NURSE MATILDA

First edition, first printing. Original green paper-covered boards with gilt titles and illustrations to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. All edges originally red, all but the bottom edge now faded. With a red ribbon bookmark. Illustrated throughout with black and white line drawings by Edward Ardizzone. A very good or better copy, the binding firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper which is slightly faded at the spine and otherwise without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (12/6 on the front flap).

The first in a trilogy of books about a witch who is employed to deal with ten very naughty children, based on stories told to Christianna Brand and her cousin Edward Ardizzone as children by their great-grandfather. The books were adapted into two films, 'Nanny McPhee' (2005) and 'Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang' (2010), written by and starring Emma Thompson.