Eleanor Farjeon — Mrs. Malone

London, Oxford University Press, 1962. First edition. Hardback. A smart copy of the first edition to be illustrated by Edward Ardizzone of this children"s narrative poem, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition to be illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, originally published in 1950 by Michael Joseph. In the publisher"s original pictorial hardback binding. In the original price clipped dust wrapper.  By Eleanor Farjeon, an English author of children"s stories and plays, poetry, biography, history, and satire.  The work is a narrative poem about Mrs. Malone, an old hermit crone, who lives in the woods and welcomes all the animals that seek shelter at her door, Illustrated throughout by Edward Ardizzone, a British painter, printmaker, and war artist, as well as an author and illustrator of children"s books. In the publisher"s original pictorial hardback binding. In the original price clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Dust wrapper is very smart, with shelf wear to extremities and a closed tear to top edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Edward Ardizzone. Fine/Very Good Indeed.