Comic Book Postal Auctions

Winter 2006 Results
British comics, annuals & artwork
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Note: Prices Realised include 10% Buyer's Premium.

1

The Halfpenny Comic No 1 (1898) Newnes
12 pages of comic strips, cartoons and stories. Rare [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £108

2

Dan Leno’s Comic Journal No. 1. (1898)
8 pages of music-hall star Dan Leno’s comic strips, stories and views on life. Rare [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £103

3

Girls’ Best Friend No 1 (1898)
The forerunner of Girls’ Friend in 1899. Mainly text stories with illustrated headers.
2 inch horizontal tear to all 8 pages. Rare [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £71

4

The Longbow No 1 (1898)
This 32 page "Magazine-Journal" published the first episode of Elissa, The Doom of Zimbabwe by H Rider Haggard [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £71

5

Answers Supplement No 1 (1892); The Sunday Companion No 1 (1894); The Halfpenny Marvel Library No. 1 (1890s) with complete 16 page Dead Man’s Land story and Balkan News May 16th 1918, a one sheet published in Salonica for the British Army in Macedonia [vg/fn] (4)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

6

Boy’s Herald (1903-4) 1-48
In two bound volumes. Including Christmas Double Number with colour cover and front cover flyer advertising Boy’s Leader No 1. File copies. Light tan pages [vg/fn] (48)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

7

Butterfly (1907) 121-172
In two bound volumes. Including front cover flyer for Gem Library No 1. Clean light green pages [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

8

Boy’s Realm (1919) 1-39
In bound volume. Including flyer for Sports Illustrated Weekly No 1. File copies.
Clean salmon pink pages [fn/vfn] (39)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

9

Chuckles (1917) 172-208
In two bound volumes. Full colour cover and larger format from issue 194. File copies [fn/vfn] (47)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £171

10

Comic Life (1917) J Henderson. 994-1019
In bound volume. File copies [vg+/fn+] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

11

Firefly (1916) 46-98
In two bound volumes. Starring Syd Chaplin the Keystone Komics King and Abel Daunt – King of Detectives. File copies. [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £144

12

Fun and Fiction (1914) 117-124
In bound volume. File copies [fn] (8)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £48

13

Halfpenny Wonder (1914) 1-40
In bound volume. Starring Ragged Reggie and Victor His Valet, Zumor The Mystery Man. File copies. Clean salmon pink pages [vfn/vfn+] (40)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £330

14

Merry And Bright (1917) 325-337, New Series 1-13
In bound volume. On March 1st 1917 Favourite Comic was absorbed to become Merry And Bright, The Favourite Comic starting with issue 1 and expanding from 8 to 12 pages. File copies [vfn/vfn+] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

15

The Prairie Library (1919-20) 1-55
In three bound volumes. Early Buffalo Bill and Nelson Lee stories. With 1920 colour calendar free gift. Prairie Library ran for 57 issues before being replaced by Nugget Weekly. File copies [fn-/fn+] (55)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £193

16

All Sports Weekly (1924) 228-279
In two bound volumes. Aston Villa v. Newcastle United Cup Final Special. Including front cover flyers for Greyfriars Herald No. 1 and Detective Library No. 7. File copies [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £132

17

Boys’ Cinema (1922-23) 134-186
In two bound volumes. Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton, Tom Mix. Including picture card of David Hawthorne as Rob Roy. File copies [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

18

Boys’ Favourite (1929) 2, 4-8, 34, 35, 37, 40, 42, 43. Edgar Wallace stories in all. 2 file holes to spines [gd] (12)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £30

19

Boy’s Friend Library (1921) 310-318, 326-333
In five bound volumes. File copies [fn-/fn+] (17)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £103

20

Chicks’ Own Annuals 1924, 1925
File copies. [vg/fn+] (2)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

21

Chums (1929)
12 monthly issues in two bound volumes. Including South With Scott, Captain Scott’s last epic and harrowing journey to the South Pole by his second-in-command Rear Admiral Evans. File copies. Brilliant cover colours as new. Light tan pages. [vfn] (12)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

