Richmal Crompton | William the Superman, 1968, first edition, presentation copy inscribed

Richmal Crompton

William the Superman. London: George Newnes, 1968

8vo (184 x 118mm.), FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY RICHMAL CROMPTON TO HER SISTER ("Gwen | with love from Ray - | Richmal Crompton | Dec. 1968"), illustrations by Henry Ford, original cloth gilt, pictorial dust jacket, preserved in wooden box, lower cover jacket discoloured, creased and lightly frayed at head of spine

The last of the William books to be inscribed by Richmal Crompton and the last she completed in its entirety.

LITERATURE:

Lofts and Adley 37

PROVENANCE:

Gwen Disher, thence by descent to Thomas and Margaret Disher