WIDDECOMBE FAIR (Drawings by George Adamson)

Unpaginated. Hardcover binding, with dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with lovely monochrome and full-colour drawings by George Adamson. Condition: Overall good-very good. Jacket has some superficial insect wear, and spots of insect wear that have caused small holes. Jacket has been covered with protective plastic sleeve. Superficial insect wear to top corner of front board, and to top and bottom edges of boards. Light browning and very small stains to endpapers. Else fine. Illustrations are bright. Well bound.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widecombe_Fair_%28song%29:

"Widecombe Fair", also called "Tom Pearce" (sometimes spelt "Tam Pierce"), is a Devon folk song about a man called Tom Pearce, whose horse dies after someone borrows it to travel to the fair in Widecombe with his friends. George Adamson, who lived for many years in Devon, illustrated the song as a picture book for children with the title Widdecombe Fair. First published by Faber and Faber in 1966, Adamson later converted his drawings into a lively poster. The Tablet noted that "George Adamson has drawn a set of earthy characters to ride Tom Pearse's grey mare in the famous West Country song that are so obviously just right for their names. The colours are sombre, but there is humour and sly detail to delight an observant child".

Size: Oblong 8vo (18,6 x 25cm)

London: Faber & Faber, 1966