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Lot 54:
Sixty Years: The Beano and The Dandy Side By Side Hardcover Commemorative Volume
Description
A hardcover commemorative book titled Sixty Years: The Beano and The Dandy Side By Side, published by D.C. Thomson and Co. Ltd. to mark the 60th anniversary of these two iconic British comic publications. The volume serves as a compendium featuring archive material and comic strips from across six decades, including legendary characters such as Dennis the Menace, Desperate Dan, Biffo the Bear, and The Bash Street Kids. The front cover illustrates characters on a staircase, while the back cover shows a character montage. The book is presented with its original illustrated dust jacket. The interior contains numerous colour reprints of vintage comic panels. A handwritten inscription in blue ink is present on the bottom of the inside front flap, reading 18 APRIL 2012 Gift from Castleton Manor.
ISBN-10: 0-85116-697-0
ISBN-13: 978-0851166971.
Condition report:
The book is in good to very good condition. The dust jacket shows minor shelf wear, including light creasing and small closed tears at the head and tail of the spine and corners. The binding is firm and the boards appear well-preserved under the jacket. Interior pages are clean with vibrant colour printing and no significant foxing or marking, other than the aforementioned gift inscription on the front flap.
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