Walter de la Mare - Old Joe, Basil Blackwell, no date

Walter de la Mare - Old Joe, Basil Blackwell, no date

The story uses a framing device where a young girl named Letitia asks her uncle to continue a story he started the previous year about an old scarecrow in his garden. De la Mare uses this technique to explore themes of childhood wonder, the boundary between reality and fantasy, and the subtle melancholy of growing older. The stories are known for their ability to hover "on the edge—between the seen and the unseen".

Picture plate to front cloth in fair condition.  Bumped spine ends and corners.  Dents to top board edges.  Foxing to endpapers.  Tanning to leaves.  Text firm and clean.  Pictures by C T Nightingale.

Weight    150g.   Pages   30.