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various: : BERYL THE PERIL ANNUAL** - 1961

UK.LONDON/GLASGOW/MANCHESTER/DUNDEE. D.C. THOMSON & CO.,LTD. and JOHN LENG & CO.,LTD.,nd.

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UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - laminated, colour pictorial illustrated boards - as issued,1st edn.VG++.No owner inscrptn, absence of publisher's printed price,but a pencilled 5/6 to top right-hand corner of illustrated front free endpaper.Bright, crisp,remarkably clean,colour illustrated boards with laminated,paper-covered boards with white background with colour pictorial cartoon illustrated card covers, generally sharp-cornered tips,glossy laminated,paper-covered boards with black letters with black-edged red surrounding background to the letters for 'Beryl' + 'Peril' with red lettered 'The' within a black-edged yellow panel to front board; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present.With minimal splits to the laminate on both front+rear spine/ backstrip's gutter's edges,less than an inch of the brittle laminate missing from the spine/backstrip,the rest of the covers are completely covered without loss.Some vertical wrinkles towards centre of rear board - the wrinkles are to the laminate and not to the boards.Colour pictorial cartoon illustration of Beryl in cowgirl attire - hat and holsters,immaginatively riding a workman's 'borrowed' pneumatic drill as she bounces along the road on it,and firing a revolver pistol held in either hand,whilst a couple of playmates dressed as a cowboy and an indian look on,in the background the workman is chasing after Beryl.An unlettered red spine/backstrip,foot of same with some minor loss of laminate.Rear board's colour pictorial cartoon features Beryl wearing a pair of coiled springs on her feet and using them to steal apples from an apple tree,as she completes each bounce and picking the fruit to fill a basket she is holding.The tree she collecting the apples from has barbed wire around its trunk and a sign saying BERYL - KEEP OFF Dad. Some minor laminate cracking to top+bottom of font board's front-facing gutter/fold and the boards are virtually indent/scoring-free.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned, top edges with minimal small splash blemishes towards headband - stretching for approx. 2" towards the fore-edges - rest of area unaffected though.Fore-edges with similar indeterminate dark splashes/ stains,most but not completely the whole height of same.Contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound with NO page-edge toning,NO accidental or intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,NO internal markings or annotations and NO hinge cracking - illustrated endpapers intact and as new. Appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no d/dj - as issued,1st edn,92pp [unpaginated] includes profuse red+b/w Beryl cartoons,illustrated text stories,3pp Beryl's 'Sports and Pastimes' full-page colour cartoons,3 'Beryl Through the Ages' full-page colour cartoons'. A scarce,early example of publisher's/ BERYL's 2nd annual,first cartoon strip Dolly Good Fun. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable for a book of it's age and nature,i.e a child's book,and particularly internally,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 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. Popular spin-off from the Beano comics and annuals,Beryl The Peril annuals first started publishing from Autumn 1958 and then biennially by D.C.Thhomson,but irregularly in later years (post-1981), alternating with Dennis The Menace.The annuals were undated until Autumn 1966 but then bore the date of the following year on the cover.The first two annuals were priced at 5/6,rising to 6/- for the next two - 1963 and 1965. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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 customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! 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UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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