John Budden — Charlie the Fox
London, Country Life Limited, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work by John Budden. Illustrated by George Denholm Armour, a British Painter known for his paintings of hunting and horses. This work displays Armour's skills beautifully with eight full page plates and illustrations in the text. A charming tale of a schoolboy who rescues and befriends a Fox. In a cloth binding in original clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart with some light rubbing. Marks to spine and wear to head of spine. Ink signature to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper sound, with handling marks and loss to head and tail of the spine. Chipping to front and rear wrap. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean. Very Good . Ill.: George Denholm Armour. Very Good/Good.