Tessie Growing Up [Tessie’s Caravan]

First edition, first impression.  190pp, with occasional line drawings in text.  Green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine.  Illustrated endpapers.  8vo.  Cloth with significant uneven fading, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends.  Hint of spotting on endpapers, gift inscription dated 1952 inked opposite half title page else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.  Slight mustiness on first opening.  In its original dust wrapper, gently rubbed at edges, slightly sunned over spine and a little shelf worn.  Dust wrapper now protected in an archival-quality Mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.

From the author of Biddy Christmas comes this story of Tessie whose life is turned upside down when she is bewitched by a caravan which she saves from destruction.  Set in Welsh border country.  Published in the USA under the title Tessie’s Caravan.  Hard to find book especially in this condition with dust wrapper.