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TOAD TRIUMPHANT.**
by HORWOOD**, WILLIAM:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE./FINE.
- ISBN 10
- 0002253097
- ISBN 13
- 9780002253093
- Seller
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About This Item
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Patrick Benson illustrated dw/dj; 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.Top edge generally bright and clean,fore-edge minimally thumbed and marked; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,unblemished,publisher's original blue cloth boards with bright stamped gilt letters+Ratty silhouette to spine/ backstrip with colour pictorial map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn,7-281pp [paginated] +half-title,double-page b/w line illustrated title page,contents list/ table includes 12 chapters,14pp full-page b/w line illustrations and chapter head+ tail pieces - all by Patrick Benson,publisher's note and 4pp blanks to rear. Explore again the unforgettable world of Toad Hall,the Wild Wood,the River Bank and the irrepressible Mr Toad.In 'The Willows in Winter',his best-selling sequel to Kenneth Grahame's classic 'The Wind in the Willows',William Horwood successfully brought to life once more some of the best-loved characters in British literature. Now in this new tale the comfortable bachelor world of the River Bank is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a formidable female character,who seems to win Toad's heart. Recognising the familiar danger signals,his long-suffering companions Mole, Ratty and Badger must do all they can to save the infatuated Toad from himself. Enriched once again by the delightful illustrations of Patrick Benson,'Toad Triumphant' is another captivating story,in which Toad's capacity for finding trouble and for miraculous escapes is tested as never before. Patrick Benson's award-winning work includes illustrations for William Mayne's 'Hob Stories',for which he won the Mother Goose Award,Roald Dahl's final book,'The Minpins' (see rja26467), and the two J.R. Hartley 'Fly Fishing books (see rja26597 + rja26607).His illustrations for 'The Willows in Winter'(see rja1132),'The Willows at Christmas' (see rja27357) and his new edition of 'The Wind in the Willows' received outstanding praise. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja27397
- Title
- TOAD TRIUMPHANT.**
- Author
- HORWOOD**, WILLIAM:
- Illustrator
- illus by Patrick Benson.
- Format/Binding
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002253097
- ISBN 13
- 9780002253093
- Publisher
- LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1995.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1995
- Keywords
- q52.CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illus 1st edn.ISBN 0002253097.Wind in the Willows.Toad+Toad Hall_River Bank.Mole_Ratty_Badger.Mole End.Wild Wood.Lathbury.Pike Pool.Children's illustrated fiction.Illus by Patrick Benson.
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- CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED;
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