You Have Been Warned. A Complete Guide to the Road
Published by Methuen & Co Ltd, London, 1936
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United KingdomThe Print Room
AbeBooks seller since November 2, 2010
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 11.00
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First published in November 1935, this is an eighth impression of 1936, a tribute to the book's popularity. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed, not price clipped (5s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 142pp, illustrated, illustrated endpapers. A humorous look at road trips and the mishaps that are likely to happen in the 1930s. Cyril Kenneth Bird CBE (1887-1965), known by the pen name 'Fougasse', was a British cartoonist and editor of Punch Magazine, he is probably best remembered now for his World War II warning propaganda posters; "Careless talk costs lives" was one of the most popular. He also designed many posters for the London Underground. William Donald Hamilton McCullough (1901-78), was an Irish born British writer and broadcaster. He was the first questionmaster of The Brains Trust radio programme from its foundation in 1941.
Seller Inventory # 011658
Bibliographic details
- Title
- You Have Been Warned. A Complete Guide to the Road
- Author
- Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird) & McCullough (William Donald Hamilton McCullough
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co Ltd, London
- Publication year
- 1936
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Illustrations by Fougasse
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
The Print Room
Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since November 2, 2010
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The Print Room
United Kingdom
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Alison Balfour-Lynn
Dog Kennel Farm
Lilley nr Luton
N. Herts
LU2 8LQ
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