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FROUD**, BRIAN & JONES**, TERRY: : THE GOBLINS OF LABYRINTH.**

USA,NY.HENRY HOLT & CO,1986.

ISBN 0030073189.

US,Qrto wraps,s/back 1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price removal - still priced to rear wrap - appears an unread copy as no reading creases present to spine/backstrip.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial art-work by Brian Froud,illustrated upper wrap, authors' colour portrait photographic rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present and barely discernible, miniscule curling to corners.Top edge very,very lightly aged with two splashes/ grub marks but generally clean,fore-edge less aged and considerably cleaner; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.US,Qrto s/back,1st edn,1-137pp [paginated],colour pictorial Brian Froud illustrated half-title,with colour pictorial frntis recto of same,title page [all unpaginated],author introduction,62 full-page,full-colour illustrations/plates by Brian Froud with explanatory text and 8 double-page,full-page,full colour illustrations/plates. Goblins come in all shapes and sizes.Most are small,grotesque creatures who love to torment unsuspecting humans.Others are simply dumb,lazy,loutish brats with unspeakable personal habits.But whatever the type,goblins are malevolent and cantankerous to humans - even when they are on their best behaviour.Up until now our scanty knowledge of goblins had been based on speculation,but we now know a great deal more,thanks to an important archeological find by the eminent part-goblinologist Brian Froud,who stumbled across forty-three notebooks created by Dash,the Reynolds of goblin portraitists. These precious notebooks are necessarily sketchy,but years of painstaking reconstruction by Froud,backed by years of dry research by his colleague,the noted academic Terry Jones,have produced what amounts to an illustrated 'Who's Who.' of the goblin world.This gallery of slimy portraits includes such smelly denizens of the Labyrinth as Hallow goblins,who can spit half a mile and turn their grannys into sofas; the Klutton,which lays an egg three times its size; Zitzie,the "beautiful" goblin,the contents of whose handbag strike fear into all goblins; Stench,the cook's assistant,who puts his whole heart into the cooking; and Foregoblins,who have the power to see into the future and must have been delighted about the publication of this book,which is at once a sumptuous and entertaining companion to the film Labyrinth,and a major contribution to goblinological research.An exceptional copy of a highly collectable and scarce item,particularly in as high a grade as this. Please contact seller,because of this item's value,for correct,insured shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

US,Qrto wraps,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

FROUD**, BRIAN & JONES**, TERRY: : THE GOBLINS OF LABYRINTH

USA.NEW YORK,NY.HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY,INC.,1986.

ISBN 0030073189.

US,slim Qrto wraps,1st edn thus.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] VG++.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear card cover.Bright,crisp,generally clean,glossy colour pictorial artwork,by Bian Froud,illustrated front cover with brown+black lettering,white (faded/ sunned?) spine/backstrip with black letters,rear cover with author+illustrator colour portrait photograph with goblin mock-ups/models' heads and black lettered synopsis and notes on author and illustrator; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Front cover with narrow bands of partial sunning/fading to top edges and to spine's vertical edge due to storing/vicinity of a smaller-sized book's presence.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/ toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy as also noted,NO reading creases to spine/backstrip - other than my own collation.US,slim Qrto wraps,1st edn thus, 1-137pp [paginated] includes author's spoof introduction,62 b/w+colour plates and accompanying text descriptions by Brian Froud. See lso,my book IDs' rja541715 and rja978721 - examples of FROUD**,BRIAN and LEE**,ALAN: 'FAERIES'** - UK,slim Qrto wraps,1st edn thus. Book of the grotesque creatures who love to torment unsuspecting humans featuring detailed illustrations and humorous tales depicting the goblins' mind and spirit. From the inventor of the creatures in the Jim Henson musical fantasy film 'Labyrinth',this work presents the grotesque creatures in further humorous tales.A sumptuous and entertaining companion to the film 'Labyrinth',and a major contribution to goblinological research.' This gallery of slimy portraits includes such smelly denizens of the Labyrinth as Hallow goblins,who can spit half a mile and turn their grannys into sofas; the Klutton,which lays an egg three times its size; Zitzie,the 'beautiful' goblin,the contents of whose handbag strike fear into all goblins; Stench,the great cook's assistant,who puts his whole heart into the cooking; and Foregoblins,who have the power to see into the future and must have been delighted about the publication of this book. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable for a book of it's age and nature,i.e a softback,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal sunning(?) and ageing/toning that prevents a slightly higher grading. 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.

US,slim Qrto wraps,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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