RICHARDS, Frank – Billy Bunter at Butlin’s – First Edition, Cassell, 1961 – C. H. Chapman – Dust Jacket
Language: English
Published by Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1961
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Lost and Found Treasures, Wolverhampton, United KingdomLost and Found Treasures
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Author: Frank Richards [Charles Hamilton, 1876–1961] Title: Billy Bunter at Butlin’s Publication Details London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1961. First edition. 12mo, 217pp, colour frontispiece and monochrome illustrations by C. H. Chapman. Publisher’s red boards with dark lettering, in the original pictorial dust jacket. Contemporary specialist catalogues confirm the 1961 Cassell issue as the first edition. Description A first edition of one of the later Billy Bunter of Greyfriars novels by Frank Richards, the pseudonym of Charles Hamilton, illustrated by long-standing Bunter artist C. H. Chapman. During the summer holidays Billy Bunter and his Greyfriars companions are invited to Butlin’s Holiday Camp at Skegness, where Bunter inevitably becomes embroiled in adventure. The book was produced in connection with the Butlin Beaver Club, whose emblem appears prominently on the striking photographic dust jacket. The jacket is particularly appealing, featuring a photographic image of Bunter enjoying a large plate of food against a Butlin’s holiday-camp background. Binding Publisher’s original red boards with dark titles to the front board and spine, complete with the original illustrated dust jacket. Condition Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. A sound and attractive copy. Binding firm and text block secure, with the expected light age-toning to the pages. Ownership inscription to the front endpaper. Otherwise internally clean and well preserved. The original pictorial dust jacket remains complete, bright and attractive, with some age-related rubbing, creasing and wear to the edges and corners, including small closed tears and minor chipping, as shown in the photographs. The distinctive Butlin’s photographic design remains strong and presents well. Please refer closely to the photographs, which form part of the condition description. Edition First Edition, 1961 – Butlin Beaver Club edition. Specialist dealer records describe the 1961 Cassell edition as the first edition, with 217 pages, colour frontispiece and C. H. Chapman illustrations.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- RICHARDS, Frank – Billy Bunter at Butlin’s – First Edition, Cassell, 1961 – C. H. Chapman – Dust Jacket
- Author
- Frank Richards
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Ltd, London
- Publication year
- 1961
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- C. H. Chapman
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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