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Author: Hilaire Belloc Title: Selected Cautionary Verses Subtitle: Revised Puffin Edition With The Original Pictures By B. T. B. And Nicolas Bentley Publisher:   Puffin Books Country: UK Date: 1964 Format: Paperback Genre: Poetry, Art & Design, Humour ISBN-10: 0140300678 First Published:   1950 Rating: Rate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Notes

revised puffin edition 1964, reprinted 1966, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

original illustrated album edition first published 1940
published in puffin story books 1950
reissued in penguin books 1958

text copyright © the estate of hilaire belloc, 1940, 1964
illustrations copyright © gerald duckworth & co. ltd, 1930, 1932, 1957

192pp. including 8 unnumbered pp. titles, indica, introductory admonitive poem, 2pp. table of contents, etc; pp.9-10 "about hilaire belloc" h. s. mackintosh, pp.11-185 illustrated poems; 7 end pp. advertising: "some other puffin books" (intro p.), 1p. "other verse available in puffin" (11 titles); 2pp. listing four titles, authors & brief blurbs;1p. the puffin club, dept. a penguin books ltd harmondsworth middlesex; 1 blank p.
cover art by nicolas bentley (front, signed), b.t.b. (back, unsigned)
cover price 50p, canada $1.50

contents drawn from:
"cautionary tales for children" (7)
"new cautionary tales" (5)
"the bad child's book of beasts" (9)
"more beasts voir worse children" (5)
"more peers" (5)
"ladies and gentlemen" (4)

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Number: 2420127  THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: OldMod67 Description: Puffin Belloc pb front

Number: 2420128  Uploaded By: OldMod67 Description: Puffin Belloc pb rear

Comments and Reviews

OldMod67 9th Oct 2020		Puffin covers added
OldMod67 25th Nov 2019		For reference, my 1971 edition lists pricing on rear as follows: United Kingdom 25p. 5/- Australia $0.75 New Zealand $0.75 South Africa R0.60 Canada $1.15
ppint. 31st Jan 2019		reference copy provided courtesy of tony at the old pier bookshop, morecambe seafront.

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