22

Favourite (1929) 50-101
In two bound volumes. Full colour covers. "The Paper That’s Brighter Than Fireworks!" File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

23

Little Sparks (1920) 7-58
In two bound volumes. Full colour covers, with colour flyer for Chick’s Own No. 1. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

24

Nelson Lee Library (1928) 88-139
In two bound volumes. St Frank’s stories by Edwy Searles Brooks. File copies [vg/fn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121

25

Nugget Library (1920-21) 19-22, 31-38, 49-52, 65-70
In five bound volumes. Detective mystery and sports stories. File copies [vg/fn] (22)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £92

26

Radio Times No 1 (1923) with Radio Times 1542, 1543
Coronation issue and Coronation Number.
No 1 worn spine [gd], others [vg+/fn+] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £90

27

Rainbow (1929) 777-828
In two bound volumes. The Bruin Boys Adventures. Full colour covers. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

28

Schoolgirls’ Own (1922) 49-100
In two bound volumes. File copies [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £484

29

Schoolgirls’ Own Library (1923-24) 1-13, 26-49
In 3 bound volumes. File copies [fn/fn+] (37)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £303

30

Sexton Blake Library (1926-7) 1st Series 65-88
In two bound volumes. File copies [vg/fn] (24)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

31

Sexton Blake Library 84-99, 152-155
in five bound volumes. File copies. Some cropped covers [vg+/fn+] (20)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £423

32

Sunbeam (1925-6) 144-173, New Series 1-47
In three bound volumes. Full colour covers. File copies [fn/vfn] (77)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

33

Tiger Tim’s Weekly (1922) 8-59
In two bound volumes. Full colour covers. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £188

34

Triumph (1925) 38-63
July – Dec half-year in bound volume. Bright covers, cream pages, slightly darker edges [vfn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

35

Bullseye (1931) 14-50
The Secret Of The Leopard; The Night Patrol
Disintegrated staples, cream pages [vg] (37)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £303

36

Bullseye (1932-3) 51-107
Disintegrated staples, cream pages. 107 [gd], balance [vg] (57)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £207

37

Bubbles (1937) 820-871
In two bound volumes. Full colour covers including Coronation Number. File copies [vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

38

Crackers (1938) 463-515
In two bound volumes. Full colour covers. File copies [vfn] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

39

Detective Weekly (1938) 280-306
Jul-Dec half-year in bound volume. Sexton Blake, Insp. Hornleigh adventures. Issue 287 pages 11, 12 loose and 20% damaged. File copies [fn/vfn] (27)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £194

40

Detective Weekly (1939-40) 332-379
In two bound volumes. File copies. Second volume (359-379) missing spine [vg], first volume [fn/fn+] (48)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

41

Film Fun (1935-47) 31 issues between 799-1425
(Mainly concentrated 1935-36). Most with professionally repaired spines. With 1941 Annual. All [gd] (32)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £71

42

Modern Boy (1939) 47-87
In two bound volumes. Complete Biggles Serial ‘Wings Over Spain’ and ‘Castle Sinister’ by Capt. W E Johns. File copies. With issue 78 Modern Boy adopted smaller format with blue covers due to war shortages [vg+/fn+] (41)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £423

43

Ranger (1931) 1-46
In two bound volumes with 8 aero photoplate free gifts. File copies. Bright colour covers, light tan pages [fn/vfn] (46)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £485

44

The Dandy Comic No 1 (1937)
Korky, Keyhole Kate, Desperate Dan entertain.
Generally worn copy with good cover colours and some margin foxing spots. Back cover 2" tear and small edge tears to most pages. Light tan/tan pages [gd]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £1,595

45

Dandy Monster Comic No 1 (1939)
Korky introduces his Dandy pals.
Worn detached boards missing spine. Otherwise complete with light tan pages/darker edges [fr]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £459

