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BILLINGTON**, RACHEL: : Rosanna and the Wizard-Robot

LONDON.METHUEN,1981.

ISBN 0416218407.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE. Pictorial colour bookplate with owner name and another small,Hallmark Card sticker to ffe (but the book still appears to be unread),and no price-clip to dw/dj.Crisp, glossy,laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated art-work by George Underwood; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip and no bumped corners.Top edge very,very lightly aged,fore-edge considerably cleaner and bright; contents near pristine,with no dog-ear reading creases to pages' corners.Virtually unblemished,clean,plain brown paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip with immaculate (apart from bookplate),plain white eps - no off-set foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-175pp includes half-title+title pages,b/w line illustrated frntis,b/w line illustrated chapter head-pieces and 17 b/w line illustrations throughout the text - all by Kate Mellor,contents list and 16 chapters. Rosanna is a perfectly ordinary girl (even if she is top of her class) who finds herself involved in the most extraordinary adventures.First there is a doll who talks,then a beautiful queen who never gets out of bed,then a Wizard-Robot who looks rather like her brother Mat.He has invented a machine that sends Rosanna straight through the floor.Add to these a flying cherub (not unlike her little sister, Zoe) and a large eagle who reads the newspapers,sips wine and never gets off the telephone and one can see why she might think it is all a dream.But there is no doubt that poor Cousin Kitty, who has been caught and held by the terrifying Washers,is suffering dreadfully.If she is not rescued soon they will have cleaned her right out of existence.So begins Rosanna's and the Wizard-Robot's adventures which take them through deserts,jungles and the Land of the Bouncers and finally return them to the shining light of the Golden Door. Rachel Billington,creates a brilliant nightmarish world that will hold the reader to the last page.The third daughter of Lord Longford and married to Kevin Billington,a TV producer,she is the author of several novels [see also rja483,and rja1439],and this is her first children's book. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping.P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.