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RICHARDS**, FRANK: : BILLY BUNTER AND THE TERROR OF THE FORM. [The MAGNET,1932.] Vol No.4

LONDON.HOWARD BAKER,1970.

ISBN 093065205.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Comprising of 8 issues of 'The MAGNET' from Jan 9th,1932 to Feb 27th,1932 (No.1,247. Vol XLI - No.1,254. Vol XLI inclusive.) re-issued in facsimile.1st edn thus.]NFINE/VG++.No owner inscrptn,but dw/dj price-clipped. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated 3 colour block (blue-black,white+orange) facsimile illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges.Minimally creased to top edges,head of spine/backstrip minisculely chipped and frayed/rubbed with miniscule loss,with foot of same minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and some light,faint minimal indents to both wraps.Described honestly and fairly - much better than it reads!! Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minimally spotted,but generally clean, fore-edges much brighter,crisper and cleaner; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Clean,dark green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip with white endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus, 222pp [sequentially unpaginated overall - apart from numbering in the single issues) excluding 2 pp blank at front and the half-title+title pages.8 single comic issues comprising the following stories: Bunter's Night Out, The Terror of the Form, Billy Bunter's 'Cert', Bold Bad Bunter, The Schoolmaster Cracksman, 'Jimmy the One', The Hunted Master and finally, 'While Greyfriars Slept'. The phenomenon known to the world as Frank Richards (real name Charles Hamilton) died at his home at Kingsgate, Kent,on Christmas Eve,1961,at the age of eighty-six.By then it is estimated that he had written the equivalent of one thousand full-length novels. His work appeared continuously for over thirty years in those famous Fleetway House Magazines,'The Magnet' and 'The Gem'.Most famous of all was his immortal character,Billy Bunter, the Fat Owl of the Greyfriars Remove; along with those other boyhood heroes, Harry Wharton & Co.,whose exploits in 'The Magnet' delighted generations of readers from 1908 to 1940. The war unhappily saw the end of 'The Magnet' but through the post-war years witnessed the return of Greyfriars stories in other formats,nothing quite recaptured the evergreen magic of the original Magnet - so here,for the first time,are presented faithful facsimiles of those well-loved papers.The brilliant character studies of boys and masters created by Frank Richards ensured his own immortality.Apart from the boys of Greyfriars there was the unforgettable Mr Quelch,the Remove form- master ("a beast,but a just beast"),the Reverend Dr Locke,venerable Headmaster of the school,William Gosling,the school porter who firmly believed that "all boys should be drowned at birth",and Sir Hilton Popper the irascible school governor. All these characters and many more are to be found within the pages of these volumes. Each volume in these Howard Baker editions contains a complete series.In this,the fourth volume,we present Billy Bunter and the Terror of the Form: a collection of stories in continuity comprising eight issues of 'The Magnet' during its Golden Years.Three hundred thousand words of pure nostalgia. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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