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TORY**, PETER: : THE ULTIMATE GILES: AN ILLUSTRATED TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDARY CARTOONIST

LONDON HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING,1995.

ISBN 0747278032.

UK,landscape 8vo wraps,illustrated,1st edn,2nd imp.[Number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - softback/wraps - as originally issued.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour+b/w cartoon illustrated upper wrap/card cover with capitalised,bright,crisp, embossed gilt lettering/titleing and author#s capitalised,white-lettered names; subject's colour photograph portrait (at work in his Suffolk studio) and white lettered synopsis and 2 critics' reviews to rear wrap/card cover; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - internally,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,and no reading creases to spine/backstrip - so appears unread.UK,landscape 8vo wraps,1st edn,2nd imp,8-304pp [paginated] includes author's 2pp epitaph to GILES,an Introduction by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh,11 chapters,over 300 captioned b/w+colour cartoons by GILES,interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] b/w vignetted half-title page,title page,b/w vignetted dedication page,verso of which has b/w vignetted Acknowledgements,and a Contents list/table. Visually,the external appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s 25+ year-old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral softback.It really is still an exceptional, exemplary example for it’s brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a softback of comparable age. Want other available earlier/later GILES annuals/issues? Please enquire or search my PAPER COLLECTABLES & EPHEMERA catalogue. GILES died 07/08/1995. This magnificently illustrated book is the ultimate tribute to Britain's best-loved cartoonist,Carl Giles,who died in 1995. Millions have laughed with Giles over the past fifty years; his famous family,led by ferocious Grandma,have become old friends.His gloriously funny and minutely observed cartoons illuminated British life and attitudes far more vividly than any work of sociology. Now,Peter Tory brings together in one big volume Giles's life and all of his greatest work - Grandma and the family,Stinker and Butch, Chalkie and his errant pupils,and the classic wartime cartoons which did so much to raise people's morale.In addition,there are unpublished cartoons and drawings from Giles's own collection. 'The Ultimate Giles' - containing over 300 of Giles's favourite cartoons,some in full colour - is an affectionate and lasting tribute to a great artist. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,landscape 8vo wraps,illustrated,1st edn,2nd imp.
Not SIGNED.

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