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SIMMONS**, POSY: : Mustn't Grumble

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1993.

ISBN 0224038443.

UK,slim,landscape 8vo HB,1st edn.[The drawings in this book were taken from cartoon strips that were originally published in the Guardian and the Spectator,and published together here for the first time.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued? Bright,crisp,clean, glazed,colour pictorial cartoon artwork by Posy Simmonds illustrated boards; with negligible shelf-wear and bumping to edges and corners. Top edges bright and clean,fore-edges minimally marked but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread example? UK,slim,landscape rectangular 8vo HB,1st edn,96pp [paginated - exluding endpapers],includes half-title page,b/w line illustrated title page,b/w comic strip stories,by Posy Simmonds and text.Contents include A Calendar of 1988,Six Bounden Duties,Hard Times (1992),A Calendar from 1989,and Bumping along the bottom. Rosemary Elizabeth "Posy" Simmonds (b 9/8/1945) is a British newspaper cartoonist and writer and illustrator of children's books.Born in Berkshire and educated at a boarding school,the Sorbonne and studied at the Central School of Art & Design,London.She is best known for her long association with The Guardian,for which she now draws a cartoon titled Tamara Drewe.She started her newspaper career drawing a strip for The Sun in 1969 before joining The Guardian as an illustrator in 1972.In 1979 she started drawing a weekly comic strip for The Guardian,initially titled 'The Silent Three of St. Botolph's' as a tribute to the 1950's strip,'The Silent Three' by Evelyn Flinders.The strip focused on three 1950's schoolfriends in their later, middle-class and nearly middle-aged lives: Wendy Weber,a former nurse married to polytechnic sociology lecturer George with a large brood of children; Jo Heep, married to whisky salesman Edmund with two rebellious teenagers; and Trish Wright,married to philandering advertising executive Stanhope with a young baby.The strip,which was latterly untitled and usually known just as "Posy",ran until the late 1980's.It was collected into a number of books: 'Mrs Weber's Diary','Pick of Posy','Very Posy' and 'Pure Posy', and one original cartoon book featuring the same characters,'True Love'. Posy Simmonds' most recent graphic novel,'Gemma Bovery' (1999) - see rja32018 - was acclaimed by the critics for its wit and wickedly sharp observation.A.N. Wilson called it 'a work of genius' and more than one reviewer suggested that it should be entered for the Booker prize. She is also the author of many books for adults and children - see also rja1787,rja24337,rja27787, rja32018 and rja511214 (a similar copy of this same title) respectively - including 'Literary Life', 'Lulu and the Flying Babies' and 'Fred',the film of which was nominated for an Oscar.She has contributed a series of weekly cartoon strips to the 'Guardian' newspaper since 1977,and has won international awards for her work. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. Available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim,landscape 8vo HB,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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