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As a boy I read and re-read Stig and desperately wanted to be Barney, the boy who found and befriended him. The illustrations by war artist Edward Ardizzone utterly captivated me. He travelled the world as a Royal Naval Reserve and as a language teacher for the British Council and his travels inspired many of his children's books.
If you have a story suggestion email entertainment. Image source, Penguin. First edition thus. Octavo [ Illustrated cloth over boards. Previous owner's ex libris stamp and additional small notation on front free endpaper.
In lightly soiled publisher's orange slipcase. Published by Penguin Puffin, London, Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good. From United Kingdom to U. Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A Puffin Original paperback, the true first edition of this children's classic. Covers bright with no creasing to spine.
Page edges slightly tanned. Child's bookplate on copyright page but date clearly visible. A very nice copy of a scarce book. Published by Puffin, His first novel, Hamid of Aleppo , published in the US in , drew on his time in Syria and recounts the adventures of a Golden Hamster who lives amid marvellous archaeological remains.
The text was enriched with illustrations by Pericle Luigi Giovannetti, already by then known for his Max the Hamster cartoons in Punch. Publication of his third book, Stig of the Dump , did not come easily.
The story was adapted for television three times. Times have changed so much that the latest television version has had to bring it up to date which I think is absolutely right.
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