Sam Williams; Elizabeth Williams — Porterhouse Takes a Lucky Dip

London, Publicity Products Limited, 1953. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of this colourful children's book with a twirling mechanism. First edition. Scarce. A twirly book with a spinning dial to the front board. Collated complete in perfect working order. A story following Porterhouse, of the children's BBC television programme 'Saturday Special', as he hops aboard a train and heads to the fairground. Written and illustrated by Sam and Elizabeth Williams, British children's writers and artists. In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, sound with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine and board edges with the odd small mark. Sympathetic tape repairs to the joints. A spinning dial mechanism to the front board in perfect working condition with the odd small handling mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small handling mark. Previous owner's small bookplate to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .