Nicholas Stuart Gray — Down in the Cellar

London, Dennis Dobson, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A lovely sought after first edition copy of this children's novel from Nicholas Stuart Gray, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. The scarce first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. An excellent copy of this whimsical children's book. Four young siblings – Bruce, Julia, Andrew and Deirdre Jefferson – are staying in their uncle"s rambling Rectory in the South Downs when they find an injured man in a cave. The man tells them he is on the run, and they decide to hide him in a half-forgotten cellar of the Rectory.From British actor, playwright and children's fantasy author, Nicholas Stuart Gray. He often produced adaptations or continuations of traditional fairy tales and fantasy works, including 'The Stone Cafe', a re-telling of 'Rapunzel' from a cat's point of view. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is smart, with scattered spotting to the wrap and minor rubbing to the spine head and top edge of front cover. Contemporary ink inscription to front cover. Internally, firmly bound. With very minor offsetting and a couple spots to the front free endpaper, otherwise bright and clean. With a small paper pocket tipped in to the front pastedown. Near Fine . Ill.: Edward Ardizzone. Near Fine/Very Good.