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On this day in 1961, popular author Frank Richards sadly died. He used upward of 20 pen names and is the most prolific author of boys stories of all time. Please see our website information pages for more on Frank Richards and Billy Bunter.

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TALBOT'S SECRET
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1330158
Published by Spring Books. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Written under Richard's pseudonym. Blue boards, gilt titles. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small dent to edge of front cover. Page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a small tear to lower edge of front panel. Rear panel is slightly rubbed.

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TOM MERRY AND CO: CARAVANNERS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1330157
Published by Spring Books. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Top corner of front free-endpaper neatly removed. Foxing and some page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly chipped with minimal loss.

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BILLY BUNTER AND THE BLUE MAURITIUS
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1330064
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green covers, dark titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 238 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Spine faded. Small mark to front cover and rear cover slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is very edge worn and faded to spine, front panel is slightly grubby. Front panel of another wrapper has been stuck to rear pastedown of the book.

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BILLY BUNTER AFLOAT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1329694
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Billy Bunter book no. 21. Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Spine bumped. Old tape marks to endpapers. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is very worn with edge chips and slight loss. 2" loss to base of spine, remaineder of spine faded and torn with slight loss at the top.

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ST. JIM'S FOREVER
Written by Frank Richards; Martin Clifford.
Stock no. 1329362
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. This is copy no. 399. Very pale page edge browning else a fine copy. Contained in a brown slipcase which is lightly rubbed at edges.

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VERNON-SMITH AT LARGE
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1328283
Published by Howard Baker. 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 66. Collectors edition limited to 300 copies. Facsimile of The Magnet issue nos. 297-302, 1913. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703002872. This is copy no. 232. Slipcase is slightly edge rubbed.

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THE JAPERS OF ST. JIM'S
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1328282
Published by Howard Baker. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile edition of Gem Volume No 14. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Martin Clifford is well known as Frank Richards. ISBN: 0703002236. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased.

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BUNTER THE HYPNOTIST
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1328278
Published by Howard Baker. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 52. Includes Magnet issue nos. 1368 to 1373 plus 1583, 1584. Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Includes: The Spying Form Master, Bunter the Ventriloquist, Saving a Scapegrace, The Bounder's Sacrifice, The Worst master in the School, Rivals for a Fortune, Bunter the Hypnotist, Walker on the Warpath. ISBN: 0703001140. Spine and corners bumped. Page browning and light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut and browned at edges with some slight wear/tears, spine of wrapper is faded.

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THE GREYFRIARS BOUNDER
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1328277
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Magnet Volume 75. Contains Issues: 1007-10013. B/w illustrations. Individual stories include: The Bounder's Whim; One Against the School; Hunted Down; Taking up Trotter; Bolsover's Brother; The Bounder's Good Turn; Smithy's Way. ISBN: 0703001892. Spine and corners bumped. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of tears.

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TOM MERRY'S SCHOOLDAYS
Written by Frank Richards; Martin Clifford.
Stock no. 1327866
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st 1976. Nearly fine condition.

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. This is copy no 250 of 400 signed by the publisher. A fine copy in slipcase which is slighty rubbed at corners and has minimal fading at opening edges.

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BILLY BUNTER AT BUTLIN'S
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1325989
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, dark titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. 217 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to cover edges. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and chipped with slight loss, foxed on verso.

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TOM MERRY'S HOLIDAY
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1325839
Published by Howard Baker. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Gem Library No. 6, comprising Gem Nos 812-818. Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703000489. Large foxspots to contents else clean. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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