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anon: : BEANO ANNUAL 2010

LONDON.D.C. THOMSON & CO.,LTD.,2009.

ISBN 9781845353834.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip - absence of publisher's price internally,but price printed to rear board externally.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,glossy laminated paper-covered boards with colour pictorial cartoon illustration with black-outlined,yellow-edged red capitals with partial background black shadowing to same letters of 'BEANO' of book's title,white capitals of 'THE' superimposed within and at the top of letter 'B' of BEANO, 'ANNUAL' and year date in red-outlined gold capitals and numbers respectively - this lettering repeated to rear board but on a smaller scale,a bright,crisp,black non-sunned spine/backstrip with yellow-edged,red capital lettering+date numbers (BEANO ANNUAL 2010),and clean artist's sketch of Danny drawing thumbnail sketches of several of the comic's characters onto a blackboard illustrated front endpapers - the rear endpapers with the blackboard been wiped clean and the words Bye all written in the chalkdust.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - boards virtually scoring/indent-free. Front board illustrated with Dennis, Minnie,and Gnasher practicing a Yoko Tobi Geri [Flying side kick - a high jumping karate kick],Gnasher is wearing a karategi with a red belt; rear board illustrated with Walter and the Softies (including Foo-Foo) practicing "Soft Fu"; the Softies are wearing gi with pink belts.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - pristine,appears unread other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,140pp [unpaginated] includes Beano comics' character's colour pictorial comic strips and colour illustrated stories,a double-paged puzzles feature- a treehouse maze,a word search grid and a numbers sequence puzzle these the only 3 puzzles attempted in pencil,the other puzzles: an object seach in the complete picture,another word search grid,and a circular word search - all untouched - puzzle answers upside down at lower edge.This annual with its new renamed title of THE BEANO ANNUAL+date. Visually the exterior appearance is spectacular for a book of it's age and nature, i.e a child's book,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.But for the attempted/completed puzzles would merit a MINT grading. The Beano Annual is the current name of the book that has been previously published every year since 1939,to tie in with the children's British comic 'The Beano'.As of 2023 there have been 85 editions.These annuals were traditionally published in July or August,in time for Christmas market,and since 1965 (dated 1966) they have had the date of the following year on the cover,before then,no date was given. From 1943-1950 the annual was called 'The Magic-Beano Book',which referred to the merging of the short-lived sister comic 'Magic Comic' that then ceased publication in 1941 due to WW2 and Britain's introduction of strict paper-rationing.Though with war's end and the later end of paper-rationing too,the comic was never revived.However,some of the characters who had originally appeared in the pre-war 'Magic Comic' managed to remain as regular strips in the post-1950 'Beano' comic (such as Koko the Pup). The name reverted to the original title of 'The Beano Book' in 1950 and continued,the year changing for each subsequent annual,until the release of the 2003 book (in 2002) when it was renamed 'The Beano Annual'.The 2011 Beano Annual is taller and wider than previous annuals. Because of his popularity,Dennis the Menace has appeared on the front cover of every annual since the release of the 1979 annual in 1978. From 2009 (out in 2008) until 2020 (released 2019),the book consistently retailed at £7.99. 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 Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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