Buy this book on-line CROMPTON**, RICHMAL: : WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKETLONDON.GEORGE NEWNES LIMITED,1954. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[1st edn,1st
issue with d/w/dj's,rear inner flap advertising the title Jimmy Again (8s.6d.net). VG-/G+.Blue ink familial Christmas gift presentation
inscrptn, dated Xmas 1954,to top edge
of ff,dw/dj price-clipped.Colour,pictorial artwork by Thomas Henry illustrated dw/dj, with red,white+yellow lettering; with some minimal chipping and reciprocal loss to all corners,and to both head+foot of spine /backstrip - lettering unaffected,and an extensive torn rear panel - but still in situ - estimated total dw/dj loss at less than 1% - scan available.Inevitable shelf- wear and creasing to all edges of dw/dj, with light water-stain to some of the top edge and also to dw/djs' front,inner flap's edges.Top edges coloured green,fore -edges lightly and sporadically foxed/
spotted with some light water-staining in places,partial residue of water-stain to bottom edges too; contents bright,tight, with text body clean.The spine/backstrip of the dw/dj was,at one stage,adhered to the bd's spine/backstrip,leaving some minimal residue of paper to same after separation.Bright,crisp,stamped title+ author letters to upper bd,similar to spine/backstrip with some miniscule, partial oxidisation to some letters.Bds, even though lightly marked,are generally
bright and clean,and sharp-cornered,in publisher's original,plain dark green cloth with bright,clean,white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-248pp [paginated] includes 8 chapters,profuse part+full page b/w line illustrations all by Thomas Henry,throughout the text and the book.
Plus [unpaginated] half-title page with list of author's other works to recto, Thomas Henry b/w line illus frntis,title page and contents list/table. Described hard but fairly and honestly and probably with too much detail!
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Now,space travel being in the air,so to speak,William takes steps to ensure that he and Ginger shall be the first to land on the moon.We won't keep you in suspense - they don't get there; though if ever a rocket makes the journey successfully it will probably have William on board as a stowaway.
In this delightful new collection of stories,William's adventures,as usual, don't end as originally arranged by that master planner.But this doesn't matter; the results are always more exciting for their unexpectedness.
One thing is very apparent: William
still has an abundance of ideas for our entertainment and unlimited zest to put them into practice.Whatever else he does, William will never take a holiday from making us laugh...
Thomas Henry Fisher (1879-1962) worked as Thomas Henry.Born Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.Studied at Nottingham School of Art.He worked as a lithographer (his first job was the 'sailor' trademark for Player's cigarettes) and poster designer before becoming a regular contributor of cartoons and humorous
illustrations to newspapers and magazines. Periodicals included The Boy's Own Paper, The Captain,Chums,Crusoe,Happy Magazine, Home Magazine,The Humorist,Nottingham Guardian,Passing Show,Punch and The Windsor Magazine amongst others.His forte was the funny side of school life and he illustrated the first 34 of Richmal Crompton's 'William' books in pen and ink in a cheerful,effective and remarkably consistent style.
Although the first of these books was published in 1922,Fisher did not meet Richmal Crompton until 1954.
Richmal Crompton,British author,born Richmal Crompton Lamburn in Lancashire in 1890.Studied at London University, subsequently becoming Classics mistress at Bromley High School before being compelled to retire because of illness.Best known
for the enormously popular 38 'William' books - two being re-issued with new title(s) - beginning with 'Just William', and the last 'William the Lawless' published posthumously in 1970,although she also wrote several novels for adults.Died,1969.
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