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BULMER, TIM : The Road TO RACQUE + ROUEN! 2003

UK.LICHFIELD,STAFFORDSHIRE.DeMontfort Fine Art LTD.,2003.

ISBN 0954489004.

UK,Landscape Folio HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/VG+.No owner inscrptn and unclipped dw/dj - no publisher's price to same. Bright,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial cartoon illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black lettering,gold lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with humorous yellow post-it style,spoof comedic reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners,lower edges with a few minor snicks/closed tears,foot of spine minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing, head of same with small closed tear to rear-facing gutter's edge/fold; both panels with some inevitable but light superficial scoring and minimal amount of indent impressions - boards below unaffected.All edges - top,fore and lower - all bright and clean without foxing/spotting or any other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread, other than my own collation.Publisher's original,bright,crisp,sharp-cornered, unblemished plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a black+silver chequered headband and immaculate plain white sets of endpapers.UK,Landscape Folio HB+dw/dj,1st edn,150pp [unpainated] in 7 chapters with profuse,watercolour pictorial cartoon, caricature/etchings illustrations and storyboard-type strips with accompanying calligraphic text. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior dw/dj faults described that prevents a higher grading. 'The Road TO RACQUE + Rouen!' marks Tim Bulmer's authorial debut,he has turned his hand from the figurative to the literary with some considerable assurance and produced a unique and highly entertaining study of one of his great loves.....France. The book loosely follows the author's boozy progress from region to region, taking in the motley crew of characters he meets enroute.These range from the deliciously flirtatious Madame Frou Frou, with her impressive decollage and insatiable appetites,to the rather more down to earth wine growers and estate workers who labours are responsible for the many of our most memorable evenings out (and forgettable mornings after....) Tangents and diversions are frequent,and the author's great love for the country, the food,the cars,the women,and most of all the wine,is presented in his usual wicked, and irresistible style. Featuring over 100 designs of etchings and new watercolours from the Winner of the Fine Arts Trade Guild' Best Selling Original Print Artist Award,2001.'The Road to Racque and Rouen is both an entertaining romp,and a superb collector's item. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight of this item - just in excess of 2.2Kg unpackaged,for correct, extra and insured 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,Landscape Folio HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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