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FIELD**, JOHN - Compiled by: : GILES - The Collection 2018

LONDON.EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS/HAMLYN/THE BOOK PEOPLE LTD.,2017.

ISBN 9780600635178.

UK,slim landscape 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from rear board.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, glossy,sharp-cornered colour pictorial colour Christmas cartoon scene of Grandma holding an opened,but empty box,which is marked British Turkey,glaring at the family dog,curled up on a mat and surrounded by bird feathers (from cover of the 49th GILES Annual,1995).Negligible shelf-wear or bumping to edges and corners and virtually almost scoring/indent free covers - no nicks,tears or splits present,and immaculate unblemished plain green endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation. UK,slim landscape 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,7-159pp [paginated] includes a Foreword by Bill Turnbull with his thumbnail b/w portrait photograph and his facsimile signature [Bill Turnbull,b. 25th January,1956 – d. 31st August, 2022, was an English television and radio presenter and journalist,whose broadcasting career spanned over four decades.Most notable role as one of the main presenters of BBC Breakfast,a position he held for fifteen years between 2001 and 2016.In March 2018,he revealed he had been diagnosed the previous November with prostate cancer.He died at his home in Suffolk, on 31 August 2022,at the age of 66.].An introduction by John Field (the compiler)) on Holidays,themed selections of b/w cartoons on Summer Holidays,Christmas and Easter; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and contents list/table and to the rear,as verso of last page/cartoon,a British Cartoon Archive anecdote about GILES and the cartoons he produced for the Royal family. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for its brightness and cleanliness. Fans of GILES will be thrilled to receive the latest annual treat from the archives of the celebrated cartoonist,whose work won him huge popular admiration and accolades including being voted the best cartoonist of the 20thC. The 2018 collection revels in the great British holiday in all its rain-soaked glory.From the surge of holiday camps and the introduction of nudist beaches,to the drunken antics of Christmas parties and the outlandish headwear of Easter weddings,all via Christmas coal shortages and sub-zero Easters,GILES turns his wry eye to the British at play,and to those poor unfortunates (and lucky individuals) forced to work over bank holiday breaks. Brilliantly witty and full of irreverent fun, this compilation is the ideal addition to your GILES collection.Cartoons from the Sunday,Daily Express newspapers included in this collection span from 31 July,1949 to 1 April,1986. 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 annuals 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. 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. Other earlier GILES annuals available,please enquire.GILES died 07/08/1995. 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 HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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