P.C. 49

HARDBACK, WITH WORN DUST JACKET, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1951* Publisher: Juvenile Productions Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Paper covered boards with coloured illustration showing P.C. 49 talking to two children, blue, red and white titles to face. Red cloth spine strip which is worn and damp stained. Slight bumps, considerable shelf wear to top and bottom edges & corners. ACC* Jacket condition: Matching colour-illustrated dust wrapper, NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price, considerable shelf wear to top & bottom edges, flap folds and to head & tail of spine. Edges chipped and creased, (now re-inforced & in protective cover). ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Monochrome illustrated end papers. Small inscription ?Xmas 1951? to ffep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Top edge a little dusty. VG+* Illustrations: Six colour and a number of b/w illustrations.* Pages: 93pp. text.* Description: The first P.C.49 annual. Popular with millions of listeners of all ages, P.C.49 was an established radio character who proved in a most entertaining fashion over the air week by week that crime doesn?t pay. There are three complete cases and two Police picture strips. In addition there is a preface by Brian Reece as P.C.49, and there are three articles, When Crook Speaks to Crook ~ an inside story and Pirates In The Pool ~ that is the pool of London and Coiners at Work ~ forgers of dud half-crowns.* A NEAR VG+ text copy of the 1st. edition with cover and dust jacket faults reducing it to ACC. Now in protected dust jacket.*