1st Edition C1945. A Powell Powell Colour book and very uncommon. This edition includes 1) The Magic Flute illustrated by Pauline Baynes,2) The Strange Travels of Sir John Maundeville illustrated with coloured woodcuts, 3) Two Adventures of Don Quixote Illustrated by Lawrence Jossett 4) The Marvelous Tales of Baron Munchausen illustrated by Tom Kerr, 5) Mythical Monsters illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Duuring WW2 Perry was stationed at the camouflage centre Farnham Castle where he would have rubbed shoulders with artists such as Julian Trevelyan and Roland Penrose and the magician Jasper Maskelyne, Pauline Baynes to name just a few. Perry's family owned a printing firm in Putney and he persuaded some of the artists at the Camouflage Centre to moonlight, producing a number of wartime children's titles modelled to some extent on Carrington's Picture Puffin series. The book is very good and bright. Light edge rubbing. Nice clean contents.