Suzanne Goes To Brittany
1954.
George Harrap and Co. Ltd
, London, England
A delightfully charming slim volume with exquisite wash water colours by the famous artist and art critic Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher who worked extensively as a draughtsman in pen , ink and wash over the second half of the 20th century. The other quaint feature of this book is that the text is in English with the French translations on the opposite pages. A product of its time, there are phrases that stand out such as the now inappropriate assessment of Suzanne's suntan:-"tu es comme une negresse" dit Pierre translated from "you look like a nigger, Suzanne" says Pierre.
$15.00
Specifications
| Author | Matchett, Grace |
| Illustrator | Illustrated by Geoffrey Fletcher |
| Publisher | George Harrap and Co. Ltd |
| Place Published | London, England |
| Year Published | 1954 |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1954 |
| Size | 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm |
| Chapters | Unspecified |
| Pages | Non-paginated |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover in pictorial paper covered blue boards with pictorial price-clipped dust wrapper in fair condition with minor tear to lower spine missing a 1x2cm piece of dust wrapper front of dust wrapper and front board is and attractive pastel watercolour of a young girl gazing out to sea from her balcony. |
| Overall | Text and internal watercolor illustrations are in very good condition other than areas of brown staining to endpapers at front and rear and slight page yellowing throughout together with a prior tiny book-dealer sticker adhered to the bottom corner of front pastedown. |