Bettina:

Carmello.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. 32pp, illustrated - with some panache - at every opening, in colour or monochrome. Told as by a child, and probably illustrated by the author. Pages clean, no creases, faint thumb soiling to edge of a couple of pages. Landscape format, 19x25cms, in the original blue cloth titled and illustrated in white. A charming book: firm and clean, upper board faded to edges. A good copy. Good. Item #19452030

Price: £25.00