Seeing Things: An Autobiography
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A warm and charming memoir from the cult creator of Bagpuss, the Clangers and Ivor the Engine.
Oliver Postgate was born in north London in 1925. He attended several different schools including, inadvertently, Dartington Hall. He attempted several different professions before founding Smallfilms with Peter Firmin in 1957. They went on to make a multitude of children's films for television, from a cowshed near Canterbury. He died, aged 83, in Broadstairs, Kent, in December 2008.
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. Firmin, Peter (illustrator). A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR003199310
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Firmin, Peter (illustrator). The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR001915114
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Illustrations By Peter Firmin (illustrator). 422 pages. B&W plates & illustrations. Light wear to covers' corners and light reading creases to spine o/w in very clean, tidy condition. Seller Inventory # 035259
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Peter Firmin (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. VG+/VG+. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY OLIVER POSTGATE, without dedication or inscrption on half-title page. Illustrated with photographs, and line-drawings by Peter Firmin. The autobiography of Oliver Postgate (1925-2008), the man responsible for 'Bagpuss', 'Noggin the Nog', 'Ivor the Engine' and 'The Clangers'. Minor lean to spine; else a very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY OLIVER POSTGATE. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. Seller Inventory # 15901
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Seller: TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS, THETFORD, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. PETER FIRMIN (illustrator). The autobiography of Oliver Postgate who wrote and narrated famous British children's TV series such as The Clangers, Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog etc. Working with Peter Firmin who did the drawings and made the puppets. First printing. Hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Black boards. Lightly tanned pages. Slight marking on top edges of pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white illustrations. NB: Hardback was not issued with a CD-ROM. Location: SOL1. Seller Inventory # 019332
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