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RYAN**, JOHN: : CAPTAIN PUGWASH and the HUGE REWARD. [Author/illustrator SIGNED+doodled copy.]

UK,RYE,EAST SUSSEX.GUNGARDEN BOOKS,1991.

ISBN 0951707116.

UK,slim,small 8vo wraps,author SIGNED+doodled, illustrated,1st edn.FINE.A neat handwritten,blue ink,familial gift presentation and contempraneous date (Oct 1991) inscrptn to reverse of front free endpaper's top fore-edge corner,but also the author/illustrator's handwritten and drawn/doodled,black inked Captain Pugwash's caricatured portrait and a signature beneath - without dedication - to the half-title page and an absence of a published price to book's covers.Bright,crisp,clean,glosy, sharp-cornered,laminated limp covers with a colour artwork illustration by John Ryan to front cover with capitalised,black-lettered part-title within a horizontal white background panel at top edge,and to lower edge's,a similar white panel,with a black-lettered sub-title and capitalised author name to front's cover,a white background to spine/backstrip with capitalised, black letteredpart-title,,author name and publisher's name to foot of same; rear cover with a part cover coloured illustration and black-lettered potted history and short story synopsis,and one critic's review.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Tops+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to ay pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation. UK,slim,small 8vo wraps,author SIGNED+doodled, illustrated,1st edn,4-43pp [paginated] includes b/w line illustrations to every page by John Ryan in picture-book form; plus [unpaginated] author/illustrator SIGNED+doodled half-title page,double-page b/w illustrated title page with dedication at foot of illustration on half-title's reverse,and to the rear,a blank free endpaper.                                        Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 30+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's ephemeral wraps book. It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.Appears an uncommon SIGNED title,now believed to be out-of-print-too.John Ryan died in 2009. When Captain Pugwash retires from active piracy he is amazed and delighted to be offered a huge reward for performing what seems to be a simple task. Little does he realise what villainy and treachery lurks in the little town of Sinkport, or what a hideous fate may await him.Those who know Rye (Sinkport) will recognise its streets and buildings in the charming illustrations, though they have acquired wonderfully inventive new names: Barmaid Street, Mutton House, Witchball Street, Baddie's Tower, the Sand Gate, Soap Walk, Least Street, the Gingarden, the Jolly Jailer . . . A sheer delight for all ages.The author lived at Rye's Gungarden.        John Gerald Chrisopher Ryan (b. Edinburgh, 4th March,1921 - d. RYE, 22nd July,2009) was a British animator and cartoonist.He was best known for his character Captain Pugwash.          Ryan first created Captain Pugwash as a comic strip for the British comic The Eagle in 1950, although the strip was dropped after three months as it was felt to be aimed at younger readers than the target audience. Unperturbed, Ryan created Harris Tweed,Special Agent instead for The Eagle, which ran until 1962. However, in 1957, after seven years, his first Pugwash picture book was published, which then led to a long-running The Radio Times strip and a television series made using cut-out animation. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct, insured 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim,small 8vo wraps,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.
Author/illustrator SIGNED+doodled.

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