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THE SHADOW OVER HARRY WHARTON
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1815306
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 27. Includes Magnet issue nos. 1059 to 1067. Green boards, gilt title to spine. The Boy from the East; Friend or Foe; By Luck and Pluck; The Schemer of the Remove; Harry Wharton's Enemy; Playing the Game; Tried and True; In Borrowed Plumes; A Fortune at Stake. ISBN: 0703000535. Text block slightly grubby. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn.

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THE SLEUTH OF GREYFRIARS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1815305
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 33, comprising Nos. 1413 to 1417 & 1419 to 1421. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. A Schoolboy's Secret; Honours Even; The Sleuth of Greyfriars; Fooled on the First; Facing the Music; Jimmy the Fox; At the Eleventh Hour; Up for the Jubilee. ISBN: 0703000659. Spine faded and imprint of dustwrapper title to spine to the gilt title of spine. Light browning to endpapers and text block. Orange pictorial dustwrapper.

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ALONZO THE GREAT
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1815304
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Seven short stories. Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 20, comprising Magnet Nos 1341-1342 and 1344 to 1348. Ace of Jokers; The Greyfriars Guy; The Greyfriars Strong Man; Alonzo the Great; The Greyfriars Hercules; The Reformer of the Remove; Bunter the Bully. ISBN: 0703000322. Slight surface paper loss to vertical edge of front endpaper. Text block marked. White pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby and edge-worn.

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WILLIAM'S TELEVISION SHOW
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1317017
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt titles. Gilt vignette of William saluting to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some damp staining to top edges of covers. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Grubby dustwrapper is creased and torn with loss and tape repairs on verso, damp stain to top corner of rear panel.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BENEFIT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1208883
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light blue boards with dark blue titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 236 pages plus booklist. Cover edges browned, loss of colour at top edge of front and rear covers. Some faint marks to prelims and a few foxspots to egde of textblock. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is badly soiled with loss at corners and closed tears repaired on verso.

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TOM MERRY'S SCHOOLDAYS
Written by Frank Richards; Martin Clifford.
Stock no. 1609765
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 5. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issue nos. 1-15 of 1907. Green simulated leather. Gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703000934. Copy number 202 of 400 limited editions. SIGNED by Publisher. Original glassine wrapper is still present but torn at spine, and creased. Contained in red slipcase which is bumped to edge of spine, and rubbed at corners.

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SWEET WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1407127
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1952. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Bad bump to bottom of front board. Foxing mainly to page edges. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with several small tears and chips. Label removed from bottom of spine leaving old tape marks. Label removed from front flpa. Wrapper is grubby.

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WILLIAM THE BOLD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1316618
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to spine. B/w text illustrations. 248 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Gilt is rubbed and therefore dulled. Name and address in biro to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock.

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THE ST. JIM'S CHRISTMAS BARRING-OUT
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406737
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 54. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issues 776-784, 1923. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703005589. SIGNED by publisher, copy no. 23. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a little scuffed at top. Contents are very good. Contained in a slip case that is edge worn and browned at the edges.

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ST. JIM'S FOREVER
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406702
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 32. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issue nos. 729-751, 1922. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001949. Copy no. 57. SIGNED by publisher. Book has a musty smell. COntained in green mottled slipcase which has bumping to corners and one edge.

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THE BOXER OF GREYFRIARS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1506967
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 15. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Magnet issue nos. 985-990, 994 + 995 from 1927. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001280. SIGNED by publisher, copy no: 270. Bump to top edge of rear cover. Light rippling to top of pages at start of book. Tissue paper dustwrapper is edge worn with a little creasing to top corner. Spine lightly browned with small tear near rear edge. Contained in slipcase that is edge worn with some fading to edges.

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THE FALL OF THE BOUNDER
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1506958
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st 1979. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 24. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Maget issue nos. 487 - 494. Simulated green leather, gilt title. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001655. SIGNED by publisher, copy no: 251 P. Tissue paper dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small nicks and tears, spine lightly browned. Contained in a slipcase which is edge worn with a tiny split to top corner of open edge.

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