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HEDGECOE, JOHN: : Breakfast with Dolly - illus by Quentin Blake**. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.COLLINS & BROWN LIMITED,1996.

ISBN 1855852527.

UK,b/w illustrated,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.So,a 1st edn,2nd imp.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author'a neat,handwritten black ink dedicated inscrptn thus: 'For Martk with best wishes from John Hedgecoe (? place name indecipherable)' to half-title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake,illustrated front panel+spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,with black+grey lettering to both the front+spine,black lettered precis+critics' reviews to rear with thumbnail colour pictorial illustration respectively; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Both panels with minimal,minor,superficial scoring/indents.but without penetration to boards below.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.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original,plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent gilt lettering to spine/ backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white sets of endpapers.UK,b/w illustrated slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp, 1-197pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters each with chapter headpiece b/w line illustration by Quentin Blake; plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED+dedicated half-title,title page,a b/w line illustration by Richard Guyatt to author's explanation of genesis of the story,and to the rear,4pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is still acceptable for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading. The story of a passionate first love and a mysterious disappearance. . .Set in the magical region of Cornwall before mechanised farming.When young Jake is left on a train with his packet of sandwiches he finds himself sitting next to a surly couple and a fat man.Speeding towards Cornwall he is surprised to see an overturned train lying on its side like a wounded dinosaur.Due to the war Jake is being sent away to stay with his eccentric Aunt Dolly who dresses up like a fruit bat. He finds himself on a traditional mixed farm with the glorious appeal of Cornish rural life where the community is unchanged and rooted in ancient ways - like the lost domain of happiness.There he makes hay,but is forced to attend the local school where Miss Davies beats everyone regularly,or tries to.His beautiful cousin Antonia is only two years older than him but that seems to be a lifetime - until he rescues her.Then he gets his blissful reward.Like the goddesS Aphrodite,she deflowers him and leaves his remains to mortal women. But why does Antonio disappear? Could she have absconded with a deserter? Or could something sinister have happened? Aunt Dolly whisks Jake off to the top floor of her new house while she runs gambling parties downstairs.But Jake is haunted by the mystery of Antonia's disappearance and the sexual magic they once shared. John Hedgecoe (24th March,1932 – 3rd June, 2010) was a British photographer and author of over 30 books on photography.He established the photography department in 1965 at the Royal College of Art,where he was Professor from 1975 to 1994 and Professor Emeritus until his death.He was also Pro-Rector of the college from 1981 to 1994.His photographs appear in permanent collections at the New York MOMA [Museum of Modern Art] and London's National Portrait Gallery. 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 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,b/w illustrated,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp.
Author SIGNED+dedicated.

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