The Blakes. Illustrated by Sheila MacGregor

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First edition. 8vo. 252 pp. Publisher's leaf green cloth, lettered and illustrated in blue, colour pictorial dust jacket, not price clipped. Colour frontispiece replicating the design of the front panel of the jacket plus a handful of black and white illustrations in the text. Mild dampstain to the upper corner, more apparent to the edges of the text block than the leaves but also showing to the rear panel, generally very good. An obscure book for children telling the story of a family moving from side of the country to the other in and "Albion motor-coach" that they have fitted out as a caravan. According to a source online Alison Wright was a pseudonym for someone called Daphne Holmes and the story was based on a similar journey by her rather eccentric family. N° de ref. del artículo 45967

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Título: The Blakes. Illustrated by Sheila MacGregor
Editorial: London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd
Año de publicación: 1952