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GILES**, [CARL]: : GILES DAILY EXPRESS AND SUNDAY EXPRESS CARTOONS 2003. [56th Series.]

LONDON.EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS/PEDIGREE BOOKS,2002.

ISBN 9781904329012.

UK,slim landscape 8vo wraps,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn,absence of publisher's price to title page and to cover too.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,glossy,colour pictorial cartoon artwork by GILES,illustrated front stiff card cover with bright,crisp,glossy,imptressed gilt lettered author's name and other yellow lettering,blue background to spine/backstrip and rear cover; spine with yellow lettered author+ title,rear cover with a smaller colour replica of front cover's cartoon and black lettering beneath it.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - tiniest of snicks with miniscule paper curl+lifting to foot of rear-facing spine/bakstrip's edge - but no other nicks,tears or splits present.Ubiquitous but minimal,superficial scoring/indents to either cover and without any penetration.Top+ fore-edges lightly aged/toned as usual/normal, but without any other blemish - no foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading crease to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim landscape 8vo wraps,1st edn,4 -160pp [paginated] includes profuse selection of Giles's b/w topical cartoons of British life; plus [unpaginated] title page with b/w photographic portrait of Sue MacGregor,OBE to it's verso,and her introduction with her facsimile signature,with an b/w cartoon to its verso.The cartoons in this collection span from February,1943 to April,1989. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral paper ittem,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minor exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading.Despite them,it still really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. Giles cartoons are timeless.For over five decades he depicted the British way of life in all its vicissitudes.Bad weather; late trains; family outings and fraught festivities are all embraced in a world which remains instantly recognisable and universally relevant.The drawings retain a freshness and appeal which a new generation of readers can now enjoy. . . Carl '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/issues are available,please enquire.GILES died 07/08/1995. The British Cartoon Archive is a department of the University of Kent,at Canterbury in Kent, England,holding the national collection of political and social-comment cartoons from British newspapers and magazines.It holds the majority of GILES's work. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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 8vo wraps,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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