ANGEL PAVEMENT.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn. Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear board. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around white background with colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake,illustrated glazed boards,with capitalised,dark blue lettered title and orange lettered author name to front board plus immaculate plain pale blue endpapers; spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front's,and publisher's illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with small colour illustration and black-lettered synopsis and critics' black-lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - and minimal, superficial scoring/indents to either board. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated - excludes endpapers] includes colour decorated title page; plus 7 double-page,16 single page colour illustrations and text colour. Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its near 20-year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book. It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of other detracting faults. Corky and Loopy are two perfectly normal girls. They like chocolate biscuits, fizzy drinks, screaming at each other and drawing. But they are also a little bit special .because they are angels. One day they visit Sid, a pavement artist. Sid is sad because he wants to take part in the big drawing competition but can't work out how the judges will ever get to see his work. Corky and Loopy decide to help and give him a very special pencil from their collection. So begins a bright and colourful adventure from the brilliant Quentin Blake. Want more Quentin BLAKE titles? Please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and SIGNED catologues for more or similar titles of UK HB/softback 1st edns and/or Signed items/edns. Please contact seller,because of the lighter 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! 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **