Yes, please share any illustrations you particularly enjoy from Enid's books here.
The cave is jam packed with beautiful artwork - and also Betty Maxey pics too..
I don't think it has been used as a Journal cover, Pete, but it's beautiful. I've always liked Grace Lodge's work. Her dustwrapper for Those Dreadful Children is stunning (sadly, I only have a paperback copy!)
I have always loved the illustrations of George and Timmy together, showing the love between them - especially some wonderful ones from Five Go Adventuring Again...
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Lovely Eileen Soper illustrations. I also like this picture of George and Timmy by Betty Maxey. It shows the close bond between them while conveying a feeling of watchfulness and tension - adventure is afoot!
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
I've got all the FF books in the Knight paperback editions with some surprisingly decent Betty Maxey covers. The illustrations are a mix, sometimes Maxey, other times Soper - and the difference is quite clear! Over time I've got them all in hardback, all with Eileen Soper's wonderful illustrations - so I don't read the paperback versions much anymore.
I've never seen the later version, Pete, but I do have a Latimer House edition. It has no dustwrapper and is a bit worse for wear, but the Grace Lodge illustrations are charming. Tony used that colour plate as a Journal cover some years ago - it's a lovely, cosy scene.
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
