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OAKLEY, GRAHAM: : The Church Mice Take a Break. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.Hodder Children's Books,2000.

ISBN 0340727888.

UK,slim,rectangular,landscape 8vo s/back, SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp. [Complete number line 10 - 2 descending.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's neat,black ink signature - without dedication,to front free endpaper's top edge and pasted to same page,just below the signature,a donator's printed dedication explanation to a pasted white paper panel thus: 'This book given to Tia Erin Francis on 4th June 2007 by her great-aunty Lorna,is signed by the author. It is set in Lyme Regis,a seaside town much loved by by Tia's grandmother,Muriel Anne Daniels and is one of the places they visited on their last outing together.' There is no price removal from the rear card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour pictorial artwork painting by Graham Oakley,illustrated front card cover with black lettering to front,similar but smaller lettering to a white spine,rear cover with a thumbnail colour pictorial illustration inserted between story's 2 precis extracts; and all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Front cover with four separate accidental oblique-angled creases across the front corner includes two separate creases to top front corner,and either cover with very minimal scoring or indents.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – pristine,unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim rectangular landscape 8vo s/back,author SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp, includes 32pp [unpaginated] - includes both free endpapers and a colour pictorial vignetted title page,profuse detailed, colour pictorial illustrations by Graham Oakley throughout the text and the book. Author's last book in the 'Church Mice' series. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral softback and children's book, and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading. In 1972,'The Church Mouse',a children's story book illustrated and written by Graham Oakley,was published in Great Britain.Its beautifully detailed drawings and humorous storyline immediately proved a hit with both children and parents alike,So much so that the author went on to produce 11 more hugely popular books in the series, the last of which was published in 2000 - this title in fact. Despite the lack of interest in the author's current output,his back catalogue is still much in demand,representing a safe bet for profit conscious publishers.Thus, the UK children's book publisher Templar has been slowly re-issuing his 'Church Mice' series. 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. ** This item offered 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 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,rectangular,landscape 8vo s/back,author SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp.
Author SIGNED without dedication.

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