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Re: Painting
Posted: 21 Jan 2015, 23:03
by Anita Bensoussane
It seems to be the cover artwork for
The Good Morning Book, 1961 edition, Lilah:
http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/book ... rning+Book" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The picture isn't by Enid Blyton - it's by one of her illustrators. Joyce A. Johnson did the internal drawings for that book, but I'm not sure whether she did the cover as well. Tony Summerfield will probably know.
Re: Painting
Posted: 21 Jan 2015, 23:18
by Fiona1986
I cropped the picture Pete as it was originally landscape and it's just one framed image. I knew with the pixel width rule on the forums a portrait picture would work better.
Re: Painting
Posted: 21 Jan 2015, 23:20
by Fiona1986
So it is, Anita. Strange that the "An Enid Blyton" text still appears, but no book title. It looks like that would have fitted in the area shown.
Re: Painting
Posted: 21 Jan 2015, 23:33
by diz
Anita Bensoussane wrote:It seems to be the cover artwork for
The Good Morning Book, 1961 edition, Lilah:
http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/book ... rning+Book" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The picture isn't by Enid Blyton - it's by one of her illustrators. Joyce A. Johnson did the internal drawings for that book, but I'm not sure whether she did the cover as well. Tony Summerfield will probably know.
Thankyou very much for your very interesting information, that is just great, lovely to know its history, kindest regards Lilah
Re: Painting
Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 09:43
by pete9012S
Thanks to Anita and Fiona for their detective work.
Is the 1961 book on the left the same as this one from 1949 on the right??
http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/book ... php?id=875" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It sounds like you have the original artwork Lilah,may we ask how you aquired it?
Regards
Pete
Re: Painting
Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 12:10
by Anita Bensoussane
pete9012S wrote:Is the 1961 book on the left the same as this one from 1949 on the right??
I'm afraid I don't know whether the 1961 edition contains all the same stories and poems as the 1949 original. I haven't got
The Good Morning Book in any edition, but I remembered that beautiful 1961 cover from having seen it in Tony Summerfield's
Bibliography and in the Cave. You're lucky to have the artwork, Lilah!
Re: Painting
Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 17:05
by shadow
I've just checked in my 1961 copy and it contains 21 short stories, 2 verses and 8 nature tales. According to the cave the original book has 41 stories and poems. Missing from the 1961 book are numbers (in the cave) 1,2,5,7,9,13,16,21,22,32.
Re: Painting
Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 17:26
by Rob Houghton
I always find posting pictures on here very difficult compared to other sites. I usually upload them to facebook, but keep them private if I don't want them on my 'wall' then copy the URL and then I'm able to post them here, LOL!
Re: Painting
Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 17:35
by pete9012S
Enid Blyton's Gift Book (1966)
There's lots of stories in this book from
Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book.
I don't know if they're the stories missing from the early volume that Shadow identified?
http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/book ... +Gift+Book" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
List of Contents
The Bear and the Duck
Story: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
Twinkle's Fur Coat
Story: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
Getting Up
Poem: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
A Fairy Secret
Story: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
The Quarrelsome Brownies
Story: My Enid Blyton Story Book
Chinky Takes a Parcel
Story: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
The China Rabbit
Story: My Enid Blyton Story Book
Treacle Pudding Town
Story: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
Old Mother Wrinkle
Story: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
The Adventure of the Toy Ship
Story: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
The Bright New Sixpence
Story: My Enid Blyton Story Book
The Party in the Hollow Tree
Story: My Enid Blyton Story Book
Uncle Nat's Christmas-Tree
Story: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
Not Getting Up
Poem: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
Pip and the Badger
Story: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
The Inquisitive Hedgehog
Story: My Enid Blyton Story Book
A Surprise for the Wagtails
Story: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
The House Made of Cards
Story: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
Midnight Tea Party
Story: Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book
Re: Painting
Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 20:16
by diz
Hi all,
I was lucky enough to find it in an estate clearance Pete, also there were many first editions but sadly l did not manage to get those, it really is a lovely painting, thanks to everyone for helping me solve my mystery. xxx
Re: Painting
Posted: 23 Jan 2015, 09:34
by pete9012S
What a lucky find Lilah, well done!
I wonder what size your artwork is compared to the actual book cover? I would imagine it is much bigger.
Regards
Pete
Re: Painting
Posted: 23 Jan 2015, 09:49
by Moonraker
A good plug for the Facebook site, too! Wow! 230,317 'Likes' (or followers). We have only managed to attract 3,115. We can't be that good.
A lovely cover illustration though, really charming. I have replied to the original post with a link to the book details in the Cave.
Re: Painting
Posted: 23 Jan 2015, 10:01
by Daisy
I didn't know of the Enid Blyton Club facebook page until now! I have the two others as "friends" however.
Re: Painting
Posted: 23 Jan 2015, 19:56
by diz
pete9012S wrote:What a lucky find Lilah, well done!
I wonder what size your artwork is compared to the actual book cover? I would imagine it is much bigger.
Regards
Pete
Hi Pete,
Yes lucky find, it is much bigger than the cover on the book measures approx. 10 inches by 12 inches, l love it brings back childhood memories, sadly though l may have to sell it as boiler is on its way out, but it is hard to put a value on it really? Thankyou for your posts Lilah
Re: Painting
Posted: 23 Jan 2015, 19:59
by Courtenay
Diz, you could always take the painting to a professional valuer to find out what it would be worth if you do decide to sell it. But I hope you won't have to.
That's quite a treasure, a piece of original cover art for a book by a classic children's author.