1986, one of 200 copies, cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket; Ardizzone, E. Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain. Tokyo: Koguma Publishing, 2011, number 112 of 1000 copies, facsimile of original manuscript, cloth-backed boards, chemise, slipcase; together with 24 others, various sizes

The first book in this collection was exhibited by House of Illustration in their exhibition, "Ardizzone: A Retrospective", September 2016 - January 2017.

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