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MATHER**, VICTORIA & MACARTNEY-SNAPE**, SUE: : The Party Blonde: SOCIAL STEREOTYPES FROM THE Telegraph magazine. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.JOHN MURRAY,2000.

ISBN 0719562236.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED reprint.[Originally published 2000,there then followed two reprints in the same year - though this copy is the first reprint of those two reprints.All the social stereotypes in this volume originally appeared in 1998,1999,2000 in the 'Telegraph Magazine'.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat black ink inscrptn: 'To Morag Thank you for your support and enthusiasm,Best Wishes Victoria Mather' to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Sue Macartney-Snape,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright,crisp and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK, slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED reprint,5-96pp [paginated] includes foreword by Nicky Haslam, author's note/intro+acknowledgements,45 caricatures+text for each,profuse (45) full-page,full colour illus by Sue Macartney-Snape; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,and a colour frntis.Illustrator's 4th book. You'll recognize them immediately: Hussein the minicab driver with his smelly H-reg Sierra and a wonderful new short cut to Heathrow that takes twice as long as the normal route: Andrew and Leonora,the smug couple,with their helicopter and their brilliantly successful children Nicholas and Flora: steely American businessman Crawford Nemesis III,sent from New York to reconstructure World Corp's London office and given to lecturing his fellow dinner guests on the importance of competitive recreaton.And,of course,Tiffany Zeitgeist,the party blonde,who sprang to fame by wearing a fake-fur thong at a film premiere and who now has a weekly tabloid column which she dictates on her mobile. In this new collection of deliciously detailed social caricatures,Victoria Mather and Sue Macartney-Snape have English society,from top to bottom,off to a T.Perfect for the loo or the guest-room. Or slip it into your pocket to read under the table as Crawford drones on. The brilliance of these caricatures culled from the 'Telegraph Magazine' (1998-2000) is that each and every one rings true. Want more MATHER,VICTORIA & MACARTNEY-SNAPE,SUE titles? Please check my GENERAL catalogues for other and similar titles. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st reprint.
'To Morag Thank you for your support and enthusiasm,Best Wishes Victoria Mather'.

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