Richmal Crompton | William's Treasure Trove, 1962, first edition, presentation copy inscribed

Richmal Crompton

William's Treasure Trove. London: George Newnes, 1962

8vo (184 x 117mm.), FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY RICHMAL CROMPTON TO HER SISTER ("Gwen | with much love from | Ray | (Richmal Crompton) | 9.8.62 "), signed M.G. Disher on half title, illustrations by Thomas Henry, original cloth gilt, pictorial dust jacket, preserved in wooden box, jacket browned on lower cover, creased and chipped with slight loss at corners and head and foot of spine

LITERATURE:

Lofts and Adley 33

PROVENANCE:

Gwen Disher, thence by descent to Thomas and Margaret Disher