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GROOM**, ARTHUR : LENNY THE LION'S SECOND ANNUAL

LONDON.DAILY MIRROR BOOK,1960.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. [The 2nd and scarcer Lenny the Lion annual,published in the Autumn of 1960 for the Christmas gift market.This the the second of the 5 annuals produced,the others produced for the following year date in 1959 for 1960,1960 for'61,1961 for '62 and 1963 for 1964 the last annual, respectively.The first 4 annuals were with colour cartoon illustrated covers,the last annual was with a colour portrait photographic illustrated cover of ventriloquist Terry Hall (1926-2007) and the Lenny the Lion ventriloquist's puppet.] FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (6/6) to title page.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,sharp-cornered, paper-covered card boards with front cover with red background and colour pictorial artwork by W[ill] H. Maile of LENNY facing the reader and pointing to a panel with the words 'A Bumper Book of FUN - A DAILY MIRROR BOOK'; with capitalised, pink-lettered first word LENNY of title,the remaining words in capitalised,pale blue-lettered THE LION'S ANNUAL with '2nd' yellow bordered,red number+letters between words LION'S and ANNUAL; a yellow spine/backstrip with a capitalised mixture of pink (LENNY),pale blue (THE LION'S ANNUAL) and black (SECOND) lettering and publisher's b/w lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear board with full length colour cartoon illustration of Lenny the Lion to a red background and similarly repeated capitalised lettering as the spine/backstrip. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present - rear board's foot of spine with minimal rubbing to rear's corner of gutter's crease,front's foot of spine with minimal paper loss and a tiny rubbed spot approx. 1" higher up on spine's front- facing edge,bottom corners tips minisculely rubbed and two miniscule rubbed spots to front board's fore-edge towards the top corner tip,and immaculate 3-colour block (b/w+ green) illustrated die+counter Lenny's Space Travel game to front endpapers; rear endpapers with another 3-colour block (b/w+orange) illustrated die+counter The Old Crock game,and both sets of endpapers without any hinge cracking,splits or tears.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously age-acquired toning but without foxing/spotting or other blemishes; contents exceptionally bright,tight and clean,solid and sound - near pristine,ageing aside - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages corner tips,would appear unread other than my own collation.UK, Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,7-125pp [paginated] includes Lenny's rebus letter puzzle, 11, 3-colour block illustrated Lenny stories with his friends Jerramy the wise Giraffe, Mickey Flynn,George the handyman and others; 5,3-colour cartoon/comic-style strips; an optical illusion page,12 solutions to 12 assorted puzzles: rebus letter,tangled fishing lines - who caught what?,find all the gardening tools,Lenny's hidden friends picture,Jumbled Jungle with misplaced objects/things,famous places pictures,friends' names rebus,match pairs,colour/paint a picture,a picture-coded letter,join-the-dots,a maze,picture coded letter,matching keys pairs,scrambled letters, identical Jerramys picture - none of which have been attempted and all remain untouched; plus a double-page die+counter game The Mountaineers,a colour/paint a picture - untouched,a Fan Mail story with puzzle activities/games to do,another story magic tricks shown and explained.         Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 60+ year-old-age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral children's annual. It is only the minimal exterior faults that preventss a higher grading. Despite them,it really is still an exceptional, exemplary copy for its cleanliness,brightness, minimal imperfections and lack of major detracting faults. Terry Hall (b. 20 November,1926 – d. 3 April, 2007) was an English ventriloquist.He appeared regularly on television with his puppet,LENNY the LION,whose catchphrase was "Aw, don't embawass me!" Hall is credited with having been one of the first ventriloquists to use a non-human puppet.Hall created Lenny the Lion in 1954 after he visited the zoo while working at the summer season in Blackpool. Hall and Lenny first appeared on BBC Television in 1956,in a variety show entitled Dress Rehearsal.The Lenny the Lion Show ran from 1957-1960,followed by Lenny's Den in 1959,through to 1961 and then the pop music show Pops and Lenny in 1962-1963.In 1958 Bill Mevin [most notably one of the early 'Dr. Who' comic artists] created a comic strip based on Lenny the Lion.                                   Hall and Lenny continued to work in variety through the 1970s,appearing on television in kid's programmes such as Crackerjack and 3-2-1. From 1977 to 1980 Hall regularly appeared in the educational television programme Reading With Lenny.He wrote the Kevin the Kitten series of children's reading books which accompanied the series. {Wiki.]   Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** This item offerd P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.**                                                           

