Meet my folks! - Hardcover
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A collection of humorous verse for children, based on the extraordinary adventure of Granny the Octopus and Aunt Flo the Witch.
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About the Author
Ted Hughes was born on 17 August 1930 in Mytholmroyd, a small mill town in West Yorkshire. His father made portable wooden buildings. The family moved to Mexborough, a coal-mining town in South Yorkshire, when Hughes was seven. His parents took over a newsagent and tobacconist shop, and eventually he went to the local grammar school.In 1948 Hughes won an Open Exhibition to Pembroke College, Cambridge. Before going there, he served two years National Service in the Royal Air Force. Between leaving Cambridge and becoming a teacher, he worked at various jobs, finally as a script-reader for Rank at their Pinewood Studios.In 1956 Hughes married the American poet Sylvia Plath, who died in 1963, and they had two children. He remarried in 1970. He was awarded the OBE in 1977, created Poet Laureate in December 1984 and appointed to the Order of Merit in 1998. He died in October 1998.Ted Hughes's first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published by Fabe
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- PublisherFaber and Faber
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0571041884
- ISBN 13 9780571041886
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages42
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Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by George Adamson (illustrator). H/b; d/w; g+/vg; 8vo; 42pp; ex lib with rubber stamps; d/w quite bright & attractive; ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 49177
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ISBN 13: 9780571041886
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. George Adamson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Third reprint of the 1st (1961) edition. In VG+ condition. No inscriptions. This is not an ex-library copy. B/w drawings by George Adamson throughout. Illustrated boards with yellow b/g and blue lettering on front and red b/g on rear. Red and blue lettering on spine. Similar design and illustration on front of unclipped dust jacket. Now protected in mylar wraps. Seller Inventory # 012736
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