1946 The Grey Men by 'BB' : Denys Watkins-Pitchford : In Original Dust Jacket

The Little Grey Men

By 'BB'

Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1946. Second Impression. Hardback book in original and unclipped dust jacket. 8vo, 190 pages (last page no numbered). Illustrated by Watkins-Pitchford.

CONDITION
A very good copy. The dust jacket is very good and has two small repairs to the inside (see images provided). Boards and spine are very good. All contents present and pages clean throughout. No writing or names to the book. Overall a very good copy of the second impression.

The Little Grey Men is a story for the young in heart is a children's fantasy novel written by Denys Watkins-Pitchford under the pen name 'BB' and illustrated by the author under his real name. It was first published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1942 and it has been reissued several times. Set in the English countryside, it features the adventures of four gnomes who may be the last of their race. At the same time it features the countryside during three seasons of the year.

Watkins-Pitchford won the 1942 Carnegie Medal recognising The Little Grey Men as the year's best children's book by a British subject.

A sequel was published in 1948, Down the Bright Stream; later issued as The Little Grey Men Go Down the Bright Stream (Methuen, 1977). Jointly they may be called the Little Grey Men series.

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