GILES ANNUAL: 9th Series - SUNDAY EXPRESS & DAILY EXPRESS CARTOONS. [c1954-5.]**

UK,slim,landscape 12mo wraps,1st edn. [Not dated but collection circa 1954-5.From issue/No.7 the annuals were protected by lamination.] FINE.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 and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - laminate intact and unworn.Merest hint of barely perciptible dog-ear crease to lower right-hand corner of upper cover,with similar to both corners of rear cover.No reading creases to spine/backstrip,would appear to be unread.All staples,upper+lower,front+rear are rusty, but haven't bled through to the card covers.Top+fore-edges inevitably,but lightly aged/toned - as usual/ normal; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no major dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.UK,slim, landscape 12mo wraps,1st edn,128pp [unpaginated] includes title page,b/w cartoon frntis chosen by Giles,as an introduction from and written with childish handwriting and spelling,in the guise of the youngest member of the Giles's family - baby! - as opposed to a famous person/ celebrtity - and profuse b/w topical cartoons.Cover scene: French street cafe scene; father on one side of the street,at a table surrounded by and entertaining a bevy of younger French ladies - whilst on the other side of the same street, the rest of the family are sat at another table,the wife in particular,glowering across the street at her husband.
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 later GILES annuals/issues are available,please enquire.GILES died 07/08/1995.
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