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BERESFORD**, ELISABETH: : The Wombles of Wimbledon

LONDON.BENN,1976.

ISBN 051009600X.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.(Compilation of Wombles at Work+Wombles to the Rescue, previously published 1974,1976 respectively.) VG+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher price - usually indicates an export edition and generally believed to precede UK trade issue/distribution. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Barry Leith illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edge slightly aged/tanned - as usual/normal and minimally foxed/spotted;fore-edge also lightly aged/tanned and minimally grubbed/marked; contents bright,tight and clean.Pale sage green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and white endpapers with a hint of off-set foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps which also have light,sporadic foxing/ spotting.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,11-134pp [paginated] includes 23 chapters - 12+11 respectively,profuse b/w line illustrations throughout the text and the book by both Barry Leith and Margaret Gordon respectively. The Wombles of Wimbledon are now famous - something which makes Great Uncle Bulgaria very proud,although he would never admit it to the younger Wombles in case it went to their heads - and here,collected in one volume,are all their adventures from 'The Wombles at Work' and 'The Wombles to the Rescue'.These are some of the stories that made them firm favourites with children all over the world.There is the time they were living in Hyde Park,and the burrow was faced with the Great Pollution Problem; for as Great Uncle Bulgaria sensibly said,'If we Wombles don't do something,I don't know what will happen.' But fighting Pollu is not all difficulties and danger,there is a lot of fun too,as Orinoco discovers a very special use for a giant mangle,and Wellington invents an amazing disappearing liquid,while Bungo decides that being a Womble is really the best thing of all. Back on Wimbledon Common,the Wombles find that there is a mysterious shortage of rubbish; but even without Great Uncle Bulgaria,the young Wombles are full of ideas.There is the oil-rig on Queen's Mere - which is perhaps not quite as successful as it might be - Orinoco's remarkable interview on television and above all,Cousin Botany's ambitious plans for a completely new food supply. . . . Elisabeth Beresford,British author and creator of the Wombles.Born in Paris in 1926,the daughter of the popular novelist J. D. Beresford. Educated at Brighton and Hove High School,and served in the WRNS during WW2.She married the TV presenter,Max Robertson,in 1949, and subsequently wrote extensively for television,which coincidentally provided the subject for her first book,'The Television Mystery' published London,Parrish,1957.She is best- known for 'The Wombles' (1968) and its many sequels,but has also written children's fantasies and adult romances. Margaret Anna Gordon,b. 1939 in London, daughter of two performing musicians.She studied at St Martin's School of Art, Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts,and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. After leaving college,she taught art part- time for five years and married a publisher whom she met seeking freelance work as an illustrator.In her black and white drawings she tends to combine quite detailed treatment of background and setting with cartoon-like simplification of the principal figures.In her colour work,she sometimes employs the technique of drawing in ink or gouache over candle- wax.She has particularly illustrated quite a number of Beresford' 'Wombles' books. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight 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,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

BERESFORD**, ELISABETH: : THE WOMBLES OF WIMBLEDON.**

LONDON.BENN,1976.

ISBN 051009600X.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Compilation of 'Wombles at Work' and 'Wombles to the Rescue', previously published 1974,1976 respectively.] NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher price - usually indicates an export edition and generally believed to precede UK trade issue/distribution. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Barry Leith illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing,minimal nicks too.Top+fore=edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation. Pale,sage green cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11-134pp [paginated] includes 23 chapters - 12+11 respectively,profuse b/w line illustrations throughout the text and the book by both Barry Leith and Margaret Gordon respectively. The Wombles of Wimbledon are now famous - something which makes Great Uncle Bulgaria very proud,although he would never admit it to the younger Wombles in case it went to their heads - and here,collected in one volume,are all their adventures from 'The Wombles at Work' and 'The Wombles to the Rescue'.These are some of the stories that made them firm favourites with children all over the world.There is the time they were living in Hyde Park,and the burrow was faced with the Great Pollution Problem; for as Great Uncle Bulgaria sensibly said,'If we Wombles don't do something,I don't know what will happen.' But fighting Pollu is not all difficulties and danger,there is a lot of fun too,as Orinoco discovers a very special use for a giant mangle,and Wellington invents an amazing disappearing liquid,while Bungo decides that being a Womble is really the best thing of all. Back on Wimbledon Common,the Wombles find that there is a mysterious shortage of rubbish; but even without Great Uncle Bulgaria,the young Wombles are full of ideas.There is the oil-rig on Queen's Mere - which is perhaps not quite as successful as it might be - Orinoco's remarkable interview on television and above all, Cousin Botany's ambitious plans for a completely new food supply. . . . Elisabeth Beresford,British author and creator of the Wombles.Born in Paris in 1926,the daughter of the popular novelist J. D. Beresford.Educated at Brighton and Hove High School,and served in the WRNS during WW2.She married the TV presenter,Max Robertson,in 1949, and subsequently wrote extensively for television,which coincidentally provided the subject for her first book,'The Television Mystery' published London,Parrish,1957.She is best-known for 'The Wombles' (1968) and its many sequels,but has also written children's fantasies and adult romances. Margaret Anna Gordon,b. 1939 in London, daughter of two performing musicians.She studied at St Martin's School of Art,Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts,and the Central School of Arts and Crafts.After leaving college,she taught art part- time for five years and married a publisher whom she met seeking freelance work as an illustrator.In her black and white drawings she tends to combine quite detailed treatment of background and setting with cartoon-like simplification of the principal figures.In her colour work,she sometimes employs the technique of drawing in ink or gouache over candle- wax. She has particularly illustrated quite a number of Beresford' 'Wombles' books. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct, insured 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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

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