Walter De La Mare — Peacock Pie

London, Faber & Faber Limited, 1946. Hardback. A new edition, featuring the illustrations of British painter and print-maker Edward Ardizzone. A new edition featuring the illustrations of Edward Ardizzone, the work having been first published in 1913. In original yellow pictorial boards, with original unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. A collection of short poems and rhymes, frequently punctuated by monochrome vignette illustrations rendered by Ardizzone throughout.   Bound in original yellow pictorial boards. In original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Mild bumping to extremities. Minor marks to boards. Mild fading to spine. Light spotting to endpapers. Dust wrapper generally smart. Moderate loss to dust wrapper tail. Moderate closed tear and loss to dust wrapper head. Moderate sunning to dust wrapper spine and cover extremities. Very slight cockling to dust wrapper reverse. Areas of tape mending to dust wrapper reverse. Very Good . Ill.: Edward Ardizzone. Very Good/Good.