Jefferies (Richard); Shepard (E.H.) Bevis:
£395
The Story of a Boy…with an introduction by E.V. Lucas
London, Jonathan Cape, 1932.
First illustrated edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Jefferies’ famous “story of a boy”, illustrated for the first time by Pooh illustrator E.H. Shepard; uncommon in the original dust-jacket. Accompanied by original printed prospectus.
In stock
Internally VG; jacket worn and torn with some loss.
Frontispiece, title vignette, illustrations and map endpapers by E.H. Shepard.
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