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Quarter Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. Illus. by R. AYTON/L. BOWYER/P. KAY/REDMILL/D. COBB/THELWELL/B. WINDO/R. WILLIAMS/A. COLLINS/R. BASS/G. LANE/W. FISHER/H. PETTIT/M. AITCHISON/R. JENNINGS/N. WILLIAMS/L. BAGLEY/IONICUS/W. NICKLESS/WINSLADE/H. BISHOP/J. CHAMBERLAIN/J. WORSLEY/M. CHARLTON (illustrator). N.d. [First Edition, 1956]. Annual for boys containing 'Great new strips, stories, articles', including: 'Dan Dare pilot of the future in Operation Silence'/'The 3J's in Crash went the window!' by Peter Ling/'Jack O'Lantern with Rollo in the Golden Tobyman' by George Beardmore/'Old Calamity: An exciting tale of the Canadian Rockies and a grizzly bear' by W.H. Morris/'Looking for Trouble: The story of the gallant Ocean Rescue Tugs' by Martin Chisholm/'Jet Jackson - Pilot' by Arthur Catherall/'Luck of thje Legion: The Wailing Well' by Geoffrey Bond/'Rustlers of the Firth: A Captain Bell story' by Michael Gibson/'Flight Test' (article on the Handley Page Victor bomber) by Laurence Bagley/'The Falcon Light' (story) by R. Garland/'Jeff Arnold in A One-Man Horse' by Charles Chilton/'Britain's New Railways' by Walkden Fisher. Not dated (First Edn., 1956); quarter green cloth; red boards; titling/eagle illus. printed in white/black/yellow full to front board; eagle illus., etc. printed in black to rear board; illus. endpapers; 173pp.; illus. col. paintings/strips and bw. drawings/diagrams/strips. Spine complete/intact/crisp/robust and clean/very bright; boards robust/crisp and very clean/bright; text very fresh, pages very clean/crisp/bright; dj. has small chips/closed tears/slight creasing to top/bottom edges, but is very clean/bright. No inscriptions. VG+ in G+ price-clipped dj. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. n.d. c. 1950. Illus. with 5 cold. 'pop-up' scenes. 8vo. cl. backed pict. bds. Covers a little rubbed, lacking the first scene, small tear to edge of frame on 3rd and 4th scenes, some loss to edge of frame on 5th scene, inscr., generally fair.