Jane Duncan Janet Reachfar & The Kelpie and similar items

JANET REACHFAR AND THE KELPIE by Jane Duncan Illustrated by Mairi Hedderwick London: Macmillan London Ltd., 1976. First edition, first printing. Evocative whole-scene illustrations from watercolors wonderfully portrayed by Mairi Hedderwick to enhance this story of a young girl and her dog who has nightmares after becoming frightened of creepy monsters that may be living in wells and bogs. Set in the Scottish Highlands, this is a summertime picture-story of a little girl and her family, including her grandmother, known as "Herself", living on a Highland farm, and was written to accompany the winter picture-tale, HERSELF AND JANET REACHFAR. A well preserved collectible. A very faint hint of shelf-edge wear, else fine cream boards with wrap-around color cover illustration, (sturdy sewn binding); in a very nearly fine dust jacket that mimics the cover art; original L2.50 net printed price still intact to the front inner flap seen through the printed Macmillan raised price sticker of L3.95 net. A warm tale, with beautiful illustrations in the original British First edition. Square quarto. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.