FATHER TUCK'S ANNUAL - 21ST YEAR
Written by Edric Vredenburg, M.I.K. Carruthers, Cecily M. Rutley, et al
Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick, M.A. Peart, Hilda Cowham, Louis Wain, et al.
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.
FATHER TUCK'S ANNUAL - 21ST YEAR
Written by Edric Vredenburg, M.I.K. Carruthers, Cecily M. Rutley, et al.
Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick, M.A. Peart, Hilda Cowham, Louis Wain, et al..
Stock no. 1315552
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Red cloth spine with black title and illustration. Front pictorial board shows boy and girl in wintry scene with puppy, mistletoe and basket of goodies. 6 colour plates (including one of cats by Wain - A Beauty of Japan). B/w and two-tone illustrations throughout. First story is December's Guest. 21st issue of Father Tuck's annual. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Rear cover is scuffed and slightly grubby with a few scratch marks. Page browning and some foxing otherwise contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Playing at School (colour plate)
- A Sledge Load of Pleasure - Elsie Blomfield
- Many Happy Returns - Edric Vredenburg
- These little children both believe that, if they sit quite still, some fairy friends will dance for them - and possibly they will! (picture)
- The Anxious Moon - Norman Gale
- December's Guest - M.I.K. Carruthers
- Although she knew a lot of things, Priscilla didn't know that dollies have the kind of hair that never seems to grow (picture)
- However little others have, I think it very clear that Christopher has jam enough to last him for a year! (picture)
- The Intruder - Cecily M. Rutley
- A Nutty Diet - Cecily M. Rutley
- Mixed Umbrellas - Elsie Blomfield
- A Big Little Word - G.F. Joy
- The Mermaid - Grace C. Floyd
- Piggie Porker - G.F. Joy
- Off to Fairyland (colour plate) - M.A. Peart
- The Cache - Queenie Scott-Hopper
- The Oldest Inhabitant - Elsie Blomfield
- Fancy Costumes - Ada Leonora Harris
- The Fairy Photographer (picture) - H.G.C. Marsh Lambert
- His Precious Girl - G.C.F.
- Underneath the sea so deep Mermaid children play and sleep (picture)
- How Princess Phenia Became Beautiful - Helen Sawer
- The Overcoat - E. Tracey Archer
- Which Will You Be? - Adela Wilkins
- Spring's the Time for Me - Edith E. Millard
- Hoops (picture) - Ethel K. Burgess
- The Polite Mice - F.L.
- Rat and Rations (picture) - Rosa C. Petherick
- The Sweetest Bloom of All (picture)
- The Fairy and the Caterpillar - Katherine E. Sherriff
- Three Chums - Ada Leonoara Harris
- A Beauty of Japan (colour plate) - Louis Wain
- On A Desert Island - Cecily M. Rutley
- Ladybird Ladybird Fly Away Home (picture) - Ethel K. Burgess
- The Fairies' Flying Corps. - Queen Scott-Hopper
- Master Kiwi and the Fairies - Queen Scott-Hopper
- When Christmas Comes - Katherine E. Sherriff
- Arithmetic Under Water - Felix Leigh
- A Dream of Fairyland (illus Louis Wain)
- Some Surprise (picture by Louis Wain) - Gladys Davidson
- Brave Captain Crow - Hilda Hart
- Who Is He? - Olive Chandler
- Why They Were Late - G.C.F.
- Home is Best - Grace C. Floyd
- Pat-A-Cake - Gladys Davidson
- Very Upsetting
- Meadow Playmates (colour plate)
- The Very Last Goblin of All! - Ethel Talbot
- Fine Fishes - E. Dyolf
- The Next Best Thing - Queenie Scott-Hopper
- The Wonderful Wedding - Hilda Hart
- Scrub Night! Tub Night! (picture by Hilda Cowham)
- An Elfland Picnic - E. Dyolf
- Burgling Bruin and Busy Bees - Grace C. Floyd (illus Louis Wain)
- A Fine Flyer - Gladys Davidson
- My Sunflower - G.C.F.
- A Dolly School - Gladys Davidson
- St. Valentine's Day - Gladys Davidson
- A Letter Full of Love - Gladys Davidson
- Hollyhock Crossing - May Heward
- Uninvited Guests (colour plate)
- The Enchanted Pig - Norman Gale
- The Windy Tree-Tops - Catherine A. Morin
- Teddy's Tadpole - Edith E. Millard
- A Wet Day and a Fine - R.M. Heward
- Tibby Tabby - G.C.F. (illus Louis Wain)
- The Wrong School - Ethel Talbot
- All Ripe and Ruddy (colour plate) - Rosa C. Petherick
- More precious than pearls are our darling boys and girls.... (picture)
- A Week in Toyland - Lilian Holmes
- Never let your house get dusty; Never let your grate go rusty... (picture)
- A Great Success! - Norman Gale
- With a cling-clang for the Old Year and a ting-tang for the New... (picture)