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DONALDSON**, JULIA: : The Ugly Five. [Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.**]

LONDON.ALISON GREEN BOOKS/an imprint of Scholastic Children's Books,2017.

ISBN 9781407174198.

UK,slim landscape Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around, matt,colour pictorial artwork by Axel Scheffler,illustrated dw/dj with dark grey lettered title,author and illustrator names to front of dw/dj along with an adhesive silver roundel crediting the creator's of 'The Gruffalo'.Spine/backstrip with capitalised white-lettered title and capitalised, black-lettered author & illustrator surnames and publisher's black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with white and yellow lettered verse extract and critic's review respectively.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – pristine,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/ unblemished,sharp-cornered,original paper-covered boards with rpeated dw/dj illustration and lettering,and immaculate pink background with repeated thumbnail illustrations of flying flamingoes illustrated endpapers.UK,landscape Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour illustrated title page and 1 double-page,full-colour,1 double-page of thumbnail illustrations of animals or birds in categories such as: ther Big Five, the Litlle Five, the Shy Five and the Ugly Five,and 13 full-page,full colour illustrations - all by Axel Scheffler - with accompanying Donaldson's rhyming text to opposing page.                    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 5+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                We're the ugly five,we're the ugly five.        Everyone flees when they see us arrive.          Meet Wildebeest and Warthog, Spotted Hyena, Lappet-Faced Vulture and Marabou Stork. People call them the Ugly Five . . . but are they really? 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 landscape Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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