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LOT 3022
4th December 2024
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LOT 3022
TODD, Barbara Euphan. Worzel Gummidge. London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1936. First edition, 8vo (184 x 116mm.) Illustrations by Elizabeth Alldridge. (Toning, offsetting to pp.108-109, some spotting to preliminaries.) Original red cloth (spine ends faded), dust-jacket (areas of loss to upper and lower panels, sticker on inner flap). Note: scarce. Barbara Todd first developed the idea of a talking scarecrow for the B.B.C. in 1935 as a part of ‘Children’s Hour’. She published the book in 1936 but decades later a television series- scripted by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall- made the character known to a new generation in the early 1980’s. The undying scarecrow was reprised again by the B.B.C. in 2019.
Estimate: £100 – £150
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