The Pilgrim Fathers, 1963, Series 561

The Pilgrim Fathers was the 29th title in the 561 series, colourfully written by L du Garde Peach and illustrated by John Kenney.

Correspondence exists between Peach and Kenney that shows a joking concern that the book might lack ‘glamour’ and jocular pleas from Peach that Kenney make the ‘Pilgrim Mothers’ as attractive as possible!  Sadly, this was the be the last book in the long collaboration between these two men; Kenney died in the year this book was published and Peach died two years later.

This copy:

Matt boards.  In very good condition inside and out with only light wear and nice, clean copy.  A very nice copy of a hard-to-find title.   An early edition, it dates to the 1970s with a tally number of 320 and has the original revised price of 18p on the back.