Hutchinson, London, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Ordinary/Fair. Illustrator: Oscar Berger. preface by author and index. The text is illustrated with 250 black-and-white caricatures. Light green coloured cloth boards with black coloured titles on the spine. Illustrated dust wrapper, showing a caricature by Oscar Berger, against a green coloured background with black, red and white coloured titles on the front panel and black and red coloured titles on the spine. A book of caricatures by the artist Oscar Berger. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the lower book edges. Browning and faint foxing to the paper edges. Heavy foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book. Internally the pages are very slightly brown. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower lefthand corner of the free front endpaper. The dust wrapper corners are slightly rubbed and chipped as is the head and the heel of the spine. The dust wrapper itself has become quite dull and foxed. Chipping to the head and heel of the dust wrapper. There has been repair of lower dust wrapper with paper, tape still in situ on the verso of the dust wrapper. A few holes have been caused by insect activity on the rear fold over crease. Heavy foxing browning is also noted to the verso of the dust wrapper. Clipping of the dust wrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. This is the first UK edition. Size: 4to 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 100 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Oscar Berger. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; Cartoons; Inventory No: 0103790. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0103790
Title: Famous Faces: Caricaturist's Scrapbook
Author: Berger, Oscar
Illustrator: Oscar Berger
Format/Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Book Condition: Used - Ordinary
Jacket Condition: Fair
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1950
Keywords: BZDB2 Oscar Berger -- Caricaturist, Cartooning, Cartoon Art Humour; Cartoons; Oscar Berger Unbranded Berger, Oscar Famous Faces: Caricaturist's Scrapbook
Bookseller catalogs: Humour; Cartoons;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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