A frightened boy nurses a huge hand wrapped in bloody swabbing cloths while two butchers crawl about in the sawdust. 'It's no use. It must have gone in the mincer like I said,' said one, straightening up. 'He chopped off his finger and we can't find it,' he explained to the ambulance crew who were supporting the stricken boy to this feet. 'Mincer, mincer,' ran through the crowd like a flame. Inevitably, the finger ends up in a spaghetti bolognese - knocked up by John Wood for his uncle Cecil, who lives in semi-squalor with ...
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A frightened boy nurses a huge hand wrapped in bloody swabbing cloths while two butchers crawl about in the sawdust. 'It's no use. It must have gone in the mincer like I said,' said one, straightening up. 'He chopped off his finger and we can't find it,' he explained to the ambulance crew who were supporting the stricken boy to this feet. 'Mincer, mincer,' ran through the crowd like a flame. Inevitably, the finger ends up in a spaghetti bolognese - knocked up by John Wood for his uncle Cecil, who lives in semi-squalor with a goat and a goldfish. Racked with guilt for his cannibalism, John sees his life start to crumble. Out of work, he moves with his long suffering wife and kids into Cecil's menagerie. Everyone is depressed: poor, lovesick and lonely. And Christmas is coming.
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Add this copy of Advent Calendar to cart. $238.26, good condition, Sold by Stephen White Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bradford, WEST YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1971 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.
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8vo. 148 pp. Hard Cover, Very Good, Dust Jacket is Very Good. First Edition Provenance: Richard A. Lorenz (1952-2001), author, art conservator, curator and director of the San Francisco Regional Art Conservation Center. As a trustee of The Imogen Cunningham Trust, Mr. Lorenz organized and curated exhibitions of Cunningham's photographs and authored four major books on the photographer.
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Add this copy of An Advent Calendar to cart. $96.11, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1971 by Jonathan Cape.
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VG+ in VG jacket. VG+/VG. 8vo. original grey boards (a little rubbed & marked) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, (a little rubbed & frayed, closed tears to top edge rear panel; pp. 158. A very good copy.
