Edward Ardizzone — Sarah and Simon and No Red Paint

London, Constable Young Books Ltd. 1965. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this charming tale, illustrated and flat signed by the author and illustrator, Edward Ardizzone. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. First edition. Flat signed by the author and illustrator, Edward Ardizzone, to the front free endpaper.Illustrated throughout with green and red-toned line drawings by Ardizzone.A charming children's tale in which Sarah and Simon try to help their father, a struggling artist, earn his fortune. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, lovely. The slightest trace of shelf wear to extremities. Flat signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Slight offsetting with one or two very minor spots to endpapers. Price label tipped to to gutter of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Edward Ardizzone. Very Good Indeed .