One hundred and fifty-four captioned cartoons. Light browning, else very good wire-stitched in the original card wraps, very slightly rubbed. [160pp.] Lane Publications Ltd, 1945.
The first annual collection of Giles's Express cartoons, which firmly established his reputation as one of the foremost chroniclers of English life. His work is characterized by a very British sense of the absurd, combined with a similarly characteristic use of understatement. John Gordon, his editor at the Express who presuaded him to join the paper from a rival, contributes an introduction in which he goes further still; "... he is something more than just a cartoonist. Study his work closely and you find rather to your surprise that he is a great artist as well. A really great artist."
Giles's cartoons from the last years of the War give a unique insight into the mood of the British people as final Victory approached. This copy of this cheaply produced, and, usually, much re-read, item is in extremely good state.