46

Desperate Dan original artwork by Dudley Watkins from The Dandy 108 (1940). Dan gets a pain so he visits the doc. They try to operate but his body blunts all their instruments (hammer, mallet, hacksaw etc) .. finally Dan swallows a magnet on a string and they pull out four horse shoes from the horse he ate last week!
Indian ink on card. 9 x 15 ins
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £352

47

Dandy Monster Comic 3 (1941)
Korky’s Marching Band.
Bright boards with general wear. Complete spine and spine illustration with worn edges. Crossed out dedication. Small biro doodles to pages 9 and 13. Light tan pages with darker edges [gd+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £938

48

Dandy Monster Comic (1946)
Star characters cover. Worn cover corners and spine (complete), no dedication. Pages 27-30 missing, page 121 loose. Off-white pages, occasional foxing [gd-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £108

49

Dandy Monster Comic (1947)
Korky Tossed In A Blanket. Good cover colours, complete spine, medium general wear. Erased dedication, cream/light tan pages [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £271

50

The Beano Comic No 1 (1938)
Big Eggo, Lord Snooty, Tin-Can Tommy and Morgyn The Mighty start their adventures.
Generally worn copy with 3" cover tear from top margin chip and including one inch oval piece missing from ‘E’ of ‘BEANO’ title. Page 3 has a 2" tear. Good spine with light grubbiness to margins with some small edge tears. Light tan/tan pages, good cover colours [gd]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £2,444

51

Beano No 53 (1939)
Big Eggo’s Fire Brigade Get Their Goat!
Bright cover with light dust shadow to top margin, cream/light tan pages [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £194

52

Beano (1941) 128, 130
Propaganda war issues [gd/vg-] (2)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £159

53

Beano 134, 135, 136
Propaganda war issues. 135 cover header "See Lord Snooty Jape The Nazis!" [gd], 134, 136 [vg/vg-] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £204

54

Beano 143, 154, 155, 164
Propaganda war issues. 143 Swastika cover story. 164 repaired spine split [gd], balance [vg] (4)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £243

55

Beano 177 Easter 1942
Propaganda war issue [gd+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

56

Beano 192, 193, 194
Propaganda war issues. Waste paper ads of Snitchy and Snatchy, Tin-Can Tommy "Smash The Hun, Slap The Jap with Salvage" [vg+] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £187

57

Beano 195 Xmas 1942 issue
Fresh colours, light tan pages, no major defects [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £254

58

Beano (1945) 270 Fireworks, 271, 272
[vg/vg+] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £114

59

Dandy (1947) 335 New Year, 337, 338, 342, 348, 349, 351, 353, 358
[gd/vg] (9)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

60

The Broons Book 2 (1942)
Maw an’ Paw in proud profile. Bright boards with medium wear, back board has three small edge scrapes. Supple light tan pages.
A few early issues of the Broons and Oor Wullie books were published with hard ‘annual’ style boards prior to the generally distributed soft covers. This copy is one of the early ones and consequently rare. (The only other hard cover example we know of was sold in our September 2003 auction in the same grade)
[vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £3,311

61

Rupert Book (1944) D. Express
Rupert with pals in the branches of a tree. Light overall wear, neat dedication. Price unclipped, creamy white pages [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £250

62

Rupert Book (1945) D. Express
On A Flying Bicycle. Cup circle mark to cover, over-written dedication, price unclipped [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £34

63

Rupert Book (1946) D. Express
Cover title ‘BOOK’ biro coloured in. No dedication, price unclipped, name to inside f/cover [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £34

64

Rupert Book (1947) D. Express
Rupert chases tiny dragon. Overall medium wears. Neat dedication, price unclipped [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £34

65

Rupert Book (1948) D. Express
Rupert and dog chase a paper bird. Overall light/medium wear. No dedication, price unclipped, cream pages [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: U/S

66

Sexton Blake Library (1940-2) 2nd Series: 735-744 (last issue), 3rd Series: 1-26
In three bound volumes. File copies.
Bright covers, cream pages, some cropped covers [fn/vfn] (36)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £465

67

Sexton Blake Library (1943-45) 2nd series: 1-26 In five bound volumes. File copies.
Some cropped covers [fn/vfn] (60)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £423

68

Chips (1948) 2826-2851
In two bound volumes. Weary Willie And Tired Tim, Paul Power. Two-colour covers, cream pages. File copies [vfn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £108

69

Film Fun (1948-50) 34 issues btwn 1475-1584 Cream pages. A few [vg-], balance [vg/vg+] (34)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £132

70

Radio Fun (1940) 65-90
Jan-Jun in half-year bound volume. Big-Hearted Arthur, Flanagan & Allen, Over Enemy Lines, Clarke Gable propaganda war stories.
Light tan pages. 81, 82, 84, 86, 88 interior page competition cut-outs [vg], balance [fn/fn+] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

71

Hotspur (1941) 384-427
Complete year in bound volume (later issues fortnightly). Propaganda war stories.
Bright cover colours, cream/light tan pages. Issue 385 back cover corner piece, thumb-size, torn away [vg+], balance [fn/vfn-] (44)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £321

72

Hotspur (1942) 428-453
Complete year in bound volume. Propaganda war issues. Bright covers, light tan/tan pages [fn-/fn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £220

73

Hotspur (1944) 480-506
Complete year in bound volume. Propaganda war issues. Bright covers, light tan/tan pages [vg+/fn] (27)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £183

74

Rover (1941) 977-1021
Complete year in bound volume (later issues fortnightly). Propaganda war stories.
Bright covers, light tan pages [fn/vfn-] (45)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £411

75

Rover (1942) 1022-1047
Complete year in bound volume. Propaganda war stories. Bright covers, light tan/tan pages [fn-/fn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

76

Rover (1943) 1048-1073
Complete year in bound volume. Propaganda war issues: "Gun For The Hun – Set A Trap For The Jap – Paper Can Do Both – Save It!" Bright covers, light tan pages with darker edges [fn-/fn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £235

77

Rover (1944) 1074-1099
Complete year in bound volume. Propaganda war issues. Bright covers, light tan pages [fn/fn+] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £235

78

Wizard (1943) 1015-1040 Xmas
Complete year. First Wilson story, The Truth About Wilson, starts issue 1028. Propaganda war issues.
String bound file copies with worn right hand edges and some brittleness [gd/vg-] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

79

Wizard (1944) 1041-1066 Xmas
Complete year. The Further Truth About Wilson. Propaganda war issues.
String bound file copies with worn right hand edges and some brittleness [gd] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £64

80

Broons Book 4 (1950)
Scotland’s Happy Family posing in their Sunday best.
Missing back cover and spine. Light tan/tan pages [gd]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

81

Broons Book (1952)
Tea time at Glebe Street.
Bright covers with small spine split. Light tan/tan pages [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £428

82

Broons Book (1954)
Maw and Paw Highland Fling!
Bright covers with light edge and corner wear, light tan/tan pages [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

83

Broons Book (1956)
Glebe Street Window Dressing!
Bright covers with light wear, small scrape to back cover, light tan pages [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

84

Broons Book (1958)
Snakes ‘n’ Ladders. Bright covers, cream/light tan pages. Small neat dedication [fn+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £72

85

The Broons Go Marching On original frontispiece artwork by Dudley Watkins from The Broons Book (1950s)
Tanned edge to board not affecting illustration. Indian ink on board. 21 x 16 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £220

86

Daphne Broon sketch initialled by Dudley Watkins (1950s)
Daphne poses coyly for the viewer!
Indian ink on card. 9 x 7 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £157

87

Oor Wullie Book (1953)
Calendar Boy! Bright covers with light/medium wear to edges. Light tan/tan pages [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £452

88

Oor Wullie Book (1955)
Infinity cover. Bright covers, 3 ins cover tear by lower spine. Tan pages [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £429

89

Oor Wullie Book (1957)
Oor Snowman On a Bucket! Bright covers, minimal wear, cream pages [vfn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £247

