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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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BILLY BUNTER IN BRAZIL
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1319711
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1976. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Magnet No. 44. Issues 1461-1468. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Individual stories include: The Trail of Adventure; Rolling Down to Rio; The Wolf of Brazil; Shadowed in South America; The Vengeance of the Wolf; The Greyfriars Diamond Diggers; The Prisoner of Macaw Island; The Millionaire Stowaway. ISBN: 070300087X. Spine slightly bumped. Pale page browning else contents fine. Dustwrapper is sightly browned on verso and a little discoloured to spine.

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BOB CHERRY'S BIG BARGAIN
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1319709
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1975. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 36. Plus 'The Ravenspur Grange Series'. Covers Magnet issues 1118 to 1125. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Individual stories include: Bob Cherry's Big Bargain; The Trail of the Trike; Chums on the Tramp; The Mystery of Methuselah; The House of Terror; The Unseen Foe; The Mystery of the Grange; The Terror Tracked Down. ISBN: 070300073X. Spine bumped. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Contents fine.

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THE SIT-IN STRIKE AT GREYFRIARS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1319707
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Magnet No. 35. Contains issues nos. 1510 to 1517. Large format, green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Individual stories include: Billy Bunter's Housewarming; The Stay-In Strike at Greyfriars; The No-Surrender Schoolboys; Holding the Fort; The Fighting Form; The Prisoner of the Stronghold; Coker the Kidnapper; The Man with the Glaring Eyes. ISBN: 0703000721. Spine slightly bumped. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Contents fine. Wrapper appears to be a few millimetres short for book.

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GREYFRIARS FOR GROWN-UPS
Written by Lawrence Sutton; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1319705
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A nostalgia-laden selection of Extracts from The Magnet and Gem. Red boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 0703001884. Spine very slightly bumped at top and tail. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at lower edge of front panel.

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FRANK RICHARDS - THE CHAP BEHIND THE CHUMS
Written by Frank Richards; Mary Cadogan.
Stock no. 1319703
Published by Viking. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. A book about the life and works of Frank Richards. Full of photgraphs and pictures. 258 pages. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0670819468.

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NAPOLEON OF GREYFRIARS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2129675
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 92. Magnet issue nos. 534, 536, 537, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 546, 547 + 548. Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703002678. Bumping to spine. Browning to a couple of cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine.

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BILLY BUNTER BUTTS IN
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 2129410
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, black titles to front and spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 234 pages plus adverts to rear. Damp staining to early pages (including frontis). Corner tip of title page has been torn off. Foxing. Wrapper is dulled and grubby to spine, with edge-creasing and chipping; minimal loss; tape repairs to verso.

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BILLY BUNTER THE BOLD
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1317687
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

Blue boards, dark blue titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, spine browned. Some slight surface paper loss to pastedowns (from removal of small pieces of tape). Some titles unerlined on reverse of half-title page. Foxing throughout.

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1980
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2126983
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Annual Volume No. 13. ISBN: 0703001760. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little edge-creased with orange 'spot' to top of front panel.

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1981
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2126982
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimiles of The Magnet. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Annual Volume No. 14. ISBN: 0703001981. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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THE HOWARD BAKER EASTER OMNIBUS 1978
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2126981
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Annual Volume No. 9. Featuring Billy Bunter, Harry Wharton, Tom Merry etc. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001388. Pale browning to cover edges. Light bumping to corners. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and some browning.

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1979
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2126977
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Annual Volume No. 10. Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. A series of stories from 'The Magnet's' golden age. ISBN: 0703001493. Bump to base of spine. Light fading along cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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