Richmal Crompton | William and the Witch, 1964, first edition, presentation copy inscribed

Richmal Crompton

William and the Witch. London: George Newnes, 1964

8vo (184 x 118mm.), FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY RICHMAL CROMPTON TO HER SISTER ("Gwen | with much love from | Ray (Richmal Crompton)"), further signed by Margaret Disher, illustrations by Thomas Henry and Henry Ford, original cloth gilt, pictorial dust jacket, preserved in wooden box, upper cover slightly affected by damp, jacket slightly creased and chipped at edges and corners

The last of the William books to be illustrated by Thomas Henry.

LITERATURE:

Lofts and Adley 33

PROVENANCE:

Gwen Disher, thence by descent to Thomas and Margaret Disher