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various: : BERYL THE PERIL** - 1975

LONDON. D.C. THOMSON Co.,Ltd.,185 FLEET STREET,EC4A 2HS. [Autumn] 1974.2.

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UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.NFINE.No owner inscrpth to 'This Book Belongs To' panel on reverse of front free endpaper and no price-clip to (45p) to illustrated front free endpaper.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy,paper-covered boards with red letters with edged black outlining and black highlighting shadowing of same on a bright yellow background of book's title,and similarly outlined+ highlighted year date; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edge and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present.Miniscule rubbing/chipping with reciprocal colour paper loss at head+ foot of spine/backstrip edges/tips and gentle curling to some corner tips,to front-facing fold/crease of spine/ backstrip.Colour pictorial cartoon illustration of Beryl pulling a face imitating a monkey in a cage who is pulling the same face - cartoon repeated to rear board,a bright red spine without sunning or fading with white lettering and immaculate red+b/w story board cartoon strips of Beryl playing cricket with her father illustrated sets of endpapers.One small scoring impression to front board and a small indent to rear board otherwise virtually scoring/indent free.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual normal but without futher blemaish,foxing or spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - could appear uread,other than my own collation. UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,92pp [unpaginated] includes profuse red+b/w Beryl cartoons,double-page of Beryl's ancestor's cartoons,3 Beryl in Dreamland catoons,1 cartoon illustrated text story,3 pages of 'What is a Peril?' cartoons,single page cartoon 'CAPITAL FUN!,a Beryl poem - The Gunfight,4 page Beryl alphabet lettered cartoons,and an immaculate double-page counter+dice game. An uncommon example of publisher's/ BERYL's 9th annual,first cartoon strip ICE SCREAM. Visually the exterior appearance is spectacular for a book of it's age and nature,i.e a child's book,and even internally,the book is 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 for the Christmas market,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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