THE JOLLY POSTMAN or Other People's Letters.**

UK,slim landscape 12mo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,18th imp. [Complete number line 19 20 18.] Another edition/version of 'THE JOLLY POSTMAN', originally published by Heinemann,1986,then published by VIKING,1999 this edition.] FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around cream background with colour pictorial artwork by Janet Ahlberg,illustrated boards with black-outlined, capitalised red lettered part-title and black-outlined yellow lettered sub-title,black-outlined,author's capitalised names to front board,spine/backstrip with repeated coloured+lettered surname and part-title from front board and publisher's colour illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear board with facsimile colour illustration of a page in the book with facsimile colour illustrations of envelopes' contents and other black-lettered text. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Clean,plain pale yellow endpapers. Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - unusually,NO envelope is torn - and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.UK,slim landscape 12mo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn thus,includes 28pp [unpaginated and excluding free endpapers] of which 12 pages made into illustrated+ addressed envelopes,each with character-related ephemera item(s) inside,remaining 16pp as illustrated text of a 4-line rhyme/verse each; plus colour vignette illustrated title page.Ephemera items include a colour illustrated letter to the 3 Bears,an illustrated advertising flyer to Occupier of the Gingerbread Bungalow,a colour illustrated postcard to Mr V. Bigg, Beanstalk Gardens,a letter to Cinderalla [but missing a separate illustrated minature facsimile book],a solicitor's letter to Big Bad Wolf,and a colour illustrated birthday card and facsimile £1 note enclosed,for Goldilocks. 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 with loose ephemeral enclosures intact and undamaged - and only 1 item missing. It is only this fault that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really isstill an exceptional and exemplary copy for its cleanliness,brightness and undamaged state. Want more AHLBERG books,titles? Please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. A Jolly Postman delivers letters to several famous fairy-tale characters such as the Big Bad Wolf, Cinderella, and the Three Bears in six envelopes and contains eight ephemeral items such as letters,advertising leaflet,cards, postcard,and a miniature book [missing in this listing]. Each letter or item may be removed from its envelope page and read separately. The AHLBERG's greatest success was 'The Jolly Postman', published by (UK) Heinemann,in 1986.Taking 5 years to complete,Janet illustrated the book and Allan wrote it. Allan Ahlberg also wrote dozens of books with other illustrators.The book won the Kurt Maschler Award for integrated writing and illustration.There were two sequels, 'The Jolly Christmas Postman' (1991),for which Janet won her second Greenaway Medal,and 'The Jolly Pocket Postman' (1995). 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. **