[Rarebooks] E-List FS: A Lot of EIGHT Delightful Children's Books by Irish Writer Janet McNeill: WITH photo link this time

[A.E. Tishman]

Ezra and Josh from Aardvark Rare Books offer seven Janet McNeill titles -  delightful children’s books- several from her Specs McCann series  (part adventureous schoolchildren-romp, part Pippi-like fantasy), several collections of short stories and event the Nativity story as told from the point of view of two child bystanders.

“What can you do with stories that begin like this: ’There was once a man who married a witch. It wasn’t for want of warning either…’, or    'the last unicorn left in Ireland came early from the grove of rowan trees half-way up Slieve Croobe, where he had his home and set off on the road to Downpatrick, pacing prettily…’, or ‘Look at me,’ said the baby sea serpent, twisting and coiling, circling and plunging, away deep deep down under the sea…? ‘   What can you do with them except read them?…”


My Friend Specs McCann
Specs Fortissimo
Various Specs
Try These for Size
A Light Dozen
A Pinch of Salt
Special Occasions

All are very good or better, hardcovers, in jacket, firsts, and all but one published by Faber. Delightfully illustrated by Rowel Friers. 
												$95  postage paid Media Mail
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Janet McNeill (14 September 1907 – October 1994)[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_McNeill#cite_note-:0-1> was a prolific Irish novelist and playwright. Author of more than 20 children's books,[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_McNeill#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFoster2006202-2> as well as adult novels, plays, and two opera libretti <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libretto>, she was best known for her children's comic fantasy series My Friend Specs McCann...Her popular children's character, Specs McCann, who debuted in a 1955 book and made several reappearances, also inspired a newspaper cartoon strip <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip> by Rowel Friers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowel_Friers>, a Belfast artist and friend of McNeill’s…”. (Wikitcetera)




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