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Perry Colour Books.-Punch & Judy

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dated 1942 on upper cover, (in Tinybus 9), [1945] Once upon a Time. [an alphabet book], n.d. Grimm Brothers. Faithful John, (in Fairybus), [1946], all three illustrated by Harcourt Doyle Walter the Wizard, [1943] Dodgson (C.L.) [Lewis Carroll] Father William, [1943], both illustrated by Leslie Butler Lear (Edward) The Pobble who has no Toes, (in Funnybus 5), [1944] [Raspe (R.E.)] The Marvellous Tales of Baron Munchausen, (in Oldebus), [1945], both illustrated by Tom Kerr Noname the Fairykin, (in Kiddybus 2), [1943] Peter and the Wolf, [1944] Wilde (Oscar) The Happy Prince, [1945] Grimm Brothers. Snow White and Rose Red, proof copy? with Pauline Baynes' autograph note pointing out the artist's pencil comments, [1945] Cinderella, [?1946], all five illustrated by Angela Baynes Mythical Monsters, [1943] The Magic Flute, (in Oldebus), [1945] Wild Flower Rhymes, [1946], all three illustrated by Pauline Baynes This is a Story about Alice, illustrations by Powell Perry, [1944] Lear (Edward) The Akond of Swat, illustrations by Frank Bryson, [1944] Cevantes (Miguel de) Two Adventures of Don Quixote, illustrations by Lawrence Josset, (in Oldebus), [1945] Animalphabet, (in Funnybus 5), [1944] Grimm Brothers. The Knapsack, the Hat and the Horn, (in Fairybus), [1946], both illustrated by Victor Ross, and others, 46 volumes in all, including duplicates, 22 in omnibus volumes, the illustrations all in colour, the single works in original pictorial wrappers the omnibus edition in originals pictorial boards, oblong 4to, [1942-46].(30)

***The series was conceived by Powell Perry while serving with the Camouflage Development and Training Centre, Royal Engineers, probably in 1942. The choice of subject matter was entirely his, and the illustrators were, apart from Victor Ross, all working as model-makers or artists at the Centre. A full description and a checklist by John Morris in the Penguin Collector's magazine gives the month and year of publication for eighty titles, but does not record "Once upon a Time." or "The Travelling Theatre", both of which are present in this collection. As well as the note regarding her sister's work, there are two autograph letters from Pauline Baynes presenting her own copies of some of the books, referring to the series and her work for it, her first to be published. There are also three volumes by Roland Davies published by Perry Colour Books, but not part of the main series. None of the present titles appear to be in the British Library Catalogue. .

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