Edward Ardizzone — The Young Ardizzone: An Autobiographical Fragment
London, Studio Vista Limited, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this autobiographical work from British artist Edward Ardizzone. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour highlights. An autobiographical account of the childhood of Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, a British painter, printmaker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children. Within these pages, he tells the story of his childhood up to the time that he started his career as an artist. Evoking a period as well as having a lot of fun remembering fragments of his early life and character. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Edward Ardizzone. Fine/Fine.
