Janet & Allen Ahlberg - The Jolly Christmas Postman

London, Heinemann, 1991 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this festive children's work, the winner of the 1991 Greenaway Medal for British children's book illustration. The first edition of this festive children's work, written and illustrated by Janet and Allen Ahlberg.A charming interactive children's picture book, in which a Jolly Postman delivers Christmas cards to several famous fairy-tale characters, including the Big Bad Wolf, Cinderella, and the Three Bears.Illustrated throughout in colour, and with six envelopes, each retaining their original piece of illustrated ephemera, including a folding miniature booklet, and a small jigsaw. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Light cockling to paper of rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. One or two light handling marks, with pages otherwise exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: Janet & Allen Ahlberg. Near Fine .

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