Publisher:
BBC Books, (London, 1991), Ist edition.
Seller ID: 13700
Unpaginated, 11 3/4" H, soft cover. Full-color cartoons throughout. "After hours of painstaking research, the true story of what happened in Sherwood Forest has been uncovered: Maid Marian did all the work and Robin Hood took all the credit. Robin was actually a terrific coward. It was Marian, a born leader ever since she was her school's rounders captain, who managed to assemble a complete bunch of idiots to fight the evil ways of King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. A little known legend from Sherwood tells how Rabies tries to date Fergie, the strong and beautiful daughter of Sir W... View More...
Publisher:
BBC Books, (London, 1990), Ist edition.
Seller ID: 13701
Unpaginated, 11 3/4" H, soft cover. Full-color cartoons throughout. "After hours of painstaking research, the true story of what happened in Sherwood Forest has been uncovered: Maid Marian did all the work and Robin Hood took all the credit. Robin was actually a terrific coward. It was Marian, a born leader ever since she was her school's rounders captain, who managed to assemble a complete bunch of idiots to fight the evil ways of King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. When the Beast of Bolsover, the foulest, most disgusting, bad-breathed squirrel strangler in the entire West Midlands,... View More...
Publisher:
BBC Books, (London, 1990), Ist edition.
Seller ID: 13702
Unpaginated, 11 3/4" H, soft cover. Full-color cartoons throughout. "After hours of painstaking research, the true story of what happened in Sherwood Forest has been uncovered: Maid Marian did all the work and Robin Hood took all the credit. Robin was actually a terrific coward. It was Marian, a born leader ever since she was her school's rounders captain, who managed to assemble a complete bunch of idiots to fight the evil ways of King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. In the well-known ancient tale of Maid Marian and Robin Hood, you may recall the unexpected visit (early one Tuesday m... View More...
Publisher:
BBC Books, (London, 1991), Ist edition.
Seller ID: 13703
Unpaginated, 11 3/4" H, soft cover. Full-color cartoons throughout. "After hours of painstaking research, the true story of what happened in Sherwood Forest has been uncovered: Maid Marian did all the work and Robin Hood took all the credit. Robin was actually a terrific coward. It was Marian, a born leader ever since she was her school's rounders captain, who managed to assemble a complete bunch of idiots to fight the evil ways of King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. In the (really really) old tale of the Worksop Egg Fairy we discover what happens when King John doesn't get his egg a... View More...
Unpaginated, 10" H x 7" D. Profusely illustrated with b&w cartoon strips, featuring Lucy and the rest of the Peanuts gang. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, slight curvature to book. View More...
107 pp, 8 1/4" H. B&w cartoons. "The 28th Indian Zen Patriarch, Bodhidharma, made a fateful trip to China in 527 AD. The Zen teaching he introduced flourished in a foreign country and reached its Golden Age in Tang China whereas Buddhism was to eventually die out in the land of its birth. Orthodox Buddhism was often under attack in imperial China as being an alien philosophy. However, Zen flowered because it remained down-to-earth and it addressed the consciousness common to all humanity regardless of race or culture. Tsai Chih Chung traces the origin and development of Zen in China with a l... View More...
141 pp, 8 1/4" H. B&w cartoons. "(This book) contains 19 bizarre tales of human encounters with supernatural beings, compiled during the Six Dynasties (AD220-589). Tsai Chih Chung, the popular Taiwanese cartoonist has creatively illustrated and annotated these tales, making them applicable and entertaining to the readers." Contents: The Foolish Ghost; The Fairy Tortoise; Horse Husband; Miss Piggy; The Eloquent Debater; The Enigmatic Girl; The Burnt Parasol; The Mother Who Was a Turtle; Mr Rainbow; The Old Tree; The Unlucky Pestle; The Turtle Beauty; The Foolish Deity; The Snail Girl; The Old ... View More...
139 pp, 4to (11 1/2" H). Pictorial endpapers, b&w and colour comic strips. "(C)ollects and celebrates the exploits of these favourite Scottish comic characters from the pages of The Sunday Post. News stories and headlines of the day give an overview of the events of the 1960s, while a rare insight into the work of the artist behind these famous strips is provided by a unique glimpse at a previously unseen pencilled Oor Wullie page by the great Dudley D. Watkins." Dust jacket has light wrinkling/creasing along top edge, one small closed tear. View More...
234 pp + (2) pp, 5 1/2" H. An adaptation of the Snow White story, starring Betty Boop, although it seems to roll several fairy tales into one! Inside hinge paper is spilt but hinges are holding well, pages and endpapers are browned, tiny chip at bottom edge of page leaf 97/98, binding is tight, old tape across top of spine/hinges, moderate edge wear, small ink smudge on front board, light soiling, a few tiny scuffs/rubbing, very small slight corner bumps. View More...
