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various: : THE DANDY BOOK** - 1991

LONDON. D.C. THOMSON Co.,Ltd.,185 FLEET STREET, EC4A 2HS. [Autumn] 1990.

ISBN 0851164684.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.NMINT.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£3.55) to colour pictorial cartoon illustrated front free endpaper.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy laminated,paper-covered,repeated colour pictorial boards,with repeated black outlined red capital letters within a white border and all of which have a black outline and shadowing to 'DANDY'; words of 'THE' + 'BOOK' in black capitals,with black year date,to front,all of which is repeated to rear board yellow spine/ backstrip with capital black+red letters with gentle pushing to head+foot of same and immaculate repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - spine/backstrip intact and complete - no nicks,tears or splits present and both boards scoring+indent-free.Repeated colour pictorial cartoon illustration to either board,of Desperate Dan with Dimples sat on Dan's right shoulder squirting a water-pistol into Dan's right ear,the water exiting his left ear and hitting Cuddles full in the face as he sits on Dan's left shoulder.Top+fore -edges generally bright and clean - one small mark to fore-edge but without further blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread, apart from my own collation.UK, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn, 140pp [unpaginated] includes DANDY comics' character colour comic strips and illustrated stories. Visually the exterior appearance is spectacular particularly for a book of it's age and nature,i.e a child's book,and even internally,the book is also in a similar condition/state of preservation and presentation. The first ever Dandy Annual to NOT feature Korky on the front cover in any way and it also reveals the origins of Bananaman: Eric became him after he eating a radioactive banana as a baby. The DANDY ANNUAL is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1938,by D. C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.,based in Dundee,to tie-in with the children's weekly comic 'The DANDY'.The first issue was printed in December 1937, making it the world's third-longest running comic,after Il Giornalino (cover dated 1 October 1924) and Detective Comics (cover dated March 1937).From August 2007 until October 2010,it was rebranded as 'Dandy Xtreme',relaunching as an online comic 'The Digital Dandy',appearing on the Dandy website and in the Dandy App on the same day as the final printed issue of the comic.That digital relaunch was not successful and the comic ended just six months later.As one of the best-selling comics in the UK,along with 'The BEANO', 'The DANDY' had sales of 2 million issues a week in the 1950s.Its final printed edition was issued on 4th December 2012, the comic's own 75th anniversary,after sales slumped to just 8,000 a week.As of 2021 there have been 83 annual editions. 'The Dandy Annual' continued to be published,even though the weekly Dandy comic has now ended.The annuals are traditionally published in July or August, in time for the Christmas market and since 1965,they have had the date of the following year on the cover - prior to that no date was given.From 1938 to 1951 the annual was called 'The Dandy Monster Comic.' A name change in 1952 made to 'The DANDY BOOK' and continued with the year changing for each subsequent annual,until the release of the 2003 book in 2002,when it was renamed 'The DANDY ANNUAL'.Even with the comic's relaunch as 'Dandy Xtreme' in 2007,it is still known as 'The DANDY ANNUAL'. Mirroring the comics at the time,the front cover usually featured Korky the Cat.After Desperate Dan took over the front page in 1984,the annual cover reflected this by featuring both Korky and Dan until the release of the 1991 book in 1990 – which was the first ever Dandy Annual to not feature Korky on the front cover in any way.He has made several appearances since then,despite the main focus shifting to Dan. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless specified otherwise. ** ** 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! 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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