Nessie the Mannerless Monster. Pictures by Gerald Rose.

£3,750 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A lovely presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his parents, with a charming large drawing over the entire front free endpaper of the eponymous monster, showing the monster, a very different Nessie than Gerald rose’s, towering over buses, trucks, trees and people, incorporating the inscription “for Mum dad with love from Ted April 27th 1964.“ The uncllpped dust jacket is very slightly rubbed, and there a few very small and light stains to the text, but a very good copy indeed. Sagar and Tabor A8a.

• Year: 1964

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