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various: : BERYL THE PERIL** - [nd but 1965.]

LONDON.D.C. THOMSON & Co.,Ltd.,12 FETTER LANE,FLEET STREET,E.C .4., [nd. but Autumn 1965.]

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UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to (6/-) to illustrated front free endpaper.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,laminated,glossy paper-covered boards with red capital letters with edged black highlighting of same on a white background of 'BERYL',remainder of title in pale blue smaller capital letters - but no date - with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edge and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Colour pictorial cartoon illustration of Beryl dragging a tiger she's acquired from a visiting circus,towards a signposted pet show,with other pet owners fleeing out of the way,to the front board,a red spine/ backstrip with white lettering,rear board colour illustration of Beryl and the tiger proudly showing off the silver trophies won from all classes of the show,due to lack of the competition.Inevitable - due to book's age - but minimal laminate cracking to a couple of spots of front's spine's gutters fold/crease and unusually, indent/scoring-free.Top+fore-edges aged/ toned - as usual/normal; contents bright, tight,clean without foxing/spotting to text/cartoon body.Pp86/7 were,at some stage,stuck together due to water/fluid damage and then re-opened,resulting in part of the print+illustrations on pp86 being stuck to concomitant,mirror image to pp87.Part of print+illustration missing to pp86 but still in situ to corresponding mirror-imaged area to pp87 opposite and pp87's cartoon still visible through the thin layer of paper.Fluid stain/damage to fore and lower edges of the last 6 pages.Of those six pages pp89/90 slight fore-edge damage of partial missing edge which is in situ and attached to corresponding spot of pp88's fore-edge.UK, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn, 92pp [unpaginated] includes profuse red+ b/w Beryl cartoons,3 illustrated text stories,3 illustrated pages of Beryl's howlers,2pp of How to Play sports instructions to Hockey and Tennis,and 3 sets of cartoon jokes other than cartoon strips. Publisher's 4th annual,first cartoon strip Not Likely! Visually the exterior appearance is spectacular for a book of it's age and nature,i.e a child's book,and even internally,with only the water damage faults,the remainder of the book is still in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. BERYL THE PERIL is a fictional character created by David Law who was also the creator of Dennis the Menace; for the first issue (No.1 - dated 7th February, 1953) of a British children's weekly comic 'The TOPPER' that was published by Dundee based D.C. THOMSON & Co.,Ltd.Her last appearance was in the 'DANDY comic - issue No.3610 (4th December,2012).Like Dennis, she wore black and red clothes,and tormented her parents,her teachers and other members of her community.Although not having as many appearances as other D.C. Thomson characters like Dennis the Menace or Desperate Dan,she is still considered one of the classic characters defining the popularity of UK comics. After 1970,when her original creator retired,the strip was taken over by Bob McGrath and then later by John Dallas. In 1986 Beryl became The TOPPER's front page star of the comic,replacing Tricky Dicky. Her dog Pearl was also introduced shortly before that time,although before that she had a pet turkey called Gobbler.She remained with the comic when 'The TOPPER' merged with 'The BEEZER' in 1990.With BEEZER and TOPPER ceasing in August 1993, Beryl joined 'The DANDY' comic,notably as the only BEEZER and TOPPER character to transfer to 'The DANDY',as soon as the former comic folded. Beryl was one of the few of D.C. Thomson's characters to earn an annual all to herself,consisting solely from reprints in past years.The annuals were traditionally published in the Autumn in time for the Christmas,bi-annually starting in 1959 until 1977,then becoming irregular and finally finishing in 1988. The first 4 annuals were undated,but from 1967 were dated until the last annual issue of 1988. 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. ** This item offered P+p included. Offer available UK only, unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA 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,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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