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MORPURGO**, MICHAEL: : NOT BAD FOR A BAD LAD. ** [illus by Michael Foreman.**]

UK.DORKING,SURREY.TEMPLAR PUBLISHING,2010.

ISBN 9781848773103.

UK,slipcased 8vo HB,1st edn,Collector's edn. FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and adhesive b/w price label still in situ on the slipcase. Bright,crisp,clean,paper-covered dark blue with pale blue oblique angled pin-stripe lines,wrap-around background with a glossy,pastel coloured pictorial artwork onlay illustration by Michael Foreman,to centre with blue outlined pink lettering for author name and part of title and other dark blue lettering to the illustration and a bright,crisp,gilt blocked decoration of a marching band's drum with garland of thistle foliage and flowers around it,just above the illustration,rear board without illustration; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original paper-covered boards with repeated glossy colour illustration from s/case horizontally,to centre of front board with similar coloured lettering as front,black cloth blind spine with bright,crisp,blocked bronze gilt lettering,rear board with grey+white illustration of a drummer boy,and black lettered story prose extract and publisher's blurb,a sewn-in red silk bookmark ribbon,and immaculate dark grey background with oblique angled lighter grey pinstripe designed endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. UK,slipcased 8vo HB,1st edn,Collector's 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 of slipcase,repeated in black to light grey blank,black+grey lettered light grey title page,black+grey lettered title separator page with monochrome illustrated frntis to its verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for brightness,cleanliness and lack of detracting faults. 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,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,slipcased 8vo HB, 1st edn,Collector's edn.
Not SIGNED.

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