Wild Figments.

Australia,slim,small 8vo French wraps,softback Original,b/w illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.French wraps denotes a design in which the covers includes an extra internal folded piece of cover inside each side,giving the publisher more room to tell you about the book,and also gives you a built-in bookmark to fold into place. Stated A Penguin Original.Paperback/softback Original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title and published prior to any other format. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but paperback/softback Originals are either the only format in the country of origin,or sometimes,even worldwide.] FINE. No owner inscrptn and an absence of a printed published price; these are generally believed to export edns for issue before the trade distribtion in the country of origin.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,matt,colour pictorial artwork cartoon by Michael Leunig,illustrated front card cover,with matt,black-lettered title and author's capitalised, glossy,embossed red-lettered name to front card cover; no reading creases to a matt black spine/backstrip with author's capitalised,matt pale-blue lettered name,and capitalised yellow-lettered title with publisher's orange+b/w illustrated Penguin colophon to foot of same,rear cover with black-lettered anecdote.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - but front's inner flap has been incorrectly folded alongside the true,original fold/crease.The inner flaps and insides of covers are illustrated with multi-shaped green leaves. Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.Australia,slim,small 8vo French wraps, softback Originalb/w illustrated,1st edn,2-152pp [unpaginated] includes 140 internal anecdotes with either b/w thumbnail head or tail pieces for each anecdote,and an external anecdote to rear cover; plus half-title and b/w cartoon illustrated title page,two single page b/w illustrations one a frntis the other as the recto of last page. Author's 22nd title. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 20 year-old age and nature, i.e an ephemeral paper anecdote collection.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of other detracting faults.
This collection is a loose companion volume to 'Poems' and consists of Leunig's longer pieces in a written format (as opposed to an original cartoon format). In this presentation,his insight and intelligence and wickedness can be savoured in a different way.Comprising pieces that have previously appeared in The Melburne Age,the Sydney Morning Herald,Nation Review,or in various stage productions. Michael Leunig (born 2 June 1945),East Melbourne, Victoria,typically referred to as Leunig (his signature on his cartoons),is an Australian cartoonist,writer, painter,philosopher and poet.'The Penguin Leunig', his first book of collected cartoons,was published in 1974,and since then has produced 23 more collections including books of newspaper columns, poetry and prayer.Leunig's prints,paintings and drawings have been exhibited broadly and are held in various public and private collections.His commentary on political,cultural and emotional life spans more than fifty years and has often explored the idea of an innocent and sacred personal world. Amongst others,his works include 'The Curly Pyjama Letters', cartoon books 'The Essential Leunig', 'The Wayward Leunig'. Leunig's drawings are done with a sparse and quivering line,usually in black and white with ink wash; the human characters are always drawn with exaggerated noses. Leunig has frequently satirised concepts such as Americanism, greed, consumerism, corporations and warmongering, in a personal proclamation against the War on Terror. Readers and critics took special note of his parodies of political matters, especially those concerning former Australian prime minister John Howard and former American president George W. Bush. These have earned Leunig a description as a 'political cartoonist' although only some of his works are political in nature or reference. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and smaller size for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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