JONKERS RARE BOOKS
186. LINKLATER, Eric THE PIRATES IN THE DEEP GREEN SEA Macmillan, 1949. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper indeed. Tipped in bookplate to front free endpaper verso. [43953] £95 187. LUCAS, E.V. PLAYTIME AND COMPANY A Book for Children Methuen, 1925. First edition. A very good copy indeed, in a good dustwrap- per. [44085] £150 188. LYNCH, Patricia THE BOOKSHOP ON THE QUAY J. M. Dent, 1956. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper indeed. Neat gift inscription to front free endpaper. [43956] £150 189. LYNCH, Patricia THE OLD BLACK SEA CHEST Dent, 1958. First edition. A very near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, the spine a little faded. [43957] £45 190. MCKEE, David ELMER Dobson, 1968. First edition. Square octavo. Original red cloth in (price clipped) pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in co- lour by the author. A fine near copy in a very good dustwrap - per which shows a little wear to the spine ends and rear joint and a couple of short closed tears at the corners, but is bright and well preserved [43038] £3,500 The rare first appearance of Elmer the Elephant, published as a stand alone work by the small publisher, Dennis Dobson. The inspiration for the character was not, as popular legend would have it, in re- sponse to a racist incident experienced by his mixed race family, but simply because McKee liked drawing elephants and squares.
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“At the time I liked drawing elephants. I was a painter as well and my paintings were squared up, a bit Paul Klee-ish, and one day I mixed the two,” he says. “One day I put the squares on the elephant, then I looked at him and the name Elmer, Elmer the Elephant, the usual alliteration, came to me.” (interview with The Bookseller, March 2019). Nevertheless, when the Andersen Press reprinted a shortened ver- sion of the original Elmer story in 1989, the gentle message of inclu- sion and acceptance was part of the book’s immediate success, which spawned a series of subsequent books and wide range of popular mer- chandise about the patchwork Elephant.
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