CUSHING, Peter: Personal Scrapbook 2 ***Many illustrations, cuttings etc.

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This item: A PRIME COLLECTABLE   A Peter Cushing Scrapbook of 40 pages including covers. Peter Cushing, especially toward the final years of his life, cut and pasted a variety of pieces into scrapbooks; this is one of them bought from The Canterbury Auctions Tuesday, 30th July, 1996 (a number of scrapbooks were sold). These are large items with card style pages in which to attach pieces. Each scrapbook is a wonderful insight into this special man's interests which generally reflect his interest in art (many beautiful pieces), the war / military (especially World War I), old buildings, his humour, his love of Nature, his friends etc. Each is a very personal piece. Whilst many pieces were simply carefully pasted on to a page, some have Peter's handwritten dating and some  his fuller identification of the piece. This scrapbook features 26 pages of Matt Marriott strip cartoon sequentially arranged ending with (in Peter's hand) 'CONTINUED IN SCRAP BooK XYZ' (also for sale on eBid), an original colour handrawn / coloured cartoon image of THE TROOPS ARE GETTING RESTLESS! drawn by Peter's friend Michael Godfrey, a professionally known book illustrator, with Michael's inscription to the top of the image: 'As you so rightly say me dear old Peter lots of love to you both Michael' , another drawing by Michael (not shown), a Birthday card from Joyce and Roy Broughton which has hyperbolic praise to the front (and to which Peter's humour is shown in his pencilled response It's True Too!).    Rare 

Size:    9.75 x 14.75 inches approx. (closed)

Condition: (Range from Fine – Very Good – Good – Poor with ++ to - - for further differentiation) :  Very Good + -:   minimal edge / corner wear, middle 4 pages intact but loose; overall, certainly very good.

POST & PACKAGING: all items are securely packaged, for as a collector myself I appreciated the need for secure packaging and all materials used are new. Posting / shipping depends on the item value and under £10.00 1st class post will be used; for items over this amount a tracked system will be used for both UK and international postings / shipping.