In the middle of the Enchanted Wood stands the great Faraway Tree
The Magic Faraway Tree
Newnes, 1943.
First edition. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt in the wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Dorothy Wheeler. Illustrated throughout in line by Wheeler. A near fine copy, bright and crisp, in a very good dustwrapper. The jacket is fresh, bright and attractive, with minor chips to the spine corners, and some creasing and closed tears. Small bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper.
The second of the faraway books featuring the inhabitants of the Enchanted Wood and the adventures of Jo, Bessie, Fanny and Dick in the magical lands that appear at the top of the eponymous tree.
A fragile wartime production and one of the most popular children's stories of the twentieth century.
Stock ID: 44410
£7,500.00
