mrs Scrooge. [illus by Posy Simmonds.**]

UK,24mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 8 6 4.] FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp and generally clean - some minimal, inevitable grubbing, matt, wrap-around white background with colour vignette artwork by Posy Simmonds,illustrated front+ rear panels of dw/dj,with black+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Slight indentation to spine/backstrip's front board's gutter's edge minimally affecting the boards beneath - not obtrusive or excessive though.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain maroon paper-covered boards with no lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 24mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp,3-41pp [paginated] includes full-page,full colour pictorial artwork by Posy Simmonds throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,oval colour vignetted title page,title separator page with full page,full colour illustration by Simmonds to it's verso and a last page illustration.
With her husband,Ebenezer,now 'doornail dead', the coldest Christmas Eve on record finds Mrs Scrooge outside the supermarket, protesting against consumerism and waste.'Spoilsport!' shout the passersby as they load up their shopping carts with Christmas goodies.Just as Ebenezer did,Mrs Scrooge keeps to her frugal ways . . . but with the current state of the world,perhaps Mrs Scrooge has the right idea.
That night,alone in her bed with Catchit the cat beside her,Mrs Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past,Present,and Yet to Come.As each in succession takes her by the hand and sweeps through the scenes of her life,Mrs Scrooge learns not only what the 'Christmas Spirit' really means,but the nature of the real gifts we give and receive.
'Mrs Scrooge' is a very modern Christmas tale. Living alone with her cat,Catchit,Mrs Scrooge worries about the state of the planet.She recycles,buys secondhand, eats leftovers and switches off lights.One night,as midnight sounds,a cheerful ghost takes her by the hand . .
Brimming with Carol Ann Duffy's exceptional warmth, humour and imagination, and delightfully illustrated by Posy Simmonds,this is the perfect Christmas gift.
Rosemary Elizabeth "Posy" Simmonds (b.9/8/1945) is a British newspaper cartoonist and writer and illustrator of children's books.Born in Berkshire and educated at a boarding school,the Sorbonne and studied at the Central School of Art & Design,London.She is best known for her long association with The Guardian,for which she now draws a cartoon titled Tamara Drewe. She started her newspaper career drawing a strip for The Sun in 1969 before joining The Guardian as an illustrator in 1972.In 1979 she started drawing a weekly comic strip for The Guardian, initially titled 'The Silent Three of St. Botolph's' as a tribute to the 1950's strip,'The Silent Three' by Evelyn Flinders.The strip focused on three 1950's schoolfriends in their later, middle-class and nearly middle-aged lives: Wendy Weber,a former nurse married to polytechnic sociology lecturer George with a large brood of children; Jo Heep,married to whisky salesman Edmund with two rebellious teenagers; and Trish Wright, married to philandering advertising executive Stanhope with a young baby.The strip,which was latterly untitled and usually known just as "Posy",ran until the late 1980's.It was collected into a number of books: 'Mrs Weber's Diary', 'Pick of Posy', 'Very Posy' and 'Pure Posy',and one original cartoon book featuring the same characters,'True Love'.Her later cartoons for The Guardian and The Spectator were collected as 'Mustn't Grumble',in 1992.
Posy Simmonds' most recent graphic novel,'Gemma Bovery' (1999) - see rja32018 - was acclaimed by the critics for its wit and wickedly sharp observation.A.N. Wilson called it 'a work of genius' and more than one reviewer suggested that it should be entered for the Booker Prize.
She is also the author of many books for adults and children - see also my book ID's rja24337 and rja27787 respectively - including 'Literary Life','Lulu and the Flying Babies' and 'Fred', the film of which was nominated for an Oscar.She has contributed a series of weekly cartoon strips to the 'Guardian' newspaper since 1977, and has won international awards for her work.
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