1957 First Edition 1st Printing Plus Signed Illustrations
CAPTAIN PUGWASH
By John Ryan
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover, quarto (4to 9 1⁄2 × 12 in 241 × 305 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: The Bodley Head, London, 1957
Language: English
Collation: pp. 35
Dust Jacket: Yes, Very Good
SKU: BTETM0002622
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
Captain Pugwash
A Pirate Story
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
1st edition, London: The Bodley Head, 1957, colour illustrations throughout, some spotting to a couple of pages, original pictorial boards, edges and head & tail of spine rubbed, dust jacket, some marks and repaired closed tears, slim 4to, together with five other original illustrations, The Flying Dustbin (Jake's Ship), The Black Pig (Pugwash Ship), Tom the Cabin Boy, Captain Pugwash and Cut-Throat Jake, 2000-2004, pen and ink illustrations on paper, two with further smaller illustrations to verso, another with note to verso 'Thanks for your letter. I can't remember where "Pugwash" came from - but I later ? that there is a place of that name in Nova Scotia...? subconcious at work? All best wishes John Ryan 7th April 02 ?Small donation to local charity?', each signed and dated, all approximately 15.3 x 10.2 cm
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
SYNOPSIS
Captain Horatio Pugwash was captain of The Black Pig. His crew was Tom the cabin boy, pirates Barnabus and Willy, and Master Mate. His arch enemy was Cut-Throat Jake. Pugwash's greed and cowardice were for ever getting him in trouble, but Tom always rescued him, though he never got any credit for his work.
In 1991 Ryan successfully sued The Guardian and Sunday Correspondent, who had repeated the unfounded myth that the names of the crew all contained sexual innuendo, and that the programme had been taken off the air for that reason.
Captain Pugwash ran from 1957 to 1966, and was revived in colour in 1974 to 1975, and again in 1997. The programme also ran as a comic strip in the Radio Times. Ryan, who also created Mary, Mungo and Midge, as well as Sir Prancelot, died in 2009.
AUTHOR BIO
John Gerald Christopher Ryan (4 March 1921 – 22 July 2009) was a British animator and cartoonist. in 1957 his first Pugwash picture book was published, which then led to a long-running The Radio Times strip and a television series made using cutout animation.
1957 First Edition 1st Printing Plus Signed Illustrations
CAPTAIN PUGWASH
By John Ryan
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover, quarto (4to 9 1⁄2 × 12 in 241 × 305 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: The Bodley Head, London, 1957
Language: English
Collation: pp. 35
Dust Jacket: Yes, Very Good
SKU: BTETM0002622
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
Captain Pugwash
A Pirate Story
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
1st edition, London: The Bodley Head, 1957, colour illustrations throughout, some spotting to a couple of pages, original pictorial boards, edges and head & tail of spine rubbed, dust jacket, some marks and repaired closed tears, slim 4to, together with five other original illustrations, The Flying Dustbin (Jake's Ship), The Black Pig (Pugwash Ship), Tom the Cabin Boy, Captain Pugwash and Cut-Throat Jake, 2000-2004, pen and ink illustrations on paper, two with further smaller illustrations to verso, another with note to verso 'Thanks for your letter. I can't remember where "Pugwash" came from - but I later ? that there is a place of that name in Nova Scotia...? subconcious at work? All best wishes John Ryan 7th April 02 ?Small donation to local charity?', each signed and dated, all approximately 15.3 x 10.2 cm
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
SYNOPSIS
Captain Horatio Pugwash was captain of The Black Pig. His crew was Tom the cabin boy, pirates Barnabus and Willy, and Master Mate. His arch enemy was Cut-Throat Jake. Pugwash's greed and cowardice were for ever getting him in trouble, but Tom always rescued him, though he never got any credit for his work.
In 1991 Ryan successfully sued The Guardian and Sunday Correspondent, who had repeated the unfounded myth that the names of the crew all contained sexual innuendo, and that the programme had been taken off the air for that reason.
Captain Pugwash ran from 1957 to 1966, and was revived in colour in 1974 to 1975, and again in 1997. The programme also ran as a comic strip in the Radio Times. Ryan, who also created Mary, Mungo and Midge, as well as Sir Prancelot, died in 2009.
AUTHOR BIO
John Gerald Christopher Ryan (4 March 1921 – 22 July 2009) was a British animator and cartoonist. in 1957 his first Pugwash picture book was published, which then led to a long-running The Radio Times strip and a television series made using cutout animation.
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