Stories about Jesus the Friend, Series 606a

Stories about Jesus the Friend, 1961) was the 2nd 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 and illustrated by Clive Uptton.  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 copy:

This matt copy is in very good condition, inside and out.  It has just a little standard wear, the odd small mark and a heavy knock head of spine.  The pages are nice and clean but for a tipp-exed out name on the front endpaper.  It dates from the late-1960s and has an original price of 2/6 printed inside