Giles : Sunday Express & Daily Express Cartoons

London: Exrpess Publications . 1st Edition. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Large. Twenty-eight volumes of this classic cartoon series by Giles. Not a complete run. Consists of nineteenth to twenty-third series; twenty-fifth to thirty-first series, thirty-third to thirty-ninth series; forth-third, forty-sixth, forth-ninth series, fifty-third to fifty-ninth series. There is a split of 2 cm to the tail of the spine of nineteenth series with slight creasing to the card cover corners and a little rubbing to the lower corner of the rear card cover. Slight shelf wear to the twentieth series. Light shelf wear and several creases to the card cover corners of the twenty-first and twety-second series. Some light foxing to the fore edges of the twenty-second and the twenty-third series. Light soiling to the fore edges of the twenty-fifth to the twenty-seventh series. Light nik to the head of the spine of the twenty-eigth series. There is a WHSmith sticker to the front card cover of the twenty-ninth series and slight creasing to the rear card cover corner. The thirtieth, thiry-fourth and thiry-fifth, thiry-sixth series are price clipped. The thirty-first seires is well preserved. Light soiling to the fore edge of the thirty-second series. Light foxing to the front edge of the title page of the thirty-seventh series. The thirty-eighth and thiry-ninth and forty - third and forty-sixth series are well preserved. A short split of 0.5 cm to the head of the spine of the forthy-ninth series with slight creasing to the card cover corners. Light bump to the head of the spine of the fifty-fourth series and several page corners have been turned. The fifty-third, fifty-fith, fifty-sixth and fifty-ninth are well preserved. Some of the earlier series have light normal age toning to the pages. Overall a very good collection.