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GARRATT**, CHRIS & KIDD**, MICK: : DESERT ISLAND BIFF

LONDON.EALING.CORGI BOOKS/TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LTD.,1985.

ISBN 0552126853.

UK,slim,small 8vo s/back Original,stated first UK publication,1st edn.[Softback/ paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but softback/ paperback originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered glossy, wrap-around red background with colour pictorial artwork cartoon illustrated front card cover with black-outlined yellow and black+yellow outlined blue capitalised letters to title and yellow lettered authors' names,and black lettered critic review,a slightly sunned/faded flat spine with lightly faded yellow letters,rear cover with circular colour pictorial cartoon illustration and black lettered synopsis and critic's review; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Front cover with a faint, partial vertical crease with diminishing impression of same through to the internal pages.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages corners - appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim,small 8vo s/back Original, stated first UK publication,1st edn,96pp [unpaginated] includes b/w repeated front cover cartoon to title page, b/w cartoons by Garratt+Kidd to remaining pages,with exception of heading/section separator pages,a potted biography of each co-author with a b/w portrait photograph to inside of rear cover. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. a softback,and even internally,the book is also in an acceptable and clean condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minor exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading. Cartoonists' 3rd collection of cartoons following on from 'THE ESSENTIAL BIFF' (UK,1982) and 'THE RAINY DAY BIFF' (UK,1983). See my book ID rja994322 for UK,s/back Original,1st edn of same title by the same artists. The co-authors have been involved in co-productions since schooldays in Leicestershire.In 1979 they set up BIIFF Products,designing deconstructed comic strips as postcards,badges,teeshirts, posters and mugs which were sold from a market stall in Camden,London and via book and gift shops in UK,USA and Australia. BIFF cartoons have appeared in New Society, City Limits, Time Out, New Musical Express, IT, Undercurrents and Escape magazines.They were also included in the Graphic Rap exhibition and on Channel 4's ALTER IMAGE programme. Their strip,IN TOWN TONIGHT,appears regularly in City Limits magazine.BIFF cartoons have been commissioned The Observer and exhibited in touring exhibitions,shows (GRAPHIC RAP - 1982/3) and Gimpel 'Fils' STRIP LANGUAGE show (1984).Video adaptations have been screened on Channel Four TV. 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,small 8vo s/back Original,stated first UK publication,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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