BERYL THE PERIL** - 1987.**

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. FINE-. Familial Christmas gift presentation inscrptn to top corner of colour pictorial storyboard cartoon illustrated front free endpaper and price-clip to lower corner of same,but no owner inscptn or address to reverse.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy,paper-covered,colour pictorial cartoon illustrated boards with red capital letters with black outlining and black shadowing for BERYL,black captals and date for remainder of the tile,to front board,a bright red spine/backstrip without any sunning or fading with white lettering to same,colour pictorial cartoon illustrated rear board; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - head+foot of spine/backstrip gently bumped and boards virtually indent+ scoring-free.Colour pictorial cartoon illustrated front board of BERYL riding in a chariot onto a football pitch whilst a match is in progress,the chariot being pulled by a pantomime horse,scattering players on the field,as she heads towards the goal,rear board cartoon continues with BERYL scoring a goal by hitting the ball with a football boot attached to a stick,whilst the horse has collapsed revealing two girls inside it. Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned and without further blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine,price-clip and owner's inscrptn excepted - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,would appear unread apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued, 1st edn,92pp [unpaginated] includes profuse BERYL's colour cartoon strips,double-page BERYL's Book of 'Firsts',2 single pages of 'Perilous Jobs in 2000' cartoons double-page 'PERILOUS USES FOR EVERYDAY OBJECTS' cartoons,double-page of puzzles etc.,none of which have been attempted or completed,'BERYL's Book of GOOD MANNERS' cartoons and 2 single,full-page colour cartoons of 'WHAT is a PERIL?.
An uncommonly high grade example of publisher's/BERYL's 12th annual,first cartoon strip Football Fanatic.
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 virtually pristine and 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 (from 1970-1986 in The TOPPER comics/ annuals).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.
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