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various: : Playhour ANNUAL - 1980

LONDON.IPC Magazines Ltd.,1979.

ISBN 0859374308.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.[Companion annual to British children's weekly comic 'Playhour'.These annuals commenced publication in 1957 and finished 1986,with these annuals being published in the autumn of the previous year of the annual's date e.g. 1956 for 1957 for the first annual and 1985 for 1986,the last annual.] FINE++.Adult's neat handwritten girl's single name to top corner of colour pictorial illustrated 'The Magic Roundabout' storied front free endpaper,but no price-clip to same.Bright crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy,repeated colour pictorial artwork illustrated paper -covered boards with repeated colour lettering to same; i.e. black-outlined blue lettered 'Playhour',green capitalised 'ANNUAL' and black numbered year date '1980',a green spine/backstrip with black capitalised letters and year date. Illustrated boards of a seascape with some of the comic's characters in a motorised boat approaching a lighthouse with more of the comic's characters on or in same,such as Sonny+Sally and their lamb,Florence+ Dougal,and Mr Bump amongst others. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and boards virtually indent and scoring-free.The tiniest,miniscule spot of rubbing with colour paper loss at foot of front board's,front-facing gutter and merest hint of bumping to head of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges inevitably but very lightly aged/toned but clean without foxing; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound,pistine - 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,2-78pp [paginated] includes 'The Magic Roundabout' - Dougal has a Cold colour illustrated storied front endpapers,rear endpapers with continued coloured Wizard Weezle comic text captioned strip story,plus other similar characters' strips and illustrated stories,2 die+counter board games - double-page LUDO game and single page Start to Finish 'Catch the Train' game,a riddles puzzle and 2 pages of assorted puzzles,none of any of either have been attempted and are untouched. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. a child's annual,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the few and minor faults described that prevent a higher grading of NMINT. A British children's comics magazine published by Amalgamated Press/Fleetway/ IPC between 16 October 1954 and 15 August 1987,a run of approximately 1,700 weekly issues.'Playhour' contained a mixture of original tales for young children and adaptations of well-known fairy tales (drawn by Ron Embleton,Jesus Blasco and others).Originally published under the title 'Playhour Pictures',it was intended as a companion to 'Jack and Jill' initially aimed at a slightly older age group.The lead strip in those early days was 'Prince,the Wonder Dog of the Golden West',drawn by Sep S. Scott. With issue No.32 (21 May,1955),the title was shortened to 'Playhour' and it lowered its target age-group,introducing comic strips based on A. A. Milne's 'Winnie-the-Pooh' and Kenneth Grahame's 'Wind in the Willows',both drawn by Peter Woolcock.1956 saw the arrival of 'Sonny and Sally of Happy Valley',two children (and their pet lamb) who were to be associated with the title until its demise in 1987.The stories of Sonny and Sally (drawn by Hugh McNeill) were initially related in rhyming couplets,as were a number of other early stories,although by the end of the 1970s the stories were written in normal prose form. (Others were told in captions below the illustration,or text comic,as 'Playhour' avoided the use of word balloons). 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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