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ATKINSON**, ALEX & SEARLE**, RONALD - WITH MRS DYSON : ESCAPE from the AMAZON.** [Illustrated by Ronald Searle.**]

LONDON.PERPETUA,1964.

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UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn. FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj. 3 block colour(red+b/w) illustrated dw/dj by Ronald Searle; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present. Minisculely bumped top two corners plus both head+foot of spine/backstrip all with reciprocal creasing.Miniscule rubbing to vertical edge of spine/backstrip's upper edge.Dw/dj is in an excellent condition,given it's age!! Top+fore-edges very,very lightly aged but clean; contents bright,tight and virtually pristine.Publisher's original,pristine,black cloth boards with bright,blocked gilt sihouette (man on a cycle) to upper board's lower,right-hand corner and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip also,with immaculate plain white endpapers.A really superb copy.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj, illustrated 1st edn,1-105pp includes half-title+ title pages,a b/w illustrated frntis with b/w illustrated verso,a Contents list/table,author's Introductory note,4 chapters,b/w Searle illustrated chapter head-pieces,and 25 full-page b/w cartoons/illus (all Searle). We have to admit,in this instance,that the Amazon in question was about six feet tall, blonde,horribly healthy and given over to free-love as even Ingmar Bergman has shrunk from depicting it.But not Atkinson and Searle. However,suffice it to say that what these intrepid non-travellers did for Russia and America,by not going there,they now do for some handy bits of Europe.Not only do they reveal the rather horrible gastronomic secrets of the French Routiers,at the risk of being splashed with Potage du Jour,they also note down with courage the intimate and revealing pattern of Primitive Nordic Orgies,and plod on to probe secrets surrounding the nocturnal habits of Spanish Castanet Tuners.Searle and Atkinson are men who fear nothing - except going to the places they depict - and this formidable team is now joined by the no less formidable Mrs Dyson, whose voyage by Balsa raft to Cardiff will long be remembered by those natives who stoned her all the way to the station.To the utter dismay of the local tribes,Mrs Dyson did indeed place her large boots on the banks of the true Amazon. And the legend of her acrobatic manoeuvres on the end of a convenient liana has been painfully embodied into local folk-lore.Searle - Atkinson - Mrs Dyson.What a team! And indeed,what a book . . . 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 US 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,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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