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EASTMAN,P[hilip] D[ey]: : SAM AND THE FIREFLY

LONDON.COLLINS AND HARVILL,1961.

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UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.[First and originally published US (NY),by Beginner Books,Inc.,in arrangement with Random House Inc.,1958.This is the first COLLINS (UK),8vo HB,1st edn,1961.] VG.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated front bd,with red,black and white lettering to front and spine,rear bd with publisher advert/list for other published titles in red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal bumping and some miniscule rubbing on some extremities (3 corners and head+foot of spine) with miniscule loss too.Spine/ backstrip with the first word 'SAM' in red,inevitably sunned/faded to a paler pink along with the stripes in the cat's hat at head of same - all other lettering bright and unaffected.Alpha-numerical notation of B - 6 to foot of spine.An external clear sellotape repair to split at foot of spine/backstrip's front gutter's edge/fold - no other nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges are inevitably but lightly aged with some barely discernible foxing/spotting to either; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,3-62pp [paginated] includes 3-tone colour illustrations and black lettered text,plus [unpaginated] title page and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. A very SCARCE British edition of an early Beginner Books title from the series,thus described hard but fairly and honestly. Theodor Seuss Geisel,under the pseudonyms Dr.Seuss,Theo. LeSeig and Rosetta Stone, was the creator of 'Horton the Elephant', 'The Grinch' and 'The Cat in the Hat'.His madcap menagerie of well- loved children's characters stands among some of the finest in all of children's illustrated fiction and literature. What goes on inside the mind of such a genius? How do his thought processes work and where do these brilliant,quirky ideas come from? Geisel was an intensely private person,a man for whom fame was not always welcomed and accepted,a man happier at his drawing table than in front of a reporter or biographer. His books were produced on a large scale and periodically reprinted,endured and enduring as long as there are readers to revel in them.The periodicals in which his work appeared were generally printed only the once,as people threw them away each issue when the next one arrived. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through order page!

UK,slim 8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.

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