Purple Ronnie's Bloke's Guide to Life,The Universe and Bottom Burps. [illus by Janet Cronin.]

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Material in this book was previously published under the title Purple Ronnie's Guide to Life, PR's Guide to Men, PR's Guide to Girls, PR's Book of Love, and The Smashing World of Purple Ronnie.] FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear board.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,generally sharp-cornered,wrap-around purple paper-covered boards with colour illustraions by Janet Cronin,illustrated boards with separate b/w bordered green-lettered title and white-lettered author name to front board,spine/backstrip with white-lettered title and similarly coloured but capitalised+ white illustrated publisher's colophon to foot of same,rear panel with white-lettered synopsis of contents. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present, but top,front corner gently bumped with reciprocal crease and a production fault of a small,short ,near horizontal wrinkle to paper on front board. Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation,and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,120pp [unpaginated - excludes endpapers],black line illustrations to white backgrounds and vice versa throughout the book; plus also unpaginated,an unused From/To page,title page,and a dedication to reverse of an illustrated separator page. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. a children's book]. It is only the exterior faults that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of other faults or detractions. An anthology,collection of contents material taken from other Purple Ronnie bestsellers - see above. 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,that 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. **