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INGRAMS, RICHARD - Edited by: : BEACHCOMBER: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF J. B MORTON. [ Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.**]

LONDON.FREDERICK MULLER LTD.,1974.

ISBN 0584100023X.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn thus.FINE-/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and a price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,matt,multi-colour illustrated design [purple, blue,white],and multi-colour lettered title+author [white,orange and blue,some lettering with black outlines] to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip  similarly coloured+lettered,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' white-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners with some minimal rubbing with colour loss to corner tips,head+ foot of spine/backstrip – but no major nicks, tears or splits present.Top edges with inevitable age-acquired toning,some minimal blemishing but very little foxing, fore-edges similar; contents bright,particularly the text block,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,and clean plain white endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn thus, v-viiipp+1-273pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,Editor's Thanks with artist's (NB) note to its verso, a subject's 22pp biographical Introduction by Richard Ingrams,a Foreword by J. van Strabismus,a collection of Morton's comic writings - all his best and well-known,and some lesser-known characters,his parodies accompanied,by b/w illustrations of Nicolas Bentley's throughout the text and the book.                                 Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable and  particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 50-year-old age. It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that, it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of other major detracting faults associated in a book of a similar age.      'BEACHCOMBER' [pseud. J.B. Morton] has long been regarded as one of the greatest English comic writers, to be ranked alongside Lear,Carroll and P.G. Wodehouse. And yet,becaused his work appeared originally in newspaper form,it has not always been easily available to his many admirers.                           This book is the largest collection of Beachcomber's work ever made in one volume.It conatins all his best-known characters - Mr Justice Cocklecarrot and the Red Bearded Dwarfs,Dr Strabismus (Whom God Preserve) of Utrecht,Mrs McGurgle of Marine House, Captain Foulenough,Charlei Suet and of course the Filthistan Trio - as well as others who are perhaps not so familiar,such as 'Thunderbolt' Footle,and Mr Oswald Thake and his valet Saunders.Also included are some of his finest parodies,of,among others,those of A.A. Milne and John Buchan.                                             Back in 1974,Morton celebrated his 50th year as 'Beachcomber' - a unique journalistic achievement. Richard Ingrams,Editor of Private Eye and a lifelong admirer of Beachcomber's writings,has assembled this hilarious new collection to celebrate the event,and has also contributed a biographical introduction.        Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!                                              N.B. ALL buyers please note,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 the 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+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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