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PATERSON**, A[lan] S[tuart]: : KNIGHT AFTER KNIGHT

NEW ZEALAND.AUCKLAND,HODDER & STOUGHTON,1970 [4th printing.]

ISBN 034012525X.

NZ,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj (if issued?), illustrated 1st edn.[2nd title of his three titles that were published posthumously.See also rja1053423 for NZ,Hardback,1970 4th print (true 1st edn was 1969,and the title sold over 100,000 copies.) - 'The Bull Pen',which was also the first title of those three,to be published posthumously.] VG+. No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - one issued(?). Publisher's bright,crisp,sharp-cornered,generally clean original plain red cloth boards with a lightly and superficially grubbed white background paper panel with a vibrant colour pictorial onlay artwork illustration by A. S. Paterson,pasted to front cover with capitalised,black outlined green lettered title and capitalised,black outlined artist's name.Faded spine/backstrip,but with discernible capitalised white lettered title,his surname and publisher's part name at foot of same,plain red rear cover,with some partial sunning/fading to rear board,immaculate plain pale blue endpapers with no cracking of,or to, either hinge. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - and no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation. NZ, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj (if issued?),colour illustrated,1st edn,40pp [unpaginated] includes 2pp blanks,an onlay colour cartoon illustrated title page,repeated from front cover,a Foreword by G. E. Minhinnick,O.B.E.,cartoonist for the New Zealand Herald,Auckland,with a blank verso, 16 full-page colour cartoons by A. S, Paterson each with a blank verso,and to the rear,another 2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral item or possible breaker for individual prints. It is only the exterior faults that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. Those who have seen his previously published volume of drawings 'The Bull Pen',will need no introduction to the work of the late Alan Stuart Paterson. Nor will the many who remember his daily cartoons that appeared for twenty-five years in a Wellington newspaper. The drawings in this book have been described as 'humour in a vacuum'. They relate to nothing in particular,except one another,and they form a collection of happy whimsicalities charactersitic of the gentle and zany quality of the artist's humour. The fact that neither this book nor 'The Bull Pen' (see my book ID rja1053423 for an example) was intended for publication offers a clue to their origins.A word game to see how many puns could be derived from 'knight' evolved into these drawings,and Paterson made the book for fun,for the pleasure he had in his craft and for the delight of his own family. Alan Stuart Paterson (b. 24th January 1902 – d. 16th June 1968) was a New Zealand cartoonist, illustrator,museum and art gallery curator.He was born in Hāwera,Taranaki,New Zealand,and moved to Wellington by 1907. Worked as a clerk for Dept of Lands and Survey,1918-1923,then he spent a year at St Martin's School of Art in London.In his early drawings the influence of Phil May and a young David Low can be seen before he developed his own fluid,economical style. Among his cast of characters was a tabby cat,Gardiner,and a black cat,Mrs Mahogany,which, together with a long-haired dog,were based on his own pets. Worked briefly as a cartoonist for the New Zealand Times then became "The Dominion" newspaper's first staff cartoonist.Made redundant during WW2 for three years,then returned to the Dominion until 1950.Two books of his Dominion cartoons,'Nothing Serious' and 'Look Pleasant Please',were published in 1932.He also produced cartoons (1926–30) and advertisements (1926–32) for the New Zealand Artists’ Annual. In addition to cartoons,he produced drawings of fairies,flowers,birds and Maori goblins. From 1951 he worked for Palmerston North Country Library Service.He published two books of his Dominion cartoons in 1932 and three sets of his cartoons were published posthumously - 'The Bull Pen (1969), which sold over 100,000 copies; 'Knight After Knight (1970); and 'Professor Paterson’s Book of Engaging Birds' (1971),a series of satirical drawings of birds,drawn for his friend the author June Opie,who was in hospital.. Please contact seller,because of the light 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! 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NZ,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj (if issued?),colour illustrated 1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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