Jesus the Helper, Series 606a

Jesus the Helper, 1960 was the first book to be issued in series 606a.  (Other bible stories are to be found in an earlier Ladybird series: 522.)

It was written by Hilda Rostron, illustrated by Clive Uptton and was originally issued with a dustjacket.  Uptton also produced many similar bible-story illustrations as the main illustrator for Treasure magazine and as a regular contributor to Look and Learn.

The odd spelling to his surname was to avoid confusion with another artist – to distinguish himself, he simply decided to double the ‘t’.

This matt copy is in in good condition inside and out.  Light stains to the cover (see pictures) and a book plate to the front endpapers.  I’ve erased the pencil marks you can see in the photo on the front endpapers. The reading pages are nice and clean.  It dates to the 1960s and has the original price of 2/6 printed inside.