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BRIGGS**, RAYMOND R[edvers]: : The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman

LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1984.

ISBN 0241113636.

UK,slim Qrto softback Original,wraps, illustrated,1st edn. [Paperback/softback 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 p/back+softback Originals are either the only format,or are published prior to any other format in the country of its origin and sometimes,even worldwide.] FINE+. Virtually as new,no owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp -cornered, glossy laminated,card covers with colour pictorial caricatures of protagonists to front cover wth black-lettered title and author's/illustrator's capitalised,black-lettered name.A white spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered author's name and title as the front's and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name to foot of same,rear cover with a repeated b/w illustration from inside the book.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no corner tips creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears an unread copy other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto wraps,softback Original,illustrated,1st edn,48pp [unpaginated] includes part repeated front cover's colour illustrated title page with 2 epigrams to its reverse,14 double-page and a single-page full colour caricature illustrations,3 double-page and 5 single-page muted b/w pencil illustrations and a single page b/w+colour illustration all with captioned text - all by Briggs - throughout the book.Briggs died of pneumonia at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton,on 9th August 2022,aged 88.                     Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 40-year-old age and nature, i.e  an ephemeral wraps/softback.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                          Fighting over an innocent little island,the ambitious Tin-Pot Foreign General and the greedy Old Iron Woman end up killing hundreds of brave men in a meaningless war.                        Briggs's visceral,satirical parody of the Falklands/Malvinas War in captioned,colour and b/w comic strip format,savagely caricaturing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Argentinian leader General Galtieri.       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.slim Qrto wraps,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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