The Peculiar Triumph of Professor Branestawm - Hardcover
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The wacky world of a peculiar professor.
He's back again, the lovable Professor with his five pairs of spectacles, his pockets full of all manner of things, and of course, his wonderfully bizarre inventions. Norman Hunter's irrepressible humour packs every page and the illustrations entirely capture the eccentricity of the professor and the hilarity of his incredible adventures.
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He's back again, the lovable Professor with his five pairs of spectacles, his pockets full of all manner of things, and of course, his wonderfully bizarre inventions. Norman Hunter's irrepressible humour packs every page and the illustrations entirely capture the eccentricity of the professor and the hilarity of his incredible adventures.
Norman Hunter was born in 1899 in Sydenham, London. After leaving school he became an advertising copywriter. His first Professor Branestawm book was published in 1933. After living in South Africa, he returned to England, where he lived by the river at Staines until his death in 1995.
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- PublisherRandom House Children's Books (A Division of Random House Group)
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 0370012151
- ISBN 13 9780370012155
- BindingHardcover
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London. Penguin Books Ltd (Puffin). 1972. First Printing in this Puffin edition. Crease to rear corner. No wear to spine or ends. Wraps clean and unscuffed. No rubbing. Light age toning only to text block. Wrap around cover design and illustrations by George Adamson. Norman Hunter's irrepressible humour packs every page and the illustrations (by the well-known cartoonist, George Adamson) entirely capture the eccentricity of the Professor and the hilarity of his incredible adventures. The book is dedicated to 'Sir Allen Lane who was a kind of Fairy Godfather to the Professor because he handled the production of the very first Branestawm book'. Seller Inventory # MAR16002
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