DUNCAN, Brenda
A Seaside Holiday. Written and Illustrated by Brenda Duncan.
profusely illustrated manuscript
A profusely illustrated manuscript of an unpublished English children’s book. Featuring Pamela, Joseph, Roderick, and their cousins. Inscribed on the initial blank: “This Book belongs to Mary, Peter, Michael and the baby. With love from Brenda Douglas.”
The story of a children’s seaside holiday told in 18 chapters. The drawings are of professional quality and the text well written, with flashes of wit.
Binding worn with spine missing, front joint separating, corners of thin boards creased and worn. Structurally sound, though delicate, and internally fine, with foxing on only two pages. A partially legible date in paper from an issue of Punch used to line spine places this in the 1900s, probably the first decade of the century.
