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FIELD**, JOHN - Edited by: : GILES'S FIGHTING FORCES

LONDON.EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS,2008.

ISBN 9780850793598.

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,wrap-around red background with a grid (4 down + 3 across) of 12 b/w thumbnail cartoon portraits of mainly male,armed forces Allied and enemy combatants to left half of front board with bright,crisp, capitalised gilt lettered author's name with other black ink printed lettering to front board,white lettered author+title and black lettered publisher's name to spine/backstrip; rear board with b/w WW2 cartoon,Holland,12th November,1994 and white lettered text.Negligible shelf-wear or bumping to edges and corners and nearly almost scoring/indent free covers - no major nicks,tears or splits present,and generally clean plain white endpapers - front endpapers with minimal,sporadic but faint, corresponding foxing spots.Top+fore-edges with very light ageing/toning but still bright,crisp and clean without other blemish - no foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near 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, 188pp [unpaginated] includes half-title,title page with b/w cartoon to its verso with dedication and acknowledgements to same,a contents list/table,Editor's introduction - potted biography of GILES illustrated with contemporary b/w cartoons+ his autobiographical photographs,individual thumbnail cartoon illustrated chapter/section separator pages; 7 chapters of full-page,b/w captioned cartoons covering WW2 - Oct,1943 to end of war,1945,Other Conflicts worldwide and British involvement, Peacetime chapter divided into 3,each are devoted to each branch,Army,Navy,RAF; Peacetime - USAF in Britain - American personnel in the cold war period,final chapter Inter- and Intra-Service Collaboration - cartoons illustrating various levels of 'collaboration' between different groups of service people,particularly when rivalry and competition is present. 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. 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 17th October,1943 to 21st April,1988. With war's end,Giles lost an important source of material for his cartoons,particularly the leader's of the Axis powers.But it is interesting to note that only three months after the German surrender,the soon-to-be well-known and well-loved Giles family appeared on the national scene for the first time,and for the rest of his drawing career it became a regular feature of his cartoon world. 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. Other earlier GILES annuals/issues available, please enquire.GILES died 07/08/1995. 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. 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! 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UK,slim landscape 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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