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MILLIGAN**, SPIKE: : The LOST GOON SHOWS

LONDON.ROBSON BOOKS LTD.,1987.

ISBN 0860514609.

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn. FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear board.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,wrap-around,glossy,yellow paper-covered background with 3 cast member's b/w portrait photographic illustrated glazed front board [Sellers,Secombe and Milligan] with author's capitalised,royal blue-lettered name, capitalised red-lettered title and capitalised royal blue-lettered script's names,all to front board.Spine/backstrip with ubiquitous fading of capitalised,red-lettered title,with author's capitalised,royal blue-lettered name and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered and black illustrated name and colophon respectively,to foot of same,rear board with 9 thumbnail white squares with black illustrated script's character's caricatures within and red+black-lettered synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present, and immaculate plain white endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread other than my own collation.UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn,10-159pp [paginated] includes 8 Lost scripts with b/w illustrations (mostly by Spike),assorted b/w photographs of cast members; plus [unpaginated] half-title with contemporary b/w photograph of Sellers and Miligan at a piano in a recording,illustrated frntis to the reverse,title page,b/w caricatured character illustrated Contents list/table also with a contemporary b/w portrait photograph of original cast - Bentine, Milligan,Sellers and Secombe -An Introduction by Milligan also with a b/w photographic reverse - Milligan+Larry Stephens - collaborators on 'Operation Christmas Duff',b/w illustrated same script separator pageinterspesred with b/w illustrations and photographs as are all the other scripts.   Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 35+ year-old age. It is only the minimal,minor faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of major detracting faults. The Lost scripts consis of Operation Christmas Duff, The Internal Mountain, The Silent Bugler, The dreaded Piano Clubber, Two Royal Pages,The Siege of Fort Knight, The Rspberry Song and The Tree Maniac. Goons fans throughout the land rejoiced when the BBC recently found some unbroadcast Goon Shows,and put them out on the air.                Now here they are,preserved in book form, together with an Unfinished Script just discovered by Spike Milligan,some Goon drawings,photographs and other bits of hilarious Goonacy.                                        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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                    

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn.
Not signed.

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