90

Oor Wullie Book (1959)
Oor Fence Painting. Bright covers, cream pages with darker edges [fn+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £108

91

Dandy (1952) 528-553
Jan-June half-year including New Year, April Fool and Easter. Bright colour covers, creamy white pages. Rare in these grades [vfn/vfn+] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £198

92

Dandy (1954) 19 issues between 632-664
Starting the adventures of Young Drake. Including New Year and April Fool issues. A few [gd], balance [vg/fn-] (19)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £103

93

Dandy (1954) 667-674, 676-681, 683
Including Fireworks and Xmas issues. 683 Xmas with dustshadow edge [vg-], balance [vg-/vg+] (15)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £67

94

Young Drake two original artworks by Paddy Brennan for The Dandy (mid 50s)
Young Drake and his crew dress up as Spaniards to capture the enemy galleon
Indian ink, red and blue crayon on card. 17 x 16 ins each (2 pages)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £481

95

Dandy Book 1953
Korky’s ‘Mouse traps’ turn into a bumper feed!
Bright boards, no dedication. Light tan pages [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £13

96

Dandy Book 1953, 1954
[gd/vg] (2)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £46

97

Dandy Book 1955
No Fishing! Bright boards, cream pages, neat dedication [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

98

Dandy Book 1956
Korky’s Joke Shop. Bright boards, light tan pages, neat dedication [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £40

99

Dandy Book 1957
Korky Filches Fishermens’ Fish! [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

100

Dandy Book 1958, 1959
[vg] (2)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £46

101

Desperate Dan original double page artwork drawn, painted and signed by Dudley Watkins for The Dandy Annual 1958.
The contestants are grimacing as Dan lifts them off their feet to win the Deadpan City Funny Face Contest! Indian ink and green poster paint on card. 23 x 15 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £496

102

Beano Book 1953
Jack Flash Flies Biffo To The Moon. Bright boards, light general wear. No dedication. Light tan pages [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £91

103

Beano Book 1954
Biffo branches out.
Bright boards with slight griminess to edges. Spine with very slight wear. No dedication. Cream/light tan pages with darker edges [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £83

104

Beano (1955-56) 690-692, 700, 709, 710, 721, 725, 733
[vg/fn] (9)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £99

105

Beano Book 1957
Dennis scores off several rebounds! Bright boards, worn spine edges with 80% spine illustration intact. Neat dedication. Cream/light tan pages [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £14

106

Beano Book 1959
Bright boards, neat dedication, cream pages [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £72

107

Eagle Vol 1 (1950) 16-52
[fn/fn+] (37)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

108

Eagle Dan Dare Jigsaw Puzzle (1954)
Interplanetary Space Fleet HQ. Completes to 14 x 10 ins. Box [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £11

109

Eagle Hair Brush (1955) Hindes Ltd
In original slightly crushed box, one flap missing. The Mekon would be jealous. Rare. Brush as new, box [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

110

Dan Dare front cover original artwork by Harold Johns and Gretta Tomlinson
From The Eagle Vol 3: No 40 (1953). Marooned on Mercury. The Mekon threatens to kill Professor Peabody unless Dan agrees to drop the Poison Bombs on Venus … Poster colour on board. 19 x 15 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £335

111

Express Weekly (1959) 26 issues between 229-263
Including issue 254 32 page Giant Birthday Number. Wulf The Briton by Ron Embleton [vg-/vg+] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £83

 

We offer the complete 162 piece collection of Enid Blyton’s Magazine in the seven following lots. The Famous Five stories, drawn by Eileen Soper, differ from the ones published in the hardback books so have collectability in their own right. Generally the later issues are more difficult to find. Most of the fill-in paintings and crosswords are untouched.

