UTTLEY, Alison; C. F. TUNNICLIFFE [Illus.] ~ Secret Places & Other Essays. Inscribed by the author.

FIRST UK PRINTING. Faber and Faber, London: 1972.

8vo., aqua green linson boards, lettered in gilt to spine; together in the original unclipped dustwrapper (£1.80 net) featuring text in green, orange and black, and a design by Tunnicliffee printed in green to the upper panel; replicated vignette to title and a further 12 chapter headings by the illustrator; THE BOOK a near-fine copy, mildly pushed at spine tips, faint offsetting to endleaves and light spotting to the fore-edge; the near-fine DUSTWRAPPER with just a few patches of toning, shelfwear and creasing. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First edition, inscribed by Uttley to the front free endpaper: "To [?] with good wishes for happy reading from Alison Uttley. Aug 6. 1973." A collection of essays from the author of Little Grey Rabbit, on her early experiences of her childhood in Derbyshire, her years as a science teacher in London before the First World War, and ending with a lecture she gave on the subject of the poet Walter de la Mare a few years before his death. Together with the wonderfully evocative illustrations by Tunnicliffe, who is himself best known for his interpretations of Tarka the Otter.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Near Fine