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MORPURGO**, MICHAEL: : NOT BAD FOR A BAD LAD.** [Author SIGNED copy** - and illus by Michael Foreman.**]

UK.DORKING,SURREY.TEMPLAR PUBLISHING,2010.

ISBN 9781848773080.

UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. FINE-.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - and his recognisable repeated looped doodle beneath it,and no price removal from rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,paper-covered,matt top+bottom bands with glossy belly-band type,central band with glossy,pastel coloured pictorial artwork illustration by Michael Foreman to front board,a black cloth blind spine/backstrip with bright, crisp,blocked,fluorescent bronze gilt lettering and publisher's similarly coloured and illustrated fluorescent bronze gilt colophon to foot of same,rear panel with bright,crisp,clean, matt paper-covered board in three horizontal bands/strips; a dusky-pink background with decoration of a marching band's drum with garland of thistle foliage and flowers around it,middle a band pale beige with grey+cream illustration of a marching drum boy and black lettered prose extract and and other dusky-pink lettered prose sentence,lower band a pale duck-egg blue background with bar code and ISBN 9781848773080.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - some minimal,superficial scoring on front cover to the colour illustration,a sewn-in red silk bookmark ribbon, and immaculate black background with oblique-angled grey pinstripe designed endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illusaarted,1st edn,6-79pp+II-XIpp (an appendix) [paginated] includes a monochrome illustrated frntis,the story,with 6 full page,full-colour double-page, profuse part-page colour+monochrome illustrations throughout the text - all by Michael Foreman,a note each on author and illustrator on pale grey+white illustrated pages,an appendix of factual history+notes on borstals,Suffolk Punch horses and horses in the army on sand coloured pages; plus [unpaginated] repeated drum+thistle garland illustration from front,repeated in black to light grey blank,the reverse of which with enlarged watermark-type repeated same illustration as its front,black+ grey lettered light grey title page with author's handwritten black ink signature with his recognised repeating looping doodle beneath the undedicated signature,a,black+grey lettered title separator page with monochrome illustrated frntis to its verso.   Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age,and nature, i.e a child's book.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for brightness and cleanliness.  A tale of how a Suffolk Punch horse helped Grandpa as a lad,to progress from Drum Cupboard Monitor to Drum Major,and is accompanied by an appendix of factual history+notes on borstals, Suffolk Punch horses and horses in the army.  Michael Foreman,born Pakefield,Suffolk,1938. Studied at Lowestoft School of Art and at the Royal College of Art. Lecturer at St Martin's School of Art (1963-65),the London College of Printing(1967-8),the Royal College of Art (1968- 70) and the Central School of Arts and Crafts (1972).Art Director of Playboy magazine,Chicago (1965) and the King Magazine,London (1966).  Painter,etcher,illustrator and writer of children's books.His illustrative work is distinctive: he often works in colour or halftone,creating luminous effects with veils of thinly diluted pigment over delicate pencil outlines; in his etched illustrations,he uses soft ground techniques to achieve subtle tonal graduations.His imagery,ostensibly decorative, humorous or with a sometimes child-like appearance,often has menacing or bizarre overtones.  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,the 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,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,Aauthor SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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