112

Enid Blyton’s Magazine (1953) Vol 1: 1 – 21
Complete run. Famous Five Go Down To The Sea begins [gd/vg+] (21)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: U/S

113

Enid Blyton’s Magazine (1954) Vol 2: 1-26
Complete run. Good Work, Secret Seven!
16-19 vouchers cut out [gd], balance [vg-/vg+] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: U/S

114

Enid Blyton’s Magazine (1955) Vol 3: 1-26
Complete run. Secret Seven Win Through serial. 2, 5, 6 vouchers cut out [gd], balance [gd/vg] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: U/S

115

Enid Blyton’s Magazine (1956) Vol 4: 1-24
Complete run. Five On A Secret Trail serial. [vg-/vg+] (24)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: U/S

116

Enid Blyton’s Magazine (1957) Vol 5: 1-26
Complete run. Five Go To Billycock Hill serial, Secret Seven Mystery [gd/vg] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: U/S

117

Enid Blyton’s Magazine (1958) Vol 6: 1-27
Complete run. Five Get Into A Fix, A Puzzle For The Secret Seven. Issue 24:competition cut out [gd], balance [vg-/vg+] (27)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: U/S

118

Enid Blyton’s Magazine (1959) Vol 7: 1-12
Complete and final run. Bonfire Night For The Secret Seven. With Magazine Index (1994) by Tony Summefield and Norman Wright [vg/fn] (12)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: U/S

119

Rupert Book (1953) D. Express
Rupert and friends on a style.
Bright covers, no dedication, price unclipped. Creamy white pages. No noticeable defects [vfn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £159

120

Rupert Book (1954) D. Express
Rupert Builds A Snowman.
Bright covers, laminate unbroken. Minimal wear to top spine corners, no dedication, price unclipped [vfn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

121

Rupert Book (1955) D. Express
Rupert And Friends Crest The Hill. Bright boards, laminate unbroken, no dedication, price unclipped. White pages [vfn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £132

122

Radio Fun (1951) 650-671 with 571 and 578 from 1949
Bright covers, cream pages [fn+/vfn] (24)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £83

123

Radio Fun (1952, 55-56) 12 issues between 696-907
Bright covers, cream pages. Neat biro name to top cover [fn/fn+] (12)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £46

124

Radio Fun (1954) 819-838
Bright covers, cream pages [vfn] (20)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

125

Comet (1954-57) 19 issues between 331-489
Rusty staples. All bagged and boarded [vg] (19)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £41

126

Sun (1954-55) 19 issues between 264-360 and (1957) 12 issues between 413-465
Rusty staples, some spine wear. All bagged and boarded [vg] (31)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £70

127

Sun (1956) 45 issues between 361-412
Rusty staples (some disintegration). All bagged and boarded [vg] (45)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £79

128

Tarzan (1953-59) 27 issues between Vol. 3 No. 12 – Vol. 9 No 13
Staples removed, some rust residue. All bagged and boarded [vg] (27)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £18

129

Superman Annual 1959-60
Bright boards, spine-splits neatly re-glued. No dedication or price clip, fresh cream pages [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £7

130

Schoolgirls’ Own Library (1955) 213-226
In bound volume. File copies [fn/vfn] (14)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £55

131

Tit-Bits Crime Fiction Library (1953-55) 1-19
In three bound text volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (19)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121

132

Tit-Bits Science Fiction Library (1953-4) 1-12
In two bound volumes. Issues 1-6 picture stories (lacking covers 3 and 4). 7-12 text stories. File copies [vg/fn+] (12)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £79

133

TV Picture Stories (1958-9) 39 un-numbered issues
In five bound volumes. Charlie Chan (No. 1), O.S.S., Highway Patrol, Murder Bag, The Buccaneers, Hawkeye, William Tell – all your faves! File copies. Bright covers, light tan/tan pages [fn/fn+] (39)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £364

134

TV Photo Stories (1960) 1-6 Pearson
Starring O.S.S., The Buccaneers, Dial 999 and William Tell. "Told In Real Photos – Just As You See It!" 36 page magazine size format. File copies. Light tan pages [fn/fn+] (6)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £110

135

Broons Books 1962, 1968
Bright covers, cream pages [vg+/fn] (2)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £49

