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PRESTON**, OLIVER: : FONDUE and FURS. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

UK.TETBURY,GLOS.BEVERSTON PRESS,2011.

ISBN 9780954993641.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's bold and neat,blue ink handwritten inscrptn and signature: 'With best wishes Oliver Preston' to half-title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price to dw/djs' inner flaps - price printed to rear board.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork cartoons,by Oliver Preston,illustrated dw/dj,with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain grey endpapers. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,5-96pp [paginated] includes author/cartoonist's introduction,70+ full-page,full colour ski-ing related cartoons - of which 4 are double-paged; plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED half-title page,and colour cartoon vignetted title page.See also book ID rja575015 for another Oliver Preston title - 'HITTING THE SLOPES'. A wry observation on the funny side of ski-ing. One of Oliver Preston's last books,'Shall we Join the Men?',was a concoction of his burlesque cartoons,published in the Field Magazine.Preston has now turned his attention towards winter sports. 'FONDUE and FURS' lifts the lid on ski-ing in the Swiss Alps,satirising the famous and exclusive alpine resort of Gstaad,where fur-coated and feisty,the jet set balance the finer art of shopping with ski-ing,and trill to Gstaad's social mores. Ski-ing hard during the day,and playing hard every night,it is a cocktail of fondues and raclettes,of exclusive clubs and chalet hopping. Preston's delightful drawings and wicked social observation make for a lot of fun on and off the piste! Oliver Preston's drawings have been published in 'The Guardian'.'The Independent' and 'Punch Magazine' and he is the regular cartoonist for 'The Field Magazine'. He draws extensive corporate commissions and his caricatures and drawings hang in many private collections including 'Annabels', 'Boodles',and 'George' clubs in London.He's Chairman of the Cartoon Art Trust,and founded Britain's first Museum of Cartoon Art in London in 2006.More of his cartoons,christmas cards and caricatures at his website oliverpreston dot com. Oliver,whose mother is Swiss,has visited Gstaad regularly since the 1960's and recently he has held annual exhibitions at the Gstaad Palace Hotel. 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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** 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,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'With best wishes Oliver Preston'

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