This is an auction for THE ILLUSTRATED HANCOCK, with a commentary by Roger Wilmut.

From Wikipedia:

"Anthony John "Tony" Hancock (1924–1968) was an English comedian and actor. Popular during the 1950s and early 1960s, he had a major success with his BBC series Hancock's Half Hour, first on radio from 1954, then on television from 1956, in which he soon formed a strong professional and personal bond with comic actor Sid James. His last BBC series in 1961 contains some of his best remembered work (e.g. "The Blood Donor"). Working with scripts from Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, Hancock's Half Hour lasted for seven years and over a hundred episodes in its radio form, and from 1956 ran concurrently with an equally successful BBC television series with the same name. The show starred Hancock as Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock living in the shabby "23 Railway Cuttings" in East Cheam. Most episodes portrayed his everyday life as a struggling comedian with aspirations toward straight acting. Radio episodes were prone to more surreal storylines, which would have been impractical on television, such as Hancock buying a puppy that grows to be as tall as himself. idney James featured heavily in both the radio and TV versions, while the radio version also included regulars Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and over the years Moira Lister, Andrée Melly and Hattie Jacques...."

More here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hancock

Large format hardback 1986.

190 pages.

Very good condition.

The cost of shipping is $4.95.

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