Merry News. R.5: 1935 bound annual. [infrequent]

Happy News. Laughter and humor for all. Warsaw, January 1, 1935 Year V. No. 1(194) - No. 53(246) [of], Warsaw, December 29, 1935 . Yearbook complete, bound.
Editor: (Nos. 1-9) Mieczyslaw Krzepkowski; (Nos. 10-41) Jan Krynski; (Nos. 42-53) K. Gąsiorowski.; Published by "Prasa Popularna" Sp. z .o.;
[Weekly newspaper coming out in the years R.1:1931 - R.8:1938.]
Hardcover, half canvas, 53 issues of 4 p. each, newsprint, format 45 x 31 cm.

Condition of most issues very good, though one must be careful turning pages, as paper in margins is quite brittle. No. 8 torn in half - sealed with conservation tape. In no. 43 tears at the bottom, with old paper underlining. In No. 53 a hole on the right, through all pages, with a small loss of text. Several cracks on the bottom edges of the pages. Binding with rubbing and scratches.

Humor magazine contains mainly short satirical texts and jokes. On p.4 in Nos. 3, 4, 8, 11, 14, 18, 20, 30, 44 a non-self-contained "Blagier Warszawski. News Courier" - Numbered like the main magazine. In No. 51, "Blagier" from No. 45. In the remaining issues on p. 4, something like thematic one-liners. Titles of several of them: Warjat. Newspaper for the Confused, Wise. Scientific Review, Dancing - Bar. Eavesdropping from the nightspot, Heart and Rod [original spelling]. Kitchen Courier, Single-day Spring Shiver. Reprints from foreign press appear (Le Rire).

Infrequent, especially as a complete annual of a satirical magazine in this format. According to MAK and NUKAT databases, the title is recorded by only 3 libraries, of which BN has only 1 issue from this year while UMK has about half of the issues.
An inexpensive magazine, on relatively low-quality newsprint, visually less attractive than more popular titles of the period (e.g., "Sparrows on the Roof"), and as a result, once read, usually no one cared for it and it quickly deteriorated (much more difficult to store due to its format than the a.m. "Sparrows...").