136

The Broons original front cover artwork drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins from The Broons Book 1960. With pencil editorial margin notes on the Burns Night Supper, "Chappit (mashed) spuds, haggis too big.." etc.
Indian ink on card. 11 x 13 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £665

137

The Broons orginal artwork drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins for The Sunday Post Fun Section 19 June 1960.
The Broons go pony trekkin’ but the Bairn gets them moving pretty smartish by disturbing a wasps nest. (Showing a brilliant Watkins long panel of the family in non-trekkin’ full flight!). Afterwards naebody can sit doon fir tea.
Indian ink on card. 18 x 15 ins
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £634

138

The Broons original frontispiece artwork by Dudley Watkins from The Broon Book (early 1960s) Family Fishin’. Indian ink on card. 10 x 11 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £341

139

Oor Wullie original artwork signed by Dudley Watkins for The Sunday Post Fun Section 31 Nov 1965. It’s Hallowe’en and Wullie’s neep (turnip) is ready hollowed into a mask for the night. But it’s crushed by a steamroller and P C Murdoch to the rescue with battery and bulb and its hame for proper mashed neep, mince and tatties! Indian ink on card. 18 x 15 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £682

140

Dandy Book 1960
Korky’s Padlocked Post Box. Bright boards, creamy white pages, no dedication [vfn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £103

141

Eagle Vol 11 (1960) 1-53
[vg+/fn+] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £77

142

Eagle Vol 12 (1961) 1-52
[vg+/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

143

Eagle Vol 13 (1962) 1-52
[vg+/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £91

144

Eagle Vol 14 (1963) 1-52
[vg+/fn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £90

145

Eagle Vol 15 (1964) 1-52
[vg+/fn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £77

146

Eagle Vol 16 (1965) 1-52
[vg/fn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £77

147

Eagle Vol 17 (1966) 1-53
[vg/fn] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £55

148

Eagle Vol 18 (1967) 1-52
[vg/fn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

149

Eagle Vol 19 (1968) 1-52 with Vol 20 (1969) 1-17 final issue
No 1 [gd], balance [vg/fn] (69)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £57

150

Air War Picture Library (1961) Pearson 1-24
In three bound volumes. File copies. Light tan pages with darker edges [fn/fn+] (24)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £111

151

Sea War Picture/Library (1962-63) Pearson 1-8, 17-46
In five bound volumes. File copies. First eight issues picture stories, balance text. Light tan pages with darker edges [fn/fn+] (38)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £127

152

Doctor Library (1964) Pearson 1-18
In two bound volumes featuring Teenager In Trouble and Nurse With A Broken Heart (in those days, the NHS fixed everything) with Glamour Library 21-40 in two bound volumes. Text stories with covers overprinted "File-Press Services Dept" [vg/fn] (38)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £150

153

Gemini 2000 Picture Library (1966) Fame Press 1-10
[fn/fn+] (10)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £31

154

Frankie Stein original artwork by Ken Reid for Wham! No 70 (1965)
Frankie wants to improve his looks with Muddewump’s Mud Pack – unfortunately he can’t get it off so he submits to Professor Cube’s Bruise Remover which dissolves his hair – and clothes!
Indian ink and wash on card. 16 x 14 ins
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £605

155

Fantastic (1967) 1, 2, 4-72
Including doubles 32, 59. X-Men, Thor UK reprints. Mainly rolled spines [vg] (73)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £103

156

It’s Terrific (1967) Power 1-40, 42, 43
Iron Man, Avengers UK reprints.
Mainly rolled/slightly rolled spines [vg] (42)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £51

157

Ranger (1965) 1, 2, 3
All with free gift booklets: BOAC VC 10, Donald Campbell’s Record Breakers and coloured pictures for the Record Breakers album.
Rusty staples [vg] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £29

158

Rupert Book (1960) D. Express
Rupert with lantern and holly.
Bright boards, laminate unbroken, no dedication, price unclipped, white pages. Magic Paintings untouched. Rare in this grade [nm]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £253

