SUSAN, BILL AND THE IVY-CLAD OAK

E H Shepard's dustwrapper 3rd impression

The second book in the Susan and Bill series. The story follows on from 'Susan, Bill and the Wolf Dog' at One Tree Estate. The Colonel is now fully involved in the setting up of a Cricket Team, and the new families on the estate are beginning to lose their dislike of him. Or most are. Susan and Bill play a lead role in the Summer game, with particular problems for the pair of them as they are lumbered with 'entertaining' a pain of a chap related to the Vicar.

Reprinted:
Second Impression 1954;
Third Impression 1958: Red boards with logo of Susan and Bill, black lettering; 115pp; full colour fontispiece of the blindfolding and six other illustrations in black and white by Ernest Shepard; dedication to Eileen Colwell
Dustwrapper full colour picture by Shepard of the two main characters by the old oak tree [illustrated]; cp 6/-

Other editions:

White Lion dustwrapper courtesy of Steven Handy

White Lion 1975: Hardback edition with dustwrapper; red boards with gilt blocking; b/w frontispiece and six illustrations by Ernest Shepard; 115pp; cp £1.40. [For information on this edition, thanks to Steven Handy]

Knight 1976: paperback; ISBN 0-340-20501-6; 125pp; no illustrations; no dedication; cover illustration of Susan being blindfolded by Bill, credited to Barry Raynor; cp 45p.

Knight paperback cover by Barry Raynor