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The books featured on this page are comic strip format, with some early  editions having text stories included. All are published by D.C. Thompson. All dates stated on this page pertain to the year that the annual was produced for e.g. 1964 (actually printed 1963, intended for maximum sales at Christmas). Name in lower case preceding CHARACTER NAME is the original artist - - - - - - - - - - Cover: unless otherwise stated, there is no damage, with the possible exception of slight rubbing on the edge and / or corners. The spine is complete. Contents: signs of ownership and use are noted.   Therefore, THERE IS NO: name / inscr (inscription),  price cut (printed retail price clipped), fox (foxing), dam (damage),   bump (bumped)  etc...,  ...if not stated as such. ps. name & address = unless o/w stated, this is filled in neatly within the box provided. *  adjacent to year indicates that the book is ex-shop stock (new). Discounts applicable on quantity. ************************ BASH STREET KIDS ANNUAL FOR SALE                             Beano's unruly lot, late being featured in an annual of their own. 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, then every year thereon.    ID  Date Cover Contents Price 9 1982 VG+ NM £8 1 1984 nr Fine NM £8 2 1989 VG+ (corners rubbed only)      1/4 tear 1 pge; o/w Fine +       £5 3 1990 VG+ (corners rubbed only) Fine £4 9 1990 NM NM £8 4 1991 * NM NM * unread: x 6 in stock £4 5 1992 NM Fine £3 8 1993 * Fine + NM £4 _____________ A good selection of The Beano Book Annual for sale                         Dudley Watkins LORD SNOOTY + JIMMY and his MAGIC PATCH + TOM THUMB * BIFFO THE BEAR Leo Baxendale MINNIE THE MINX + BASH STREET KIDS + LITTLE PLUM + THE THREE BEARS David Law DENNIS THE MENACE * Ken Reid ROGER THE DODGER + JONAH Malcolm Judge BILLY WHIZZ * Paddy Brennan GENERAL JUMBO Beano Annuals being the most popular title amongst collectors and the general reader. The listing on this page illustrates that locating best examples of pre 1970 to be elusive. 1940 + 1941 = The Beano Book  *  1942 to 1950 = The Magic Beano Book  1951 to date = The Beano Book   *   Pre 1966 are not year dated