159

Rupert Book (1961) D. Express
Rupert On A Swing.
Bright boards, laminate unbroken, no dedication, price unclipped, white pages. Magic Paintings untouched. Rare in this grade [nm]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £202

160

Rupert Book (1962) D. Express
Rupert In A Snowball Fight.
Bright boards, laminate unbroken, no dedication, price unclipped, white pages. Magic Paintings untouched. Rare in this grade [nm]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £402

161

TV Century 21 (1965) No 4
Edge tears to interior pages [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £20

162

TV Century 21 (1965) 41-49
45 lower cover corner piece torn away [vg], balance [vg+/fn-] (9)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £48

163

TV Century 21 Nos 52-65
Thunderbirds by Frank Bellamy. 52, 53 [vg], balance [fn/fn+] (14)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

164

TV Century 21 Nos 66-72, 74-80
69 back top 2 pages 4 x 5 ins. torn away [gd], 74, 78 [vg+], balance [fn-/fn] (14)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

165

TV 21 (1968) 201, 203-211, 214-240 and 242 last issue (scarce)
220 [vg-], 207, 217-219 [vg], balance [fn/vfn+] (38)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £183

166

Thunderbirds Card Set (1967) Somportex
Full black and white set, extra large format (2.5 x 3.5 ins) [fn/fn+] (72)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £77

167

Rodin’s Vet original cartoon (1971)
Painted and signed by Daily Express and Telegraph cartoonist Larry
Coloured felt tip pens on card. 14 x 20 ins
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £209

168

Action Annual front cover original artwork (1977) Stock-car racing Action. With 1977 annual
Poster colour on hard board. 18 x 20 ins
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

169

Action Annuals 1978–85
1978 [vg+], balance [fn/vfn+] (8)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £31

170

Roy Of The Rovers original artwork by David Sque. From issues 204-207 (1980) each enclosing a quarter of the artwork centre-spread to make up a large poster of Melchester’s Finest.
Poster colour on card. 12 x 20 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £440

171

Commando War Stories In Pictures (1973) 801-900
A few [vg], balance [fn/vfn+] (100)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £214

172

Commando 901-1000
A few [vg], balance [fn/vfn/nm] (100)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £166

173

Commando 1001-1100
A few [vg], balance [fn/vfn/nm] (100)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

174

Commando 1101-1200
[fn/vfn/nm] (100)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

175

Commando 1201-1300
[fn/vfn/nm] (100)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

176

Commando 1301-1400
[fn/vfn/nm] (100)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

177

Commando 1401-1500
[fn/vfn/nm] (100)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

178

Commando 1501-1600
[fn/vfn/nm] (100)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

179

Commando 1601-1700
[fn/vfn/nm] (100)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

180

Commando 1701-1800
[fn/vfn/nm] (100)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

181

Commando 1801-1900
[fn/vfn/nm] (100)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

182

Commando 1901-2000
[fn/vfn/nm] (100)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £154

183

Tracy No 1 (1979) with free gift Kool Kat badge and Spellbound 1 (1976)
[vg+] (2)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £12

184

Victor (1970) 463-514
Complete year.
House number ‘81’ to some cover margins. A few [vg], balance [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £70

185

Victor (1971)
Complete year [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £125

186

Victor (1972)
Complete year [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £22

187

Victor (1973)
Complete year [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £22

188

Victor (1974)
Complete year [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £22

189

Victor (1975)
Complete year [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £22

190

Victor (1976)
Complete year [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £20

191

Victor (1977)
Complete year [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £20

192

Victor (1978)
Complete year [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £20

193

Victor (1979)
Complete year [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £20

194

Victor (1980)
Complete year [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £22

195

Starblazer Picture Library (early 80s) 101-281 D C Thomson
Missing eighteen issues: 178, 183, 189, 193-198, 202, 203, 205, 206, 208-210, 219, 222.
A few
[vg/fn], balance [vfn/nm] (163)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121


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