THE JOLLY Christmas POSTMAN.

UK,landscape 12mo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,reprint. [Originally and first published 1991.It was reprinted 1992,and again in 1993 - this edition,so a 2nd reprint thus.] No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Janet Ahlberg,illustrated boards with black-outlined,capitalised reddish-orange lettered title and black-outlined,capitalised,pale blue lettered authors' names to front board; spine/backstrip with repeated coloured+lettered surname and title from front board and publisher's capitalised,black lettered publisher name to foot of same,rear board with colour illustration and other black-lettered text. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present,and immaculate pain orange endpapers.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - NO torn envelopes and ALL ephemeral items/enclosures are present,intact and complete - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.UK,slim landscape 12mo HB,no dw/dj,as issued, 2nd reprint edn,includes 32pp [unpaginated and excluding free endpapers] of which 12 pages made into 6 illustrated +addressed envelopes,each with character-related ephemera item(s) inside, remaining 20pp as illustrated text of a rhyme/verse; plus colour vignette illustrated title page.Ephemera items include a colour illustrated Christmas card for Baby Bear,a colour illustrated folded card board game for Red Riding Hood,a colour illustrated card jigsaw puzzle for Humpty Dumpty,a colour illustrated facsimile small book with a bonus miniature book for Gingerbread Boy,a colour illustrated,folded Wolf Spotter Guide from Riding Hood to Wolf,and a colour illustrated concertina-folding diorama for the Postman. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. a child's book complete with all loose ephemeral enclosures intact and undamaged.It really is an exceptional and exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and totality. Want more AHLBERG books,titles? Please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. A Jolly Postman delivers Christmas letters to several famous fairy-tale characters such as the Big Bad Wolf, Cinderella,and the Three Bears in six envelopes and contains character-related ephemeral items such as cards,games,puzzles,small+miniature books and a diorama.Each letter or item may be removed from its envelope page and read separately. 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,the 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 any inexpensive 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. **