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

GROOM**, ARTHUR : LENNY THE LION'S SECOND ANNUAL

LONDON.DAILY MIRROR BOOK,1960.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. [The 2nd and scarcer Lenny the Lion annual,published in the Autumn of 1960 for the Christmas gift market.This the the second of the 5 annuals produced,the others produced for the following year date in 1959 for 1960,1960 for'61,1961 for '62 and 1963 for 1964 the last annual, respectively.The first 4 annuals were with colour cartoon illustrated covers,the last annual was with a colour portrait photographic illustrated cover of ventriloquist Terry Hall (1926-2007) and the Lenny the Lion ventriloquist's puppet.] FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (6/6) to title page.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,sharp-cornered, paper-covered card boards with front cover with red background and colour pictorial artwork by W[ill] H. Maile of LENNY facing the reader and pointing to a panel with the words 'A Bumper Book of FUN - A DAILY MIRROR BOOK'; with capitalised, pink-lettered first word LENNY of title,the remaining words in capitalised,pale blue-lettered THE LION'S ANNUAL with '2nd' yellow bordered,red number+letters between words LION'S and ANNUAL; a yellow spine/backstrip with a capitalised mixture of pink (LENNY),pale blue (THE LION'S ANNUAL) and black (SECOND) lettering and publisher's b/w lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear board with full length colour cartoon illustration of Lenny the Lion to a red background and similarly repeated capitalised lettering as the spine/backstrip. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present - rear board's foot of spine with minimal rubbing to rear's corner of gutter's crease,front's foot of spine with minimal paper loss and a tiny rubbed spot approx. 1" higher up on spine's front- facing edge,bottom corners tips minisculely rubbed and two miniscule rubbed spots to front board's fore-edge towards the top corner tip,and immaculate 3-colour block (b/w+ green) illustrated die+counter Lenny's Space Travel game to front endpapers; rear endpapers with another 3-colour block (b/w+orange) illustrated die+counter The Old Crock game,and both sets of endpapers without any hinge cracking,splits or tears.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously age-acquired toning but without foxing/spotting or other blemishes; contents exceptionally bright,tight and clean,solid and sound - near pristine,ageing aside - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages corner tips,would appear unread other than my own collation.UK, Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,7-125pp [paginated] includes Lenny's rebus letter puzzle, 11, 3-colour block illustrated Lenny stories with his friends Jerramy the wise Giraffe, Mickey Flynn,George the handyman and others; 5,3-colour cartoon/comic-style strips; an optical illusion page,12 solutions to 12 assorted puzzles: rebus letter,tangled fishing lines - who caught what?,find all the gardening tools,Lenny's hidden friends picture,Jumbled Jungle with misplaced objects/things,famous places pictures,friends' names rebus,match pairs,colour/paint a picture,a picture-coded letter,join-the-dots,a maze,picture coded letter,matching keys pairs,scrambled letters, identical Jerramys picture - none of which have been attempted and all remain untouched; plus a double-page die+counter game The Mountaineers,a colour/paint a picture - untouched,a Fan Mail story with puzzle activities/games to do,another story magic tricks shown and explained.         Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 60+ year-old-age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral children's annual. It is only the minimal exterior faults that preventss a higher grading. Despite them,it really is still an exceptional, exemplary copy for its cleanliness,brightness, minimal imperfections and lack of major detracting faults. Terry Hall (b. 20 November,1926 – d. 3 April, 2007) was an English ventriloquist.He appeared regularly on television with his puppet,LENNY the LION,whose catchphrase was "Aw, don't embawass me!" Hall is credited with having been one of the first ventriloquists to use a non-human puppet.Hall created Lenny the Lion in 1954 after he visited the zoo while working at the summer season in Blackpool. Hall and Lenny first appeared on BBC Television in 1956,in a variety show entitled Dress Rehearsal.The Lenny the Lion Show ran from 1957-1960,followed by Lenny's Den in 1959,through to 1961 and then the pop music show Pops and Lenny in 1962-1963.In 1958 Bill Mevin [most notably one of the early 'Dr. Who' comic artists] created a comic strip based on Lenny the Lion.                                   Hall and Lenny continued to work in variety through the 1970s,appearing on television in kid's programmes such as Crackerjack and 3-2-1. From 1977 to 1980 Hall regularly appeared in the educational television programme Reading With Lenny.He wrote the Kevin the Kitten series of children's reading books which accompanied the series. {Wiki.]   Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.**                                                           

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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