Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, Black Beauty and Treasure Island

London: Book Club Associates; Virgin Publishing Ltd, 1973-2000. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. Three volumes of work by Irish actor, writer, comedian, poet, and playwright, Spike Milligan. Three volumes. Written by Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan, an Irish actor, comedian, writer, musician, poet, and playwright. Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, 1973. First published in 1971. Illustrated with many drawings and photographs throughout. The first volume of Milligan's war memoirs. The book spans the period from Britain's declaration of war on Germany to when Milligan lands in Algeria as a part of the Allied liberation of Africa. Black Beauty According to Spike Milligan, 1996. First edition. A humorous parody of the 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell, written from the point to view of Black Beauty, revealing what it's like to be a horse. Each chapter is introduced with a poem. Treasure Island According to Spike Milligan, 2000. First edition. A comic novel spoof of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jim Hawkins has met a rum-addicted sailor known only as "Captain", who leaves Jim a treasure map upon his death. With his father dying, Jim is forced from the Benbow with his mother and his friend Groucho Marx to search for the buried treasure. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, excellent with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper very smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Contemporary ink inscription to front endpaper. Near Fine