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Ryan, John.
The Ark Stories [10 volume complete set].
Publisher: Hamlyn, London;
Date of Publication: 1980
Stock Code: 6229
FIRST EDITIONS including a SIGNED copy with an original sketch of Captain Pugwash, together with an original sketch of Mr Noah. Vols 9 and 10 are 1981, others 1980. Set comprises: 1. The Weather Forecast, 2. Mr Noah’s Birthday. 3. All Aboard! 4. The Haunted Ark. 5. Roll-Call on the Ark 6. Crockle Takes a Swim. 7. Crockle and the Kite. 8. Crockle Saves the Ark. 9. The Floating Jungle 10. Crockle Adrift. Large octavo, unpaginated and illustrated in colour throughout. Laminated pictorial hardcovers with pictorial endpapers. Sketch of Mr Noah signed by John Ryan without dedication, in black ink on yellow paper to verso of a 1986 North Tyneside Libraries & Arts Dept Easter Eggstravaganza Children’s Competition entry form, trimmed to 7x5 inches but off cuts retained and all loosely inserted. Some toning and minor shelfwear to covers, with small bruise to lower edge rear cover Vol 7. Ownership box completed tidily to Vol 1 by David Robinson, with signed Captain Pugwash sketch to verso ffep in black ink; other ownership boxes blank. Contents clean and crisp - a Very Good set. The Ark Stories were televised in 1980 by Yorkshire Television and were written, presented and drawn by Ryan. £200.00