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GILES**, [CARL]: : GILES ANNUAL: 15th Series - SUNDAY EXPRESS & DAILY EXPRESS CARTOONS. [c.1960/1.]

LONDON.BEAVERBROOK NEWSPAPERS LTD.,c1960-1.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,slim,landscape 12mo wraps,1st edn.[Not dated but circa 1960-1.From issue/No.7 the annuals were protected by lamination.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (4/6) to cover. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork cartoon by GILES,illustrated card covers; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - laminate intact and unworn.Upper cover,virtually no scoring/indents or creases - apart from the reading crease to spine/backstrip's gutter edge. Rear cover has minimal indentations and no creasing.Because of the 'perfect binding' - signatures glued to covers - as in most softbacks/p/backs,it is hard discern the difference between either production laminate wrinkles or whether reading creases.Top+fore-edges,inevitably aged/toned - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.UK,slim,landscape 12mo wraps,1st edn,128pp [unpaginated] includes title page,an introduction by Bud Flanagan,with his b/w portrait photograph and his facsimile signature, profuse b/w topical cartoons.Cover scene: Town street scene with Grandma and Vera,who has a baby in the front pannier on her bicycle, speeding along and about to turn into a corner on the top of a steep hill.Coming up the hill, unseen and unknown by the two cyclists,a shepherd with his flock of running sheep,which are obstructing or covering the whole width of the road. Carll 'GILES' - known just by his surname worldwide,had been the regular cartoonist for the 'Daily Express' (a UK tabloid newspaper) in London,from about the middle of WW2.Since 1946 (the first annual comprising several years works up to issue No.6, this being the first to feature a single year),collections of his much detailed and imaginative cartoons,in book form,have appeared both annually and regularly, with compilations even appearing after his death.The cartoons are based on a 'family unit' - from babies to Grandma and the many relatives in between.The humorous punchlines to the cartoons were usually topical and reflected British humour,but it's the plethora of visual jokes and puns within the cartoon,thereby ensuring an enduring appeal to collectors of his works.Within each annual there's an extra attraction of the celebrity introductions to each annual.A collection of witty and humorous, detailed and imaginative cartoons by one of Britain's best-known and loved cartoonists. Other earlier and later GILES annuals are available,please enquire.GILES died 07/08/1995. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim,landscape 12mo wraps,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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