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Tales From Mr. Toffy's Circus

BOP

- By Tony Ross -

Illustrated by Tony Ross

ISBN:  0853960542 

Publisher: Fabbri & Partners Ltd, 24 Old Bond Street, London, UK 

Published: 1973

Binding: Vintage SOFTcover  10 pages  

Condition: read condition! HERE in MELBOURNE! A retired display copy as illustrated in my photos !

Edition:  FIRST EDITION: 1st printing 1973 

TIGHT,  SCARCE   SOFTCOVER  ~  IN  MELBOURNE  ... 

WHY do ebayers buy from US?

Because you KNOW what you're getting. My close up photos are of the actual item!!

Remains a clean but read copy. It is Tight -  neat, no inscriptions or man made marks within. Appears as in my photos - this is the exact copy!!  A nicely preserved copy - superb!

There's mild discernible shelf wear to the covers - inside it's as clean as a whistle! The interior is tight and spotlessly clean with 10 pages. THIS copy is the First Edition: Only printing from 1973 - the UK publishing by Fabbri & Partners Ltd, London. 

There are many beautiful full color illustrations by Tony Ross.

REALLY  SCARCE title - this is a very good copy!!

In original pictorial SOFTcover binding, this sweet little 47+ year old vintage square, staple-bound soft cover book published by Fabbri & Partners Ltd, 24 Old Bond Street, London & printed in England in 1973, the First Issue.

It is one of a series of six titles from Mr. Toffy’s Circus (we have FOUR of them for sale - 3 others Mr Toffy, Big Ethel and Samuel!). 

(Stored with 2020!)

Measures approx.  6¾  x 6 inches or   16 ½  x  15cms.

SYNOPSIS ....

Each of the SIX stories in the series features a different character from Mr. Toffy’s Circus. 

MR. BOP is the story of the proverbial sad clown, who feels critical of himself and stops being funny, and people stop coming to the circus. His circus mates and friends get together and have a party to cheer him up, and when Mr. Toffy explains how important he is, Bop "finds his happiness again." 

The same characters appear in all books, and they are no less loveable for their brief appearances - Ethel the Hippo, Samuel the shy Elephant, Itchy Joe (Master of the Flea Circus) and more. 

These are scarce and hard-to-find little books. 

About the Author /Illustrator

Tony Ross is a British illustrator and author of children's picture books. He was a student at the Liverpool School of Art and Design. Ross has had quite a few occupations, such as cartoonist, graphic designer, art director at an advertising agency, senior lecturer in art and head of the illustration course at Manchester Polytechnic.
Ross won the 1986 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, picture books category, for Ich komm dich holen!, (I'm coming to get you! - Andersen, 1984. He was runner-up for the 1990 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject, for Dr. Xargle's book of Earth Tiggers.

Meet the illustrator
What is your favourite animal?
A cat
What is your favourite boy’s name?
Bill
What is your favourite girl’s name?
Roxanne
What is your favourite food?
Lobster
What is your favourite music?
Irish
What is your favourite hobby?
Sailing

Very  Interesting read!