GILES ANNUAL: 14th Series - SUNDAY EXPRESS & DAILY EXPRESS CARTOONS. [c.1959/60.]**

UK,slim,landscape 12mo wraps,1st edn. [Not dated but circa 1959-60.From issue/No.7 the annuals were protected by lamination.] VG. 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,some creasing to edges and corners - no major tears present - laminate intact and unworn.Top,right-hand corner to centre of same board's lower edge,of upper wrap has three diagonally creases with commensurate laminate wrinkling. To lower 1/3rd of rear cover's vertical edge,a tiny semi-circular nick/tear with loss.Diagonal crease from top edge towards,rear cover's lower,left- hand corner,again with commensurate wrinkling.Foot of spine/backstrip has two 1/4" splits to both it's gutter's edges,and a 4/5" split to head of rear cover's gutter edge - but no major loss to any split described. All staples; upper+lower,front+rear are rusty,but haven't bled through the card covers.Top+fore-edges,inevitably aged and toned - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to pages' corners.UK,slim, landscape 12mo wraps,1st edn,128pp [unpaginated] includes title page,an introduction by Uffa Fox with his b/w portrait photograph and his facsimile signature, profuse b/w topical cartoons. Described hard,but fairly and honestly.Of the previous and the following similar annuals listed,this is one of the most affected with faults.Cover scene: Ocean yacht-racing scene,with Grandma and children in two dinghies,between the two yachts,her dinghy towing the other one.Of the 2 children fishing from her dinghy - one child is reeling in the skipper/crew member from off the yacht in front of them.Another yacht is bearing down on both dinghies, unnoticed from behind.
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 GUILES annuals/issues are available,please enquire.
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