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POSTGATE, OLIVER AND FIRMIN, PETER: : Noggin the King. [STARTiNG TO READ series - No. 1.]

LONDON.EDMUND WARD (PUBLISHERS) LTD.,1965.

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UK,slim small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Lightly grubbed with some blemishes colour pictorial artwork by Peter Firmin, illustrated front panel of dw/dj with blue +black lettering.spine/backstrip with black letters occasioning some minimal rubbing to same,rear panel with aged/ grubbed white background with black+blue lettered publisher's advertisement for other titles/books series' for small children [Ant and Bee,and The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry].Negligible shelf-wear,bumping and creasing to edges and corners,lower corners gently curled,top corners with some rubbing and miniscule loss to top,front,rear top corner with a small close tear - both top corners sharp. Bright,crisp,clean,publisher's original, plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked white letters to spine/ backstrip and clean lilac+white story's characters illustrated sets of endpapers. Top edges aged/toned with a small dark stain towards its fore-edge which in turn has minimally bled into page edges internally,affecting pp15-33 in lessening amount and degree,fore-edges also lightly aged/toned but without foxing/spotting - though some of those fore-edges are sporadically and randomly smudged/grubbed, as are the top+lower edges of some of the other random pages.Contents tight and solid - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,slim small 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,5-47pp [paginated] includes two 3-colour block (blue/grey+b/w and orange+ b/w) illustrations throughout,most single page vignettes,and five double-page sets of illustrations - all illustrations with text; plus [unpaginated] blue/grey+b/w pictorial vignette illustrated half-title page with dedication to its reverse,and an orange+b/w pictorial vignetted title page. Here is a story about Noggin the Nog.He lived,with Queen Nooka,in his castle a long time ago.Allof his people loved him, especially when he gave them food to eat and socks to wear in the winte.He also makes friends with the birds and you will bea ble to read all about it in this book, because stories about Noggin are written with simple words.This is the first book of this series,preceding the 2nd - 'Noggin and the Whale.' Descibed honestly and fairly and not as detrimental as it reads! Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. a child's 'early reader',and even internally,the book is also in an acceptablel condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the faults described that prevent a better or higher grading. Oliver Postgate [12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008] was an English animator, puppeteer and writer.The creator and writer of some of Britain's most popular children's television programmes: Bagpuss, Pingwings,Noggin the Nog,Ivor the Engine, Clangers and Pogles Wood,were all made by Smallfilms,the company he set up with co-founder,collaborator,artist and puppet maker Peter Firmin [11 December 1928 – 1 July 2018.]These TV programmes were originally broadcast from the 1950s - 1980s.In a 1999 BBC poll 'Bagpuss' was voted the most popular children's television programme of all time. 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 customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA 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,slim small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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