The Land of Green Ginger is absolutely wonderful. There are actually three versions. The original 1936 version (rare and hard to come by), the re-written 1966 version (twelve-and-a-half chapters), and the cut-down 1976 version.
Unfortunately, only the 1976 version (12 chapters IIRC) is currently available, and I don't think it's in ebook form at all.
And yes, Edward Ardizzone is also amazing. I too loved his stig of the dump illustrations, and he also illustrated the 1966 versions of The Land of Green Ginger, and also wrote an illustrated many childrens' books of his own.
Thanks for the nice comments about Desbarollda.
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Originally Posted by cbell
The author, Noel Langley, sounded familiar so I checked wiki. He wrote one of my favourite childhood books, The Land of Green Ginger. I wonder if that's available as an ebook, too? I'd love to re-read it. I'll do some searching.
The illustrator also sounded familiar, so I checked up on him. He illustrated The Land of Green Ginger and another book I enjoyed many (many, ahem, many) years ago, Stig of the Dump.
I downloaded the 50-pct ePub sample of Desbarollda from Smashwords and I'm hooked.
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The /best/ ePub version is the one at Lulu.com. The Smashwords one isn't too bad, but it did have to go through their 'meat-grinder'.
But if you've bought the smashwords one, just drop me a PM with your email address, and I'll send you the 'hand-made' ePub/Mobipocket/PDF version. (Or all three if you like!)