Lot 214
Thomson, D.C. - Watkins, Dudley D.
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Oor Wullie. Glasgow/London/Dundee: D.C. Thomson, [1950] 4to, title-page in red and black showing Oor Wullie fishing with a magnet and 47 leaves of comic strip, blue cloth spine, a little rubbed, with '1950' written onto spine and cover in black ink; [Idem] Oor Wullie, [1952] 4to, title-page in red and black, 47 leaves of comic strip, blue cloth spine, with '1952' written onto spine and cover in black ink; [Idem] Oor Wullie, [1954] 4to, title-page in red and black, 47 leaves of comic strip, blue cloth spine, with '1954' written onto spine and cover in black ink; [Idem] Oor Wullie, [1956] 4to, title-page in red and black, 47 leaves of comic strip, blue cloth spine, with '1956' written onto spine in ink; [Idem] Oor Wullie, [1958] 4to, title-page in red and black, 47 leaves of comic strip, plus reverse of title-page, blue cloth spine, title-page detached but present; uniform fading to spines, slight rubbing to covers and some darkening to pages; all covers, possibly with the exception of '1958', appear to be laid down onto thicker board, hiding the pictorial endpapers on reverse of covers; sold not subject to return (5)