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BUNTER'S POSTAL ORDER MYSTERY
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2126658
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No 85, issues nos: 890-892, 901-903, 905. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Individual stories include: The Barring of Bolsover; The Great Postal-Order Mystery; Bunter the Prophet; The Feud with Cliff House; Sports Week at Greyfriars; Alonzo the Slogger. ISBN: 070300235X. Bumping to corners. Some edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of closed tears; faded to spine and a couple of edges.

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A BARGAIN FOR BUNTER
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2126654
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Maget Volume No. 26. Contains Magnet Nos. 1652-1659. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Grunter of Greyhurst; The Bounder's Dupe; The Black Prince of Greyfriars; The Tuck Hoarder; Run Out of Greyfriars; The Remove Detectives; The Wanderer's Return; Billy Bunter's Bargain. ISBN: 0703000500. Some foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is slightly edge-creased with a faded spine and a few tiny nicks.

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BUNTER TELLS THE TRUTH
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2126652
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume no. 38. Includes issue nos. 1440 to 1447. Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Under False Colours: The Spy of the Fifth; Greyfriars Idiot No 1; The Boy with a Borrowed Name; Bunter Tells the Truth; Saved by his Enemy; The Fifth-Former's Secret; Guyed on the Fifth. ISBN: 0703000764. Bump and cocking to spine. Some browning to cover edges. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks and some marks.

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THE COCKPIT FLYING ADVENTURES FOR YOUNG PILOTS
Written by W.E. Johns; Arch Whitehouse; Rudolf Stark; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw; Howard Leigh.
Stock no. 2125672
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Flying Adventures For Young Pilots. Large format. Blue cloth with dark blue titles and vigette of a plane to front cover. Eight coloured plates by Bradshaw, other illustrations by Leigh. Johns story is "The Ace of Spades". Spine is bumped and faded with browning. Front cover is a bit bowed, with fading to edges. Rear cover also has fading to edges. Page browning.

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TOM MERRY'S BEST
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2124920
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Gem no. 8. Eight reproductions in facsimile of issues of The Gem 1935-36. ISBN: 0703001612. Bumping to cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a couple of tears; repaired to verso with sticky tape.

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STRANG'S PENNY BOOKS BILL SAWYER'S V.C.
Written by Herbert Strang. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 2124875
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1939. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Only 23 pages in length. Some creasing and browning to covers and some pages internally.

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FROM THE PENNY DREADFUL TO THE HA'PENNY DREADFUL
Written by Robert J. Kirkpatrick.
Stock no. 2124522
Published by The British Library; Oak Knoll Press. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Bibliographic History of the Boys' Periodical in Britain 1762-1950. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9780712309547. SIGNED by author to title page. Light bumping to base of spine. Contents are fine. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BOLT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1610176
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped; a bit of discolouration along edges. Grubby marks to outer page edges, and last few pages. Some scattered marks throughout book. Wrapper is a little grubby and scuffed, edge creased and torn with a little loss; strengthened with tape across top of front panel.

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ACCORDING TO JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 2124351
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 4 b/w illustrations. 255 pages. Top edge red. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and chipped; Tape repairs on verso, to tears at base of spine.

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BUNTER THE LION-TAMER
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1610094
Published by Howard Baker. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 55. Green boards, gilt title to spine. A split volume - First half of the volume forms the sequel to the Battle Vernon Series, which concludes the dramatic story 'House of Dark Secrets'. Second half contains the opening four instalments of the Muccolini's Circus series of 1936. ISBN: 070300123X. Foxing to outer page edges. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine, with crease to front flap.

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VERNON-SMITH'S RIVAL
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1610089
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 54. Magnet Nos. 1631 to 1638. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Includes: The Mystery of Vernon-Smith, The Bounder's Double, The Perfect Alibi, The Kidnapped Cricketer, Rough on his Rival, The Rebel of the Remove, The Prisoner of the Turret, a Double in Trouble. ISBN: 0703001221. Spine and corners bumped. Wrapper is rubbed at edges and faded to spine.

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THE DOWNFALL OF HARRY WHARTON
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1610056
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1971. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 6, containing Magnet Nos 1255-1261 inclusive and No. 1269. Includes: The Complete Outsider, Down on his Luck, Harry Wharton's Downfall, Bounder and Captain, The Swot of the Remove, The Bounder's Folly, Harry Wharton's Enemy, Truants of the Remove. ISBN: 0703000004. Spine bumped and faded. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Price-cut wrapper is edge creased and chipped, slightly grubby, and stained to rear panel.

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