JIMMY
Written by Richmal Crompton
Illustrated by Lunt Roberts
Published by George Newnes Limited
in 1949
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JIMMY
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1313153
1st.
1949.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Green cloth covers. Title to front and spine, vignette of Jimmy also to spine. 272 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed, a few tiny dents to cover edges. Fading to gilt on front cover. Heavy foxing to endpapers and page edges/margins.
Front cover
Contents
- Seven and three-quarters, sturdy, a misleading expression of solemnity and a deep voice that broke into a slight stammer when he was excited: that was Jimmy.
- His greatest joy in life was to tag along behind Roger, his 11 year old brother and Roger's two friends, an inseparable trio known as the Three Musketeers. The Three Musketeers didn't want Jimmy trailing after them nevertheless he usually managed to be somewhere around when things happened.