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1955-1999 Giles
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Description
Colour Plates, Illustrated, With Dustwrapper
A 46 volume set of Giles cartoons.
In the original pictorial card wraps, and hardback bindings. With two original unclipped dust wrappers.
Ronald Giles' was a cartoonist, whose work first appeared in the British newspaper the Daily Express.
His cartoon style was a single topical highly detailed panel, usually with a great deal more going on than the single joke.
Certain recurring characters achieved a great deal of popularity, particularly the extended Giles family, which first appeared in a published cartoon on 5 August 1945 and featured prominently in the strip.
Giles' works are a cherished British tradition, filled with witty cartoons and gentle humour.
This fantastic set includes 41 volumes of 'Giles: Sunday Express & Daily Express Cartoons' from the Ninth Series to the Fifty-Third Series, published between 1955 and 1999.
Not including the 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th series.
As well as 4 volumes by Peter Tory:
(1993) The Giles Family: The Illustrated History of Britain's Best Loved Family
(1993) Giles: A Life in Cartoons; The Authorised Biography of Britain's Leading Cartoonist
(1994) Giles at War
(1995) The Ultimate Giles: An Illustrated Tribute to the Legendary Cartoonist
Also including: (1993) Giles Diary 1994
Condition
43 volumes in the original card wraps, and 3 volumes in the original hardback bindings. With two original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, generally very smart. Occasional sunning to spines. Small mark to rear board of 'Giles at War'. Boards of the sixteenth series are fragile with creasing, closed tears, and a split to front joint. Bumping to tail of spine of the twentieth and twenty-seventh series, and to head of spine of the twenty-second series. Ink inscription to front board of the twenty-first series. Damp staining to front board of the tenth series. Dust wrappers are very smart, with occasional light sunning to spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with frequent age toning. Title page of the twenty-first and the twenty-third series are price clipped. Damp staining and ink bleeding to title page and head of pages to the tenth series.
Very Good Indeed
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