The Butterfly Ball Aldridge Plomer Jonathan Cape 1975 + Original Rare Invite VGC

VINTAGE CHILDREN'S BOOK (1977) THE BUTTERFLY BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST WITH VERSES BY WILLIAM PLOMER, NATURE NOTES BY RICHARD FITTER, AND TWENTY EIGHT COLOUR PLATES BY ALAN ALDRIDGE. PUBLISHED BY JONATHAN CAPE AND TIMES NEWSPAPERS LTD IN ASSOCIATION WITH AURELLA ENTERPRISES LTD 1977. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1973, THIS IS THE 1977 REPRINT HARDCOVER BOOK. IT IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR 49 YEARS OF AGE. THERE IS SIGNS OF SHELFWEAR AND SOME RUBBING TO EDGES AND CORNERS. THE PAGES ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO TEARS, CREASES, MARKS, OR DOG-EARED CORNERS. THERE IS LIGHT TONING CONSISTENT WITH AGE. THE TWENTY-EIGHT COLOUR PLATES ARE STILL VIBRANT, AND BINDING IS TIGHT. ALL IN ALL, A BOOK THAT IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR 49 YEARS OF AGE. \nThis is the day!\nAs night turns to dimness and draws back its curtain,Stars, those bright sequins, now all disappear,As dimness grows radiant, dawn makes it certainThat butterfly weather, quite perfect, is here;\nThundery cumulus masses ar.