STIG OF THE DUMP, A Young Readers Adventure Pocketbook by Clive King, 1963

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Author: Clive King. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, UK., 1963, Rare 1st Paperback Edition PUFFIN ORIGINAL. Printed in Gre at Britain by Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd. Very Good Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor cover grime, and age-yellowed. Clean inside, tight spine. STIG OF THE DUMP, is the story of a boy, Barney, who finds a Stone-Age cave-dweller living in a rubbish dump and befriends him. It has been immensely popular and reprinted countless times, as well as being adapted for television. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: David Clive King (24 April 1924 to 10 July 2018) was an English author best known for his children's book Stig of the Dump (1963). He served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in the last years of the Second World War, and then he worked for the British Council in a wide range of overseas postings, from which he later drew vivid inspiration for his novels. GC&C Stock #1812 Show more