A mate of mine pointed this out the other day, an auction for a kids Ladybird book on ebay that had been altered to put a slightly different spin on policing. Apparently it was;
Cheekily left in the sale box of a local library. There’s some strange scribblings present too…
Here are a couple of pages from it, the ebay listing itself has photos of lots more of them, almost negating the point of buying it…
…except for the fact that, whilst the auction itself makes no reference to Banksy, the back of the book has apparently been stenciled with a Banksy tag.
Not sure what to make of it really, almost certainly not a Banksy, or at least not verifiable as one, (the ‘n’ and the ’s’ look a little dodgy to me) but a funny idea and a cool thing to own nonetheless. Make of it what you will!
6 Comments
March 13, 2008 at 3:01 pm
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March 14, 2008 at 9:17 am
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e205/mac-dal2/0banksy2.jpg
Did you notice that the 2nd Page says “Written By: Near’a South Yate”? Yate being the supposed birth place of Banksy.
I agree, the stencil doesnt look right.
March 14, 2008 at 10:30 am
Yeah, that’s odd. John Berry was the original illustrator for this one though, and think the author’s name is a play on the original author’s name, Vera Southgate – http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/ladybird/ladybird_book_detail.php?id=870 but this book was actually first published in 1962 rather than 1974 like this one says. Couldn’t see a significance of 1974, Banksy was born in 1975 anyway.
March 16, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I think Banksy was born in 1974 actually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy
Contains a reference.
March 16, 2008 at 4:25 pm
How odd, Sotheby’s have him down as 1975 – http://browse.sothebys.com/?q=banksy
March 17, 2008 at 8:19 am
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