Uncle Cleans Up
by J.P. Martin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0224610252
- ISBN 13
- 9780224610254
- Seller
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Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Coward McCann. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 0224610252 . Near Fine in Very Good Plus jacket The interior is pristine; the pages are clean and bright but have mellowed to a creamy yellow. The jacket has a wee bit of staining and a few tiny tears at the top, but is overall in extremely good condition. It is now covered by a mylar Brodart cover. A delightful copy. .
Synopsis
J. P. Martin (1880—1966) was born in Yorkshire into a family of Methodist ministers. He took up the family vocation, serving when young as a missionary to a community of South African diamond miners and then, during the First World War, as an army chaplain in Palestine and Egypt, before returning to minister to parishes throughout the north of England. Martin began telling Uncle stories to entertain his children, who later asked him to write them down so that they could read them to their own children; the stories were finally published as a book in 1964, when Martin was eighty-four. Quentin Blake is one of Britain’s best-loved and most successful illustrators and children’s book authors. He has illustrated nearly three hundred books. He has also illustrated classic books for adults, and created his own characters such as Mister Magnolia and Mrs. Armitage. He taught at the Royal College of Art, where he was head of the Illustration Department from 1978 to 1986. He has won many awards and prizes, and was made a Commander of the British Empire in 2005. He was appointed the first Children’s Laureate in 1999.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Autumn Leaves Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000082
- Title
- Uncle Cleans Up
- Author
- J.P. Martin
- Illustrator
- Quentin Blake
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224610252
- ISBN 13
- 9780224610254
- Publisher
- Coward McCann
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- 0224610252, Children's, Literature
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Autumn Leaves Books
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About Autumn Leaves Books
Internet only, in business since 2000, specializing in the obscure, the scholarly, the unusual. Most jackets are mylar-protected.
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