Simpson Alan Hancock (7 results)

Condition: Brand New. 4.88x0.35x5.55 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Pbk 191pp illus.Covers sl rubbed, internally sl sunned otherwise clean & bright.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Lightly worn copy. This item is heavy and will attract postal surcharges. 329432.

First edition. Quarto. 136 pages. Laminated pictorial covers. Five of the television scripts, illustrated with over 200 stills: The Missing Page; The Reunion Party; Hancock Alone; The Bowmans; The Blood Donor. At the end is an interview with Galton and Simpson. Four-page Introduction by Peter Black.Fine. Not issued in dustwrapper.

A VG copy with the original sleeve in its original cover. Side One is the "Blood Donor" perhaps the best loved of all Hancock episodes. 'A pint, why that's very nearly an armful!' protests our public-spirited hero when he decides 'to give so others can live'. And, as with any ordinary bank, Hancock discovers that the deposit can be all-too-quickly followed by sudden withdrawal. Side 2 is "The Radio Ham": 'Mayday! Mayday!' A motor yacht is holed beneath the waterline off the coast of Sierra Leone. The good news for the stricken vessel is that it's desperate messages have been picked up by a keen radio ham in England. The bad news is that it's the lad himself at the receiving end. This album is uniquely signed by Ray Galton, Alan Simpson and June Whitfield (who played the nurse in the Blood Donor). Galton and Simpson were, of course, the writers of these comedic masterpieces. Incidentally this is the first time in the history of entertainment that two television programmes were issued on a gramophone record. Photographs/scans available upon request.