Down-adown-derry
by Walter de la Mare
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- Hardcover
- first
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DE LA MARE, Walter. Down-Adown-Derry. With Illustrations by Dorothy Lathrop. London: Constable & Co [1922]. 4to, viii 193pp. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. 3 color plates and numerous b&w illustrations. Spine ends worn, corners less so, free endpapers discolored, else a clean, tight copy with cover stamping still bright.
First edition. A collection of 55 poems for children by Walter De La Mare, an English poet, short story writer and novelist, captured in delicate color plates and intricate b&w illustrations by Dorothy Lathrop, the first artist to win the Caldecott Medal. This was an early work for Lathrop, her first having been for de la Mare's The Three Mulla-Mulgars in 1919. She developed a close friendship with the author and together they created a total of five books.
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- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049242
- Title
- Down-adown-derry
- Author
- Walter de la Mare
- Illustrator
- Dorothy Lathrop
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 4to
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