ID	Date	Cover	Contents	Price
68	1954	G -  light stain * corners bump * 3" paper sp mis.	name & add. written + ink stamp o/w min VG	£60
56	1954	G+ * light creasing * some wear on spine ~ image on file	neat name & address; o/w  VG+	£100
3	1954	VG min.* clean cover	neat name & address; o/w nr Fine	£120
4	1956	VG. * spine VG+	neat inscription; o/w min. VG+	£95
105 .	1957 .	spine: paper split top and bot. on front (easily  repairable), back ridge slight fray; light rub on edges of    front board; slight bump on right corners; 2/- on back;   board's faces EX+; scarce book / condition	front fly and pages 104/ 5/ 6 light yellow spots;  book is VG+ to EX+ throughout	£
65	1958	G * no spine, right corners bump (face VG+) image on file	min VG+	£28
65a	1958	very small dam top + bot spine ,o/w Fine + (best)	Fine +	£**
5	1959	VG+ min.	name & address: o/w min Fine	£100
7	1959	nr Fine	appears unread * NM	£***
9	1960	Fine      ,image on file	appears unread * NM	£***
8	1960	Fine +	appears unread * NM	£***
6	1960	VG+ * 2 corners bmp, o/w nr Fine	inscription; o/w Fine	£80
80	1961	spine has slight damage top + bottom; boards Fine +	Fine +	£58
10	1961	NM	neat inscr. top of name page; o/w NM	£***
77	1962	VG * top spine dam, bot. sp. 1" split; rest Fine	TEASER TIME page slight pen marks; o/w Fine+	£60
109 .	1964 .	1" missing from bot. spine; spine VG;  rest nr Fine   .actually is dated on front of the bus on the title page	inking inside back cover; rest Fine .	£15
98 .	1966 .	Fine *  boards slight bend .	PICTURE POSER + BLANK LOOKS pages  are 1/2 completed; o/w NM	£**
110 .	1966 .	top of spine miss, split at bottom against spine,   o/w min. VG	PICTURE POSER + LADDERS pages completed;   o/w  min. VG+	£20
111 .	1967 .	top + bot. of spine split, small piece off bottom,  tear on back, corners bumped; clean boards	nr Fine	£17
101	1968	VG- * light indents, top + bot. spine slight damage	x-word done; o/w min. of VG+	£16
75 .	1968 .	VG+ * top + bot spine light 1" split; boards Fine + .	name & address on 'BOOK 1968' page;  Dennis's x-word completed; rest Fine +	£32
108	1969	small piece of lamination missing top left; o/w nr Fine	Fine +	£38
73	1970	G+ * 1/2" bot sp miss, corners bumped	Fine	£6
118	1970	2" split top of front spine ridge; o/w Fine	'Trick Pics' Fold page = 2 vertical folds; o/w Fine +	£36
78	1970	tiny lamination missing back ridge; o/w NM	x-word completed; o/w NM	£40
103	1970	NM	'Trick Pics' page x 2 folds; o/w NM	£40
72	1971	1" bot spine miss o/w min VG	Fine	£8
11	1971	2" split/ damage bot spine; rest VG+	writing 1st pge & in back & puzzle pge	£9
104	1971	Fine +	NM	£48
74	1972	11/2" bot spine miss, o/w VG (light impressions)	Fine +	£8
107	1972	1/2" damage bottom of spine; o/w Fine +	price cut; o/w NM	£18
19	1972	NM	NM	£**
20	1972	NM	NM	£**
17	1973	5" split in ridge; o/w VG+ image on file	name; o/w Fine+	£15
13	1973	VG+ (outline on Biffo's ears)  image on file	slight fox page edges; o/w Fine	£15
69	1973	VG- * top spine split 1", light impressions	Fine +	£9
75	1973	VG	name & address top left title pge; o/w VG+	£12
14	1973	VG+ (light indents)	NM	£20
15	1974	VG- (spine split, back creased)	Fine +	£12
71	1974	VG+  * spine split 2" (repairable) o/w nr Fine	name & address; o/w Fine +	£12
16	1974	NM	slight fox end papers & edges; o/w Fine	£18
76	1974	Fine +	pen line inside cover (as shown); o/w NM	£20
71	1975	VG+ min	name & address; o/w NM	£12
79	1976	Fine (very light indents on back, hence not NM)	NM	£22
102	1977	VG+ min.	Fine +	£14
23	1978	Fine	large inscr inside cover; o/w NM	£6
99	1978	Fine +	name inked out (2" x 1/2" block) title page; o/w NM	£7
106	1978	nr Fine	NM	£10
75	1979	VG+	Fine	£8
89	1979	nr Fine	one page with light crease; o/w Fine +	£7
105	1979	Fine +	price cut; o/w NM	£8
108	1980	Fine	NM	£10
25	1980	Fine	Fine +	£8
93	1981	VG+	NM	£7
72	1982	NM	NM	£12
107	1982	Fine +	Fine +	£8
70	1983	VG * light scratches	very light fox inside front cover; o/w Fine	£4
73	1983	NM	NM	£12
74	1984	Fine +	NM	£10
68	1984 *	NM	NM	£12
85	1985	NM	NM	£12
26	1985	Fine	Fine	£9
28	1986	VG+ (min)	slight fox back end p., price cut; o/w Fine+	£4
27	1986	Fine	slight fox end papers, price cut; o/w NM	£6
29	1986	Fine	slight fox front end paper; o/w Fine	£7
58	1987	VG+ (min)	slight fox inside covers; o/w NM	£3
30	1987	NM	price cut; o/w NM	£6
31	1987 *	Fine	slight fox front end paper; o/w NM	£5
32	1987 *	nr Fine	slight fox front end paper; o/w Fine +	£4
34	1988	VG (indents, back light crease)	Fine +	£2
33	1988 *	Fine +	slight fox front end paper; o/w NM	£6
87	1988 *	NM	NM	£9
36	1989	VG+	Fine +	£5
38	1989 *	Fine (small crease on back)	NM	£7
37	1989 *	NM	NM	£9
39	1990	nr Fine	NM	£6
90	1990	NM	NM	£9
40	1991	NM	NM	£9
41	1991	Fine	writing on puzzle page; o/w Fine +	£4
84	1991	NM	name & address; pc; rest NM	£2
42	1992	VG+ (2 light indents)	name erase, price cut; o/w NM	£4
43	1992 *	Fine +	NM	£8
97	1992 *	nr Fine	NM	£6
44	1993 *	nr Fine	NM	£7
45	1993 *	Fine +	NM	£9
88	1993 *	NM	NM	£10
46	1994	nr Fine	feint writing on quiz pages (2); o/w Fine +	£4
47	1994 *	NM	NM	£9
48	1994 *	NM	NM	£9
49	1994 *	NM	NM	£9
50	1995	Fine +	NM	£7
96	1995	NM	NM	£8
51	1996 *	Fine +	NM	£6
52	1996 *	NM	NM	£8
59	1997 *	VG+ * top & bot spine bump, front board slight warp	NM	£3
60	1998	Fine	NM	£4
91	1998 *	Fine +	NM	£6
53	1998 *	NM	NM	£7
66	1999 *	Fine +	NM	£4
54	1999 *	Fine +	NM	£4
61	1999	nr Fine	price cut; o/w NM	£3
55	1999 *	NM	NM	£6
67	2001	Fine	Fine +	£3
109	2001	NM	NM	£4

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A good selection of The Beezer Book Annual for sale 
                             

Dudley Watkins GINGER * Leo Baxendale BANANA BUNCH * Malcolm Judge NUMBSKULLS + THE BADD LADS
Tom Bannister POP, DICK and HARRY + COLONEL BLINK * Bill Ritchie BABY CROCKETT + SMIFFIE

1st annual 1958  *  Pre 1966 are not year dated

ID	Date	Cover	Contents	Price
2 .	1961 .	G+ * slight dam bot edge. Spine: lam miss,                                     top split, 1" bot miss	name * address tippexed. 1961 calendar                                     months marked.* VG	£8
3 .	1961 .	VG * lam lift 1/4 area of face;           lam missing top & bot spine	name & address, small pen mark 2 pgs; o/w VG+	£15
81	1961	lamination missing most of spine; boards Fine	name + address; o/w NM	£35
76	1961	lamination missing 4" of spine; o/w NM	NM	£58
79	1962	Fine	name & address; o/w Fine +	£44
32 .	1963 .	VG+ * top corner bump, lam split        bot front ridge + all back ridge	name & address, small writing inside cover;                      bot 2 pages small nick; o/w VG+	£18
5 .	1966 .	VG * top & bot spine split, lam split on sp ridge,                                           right corner bump	some pen inside cover, name; o/w Fine	£12
6	1967	VG * lam miss on spine ridges	nr Fine	£14
74	1968	VG+	tiny piece off one corner; o/w VG+	£22
75	1969	3/4" off top of spine; o/w VG+	name & address; o/w Fine	£12
8	1970	lam split 2" top spine ridge; o/w Fine	name, name & address on blue fly leaf; o/w nr Fine	£14
37	1970	VG+ (min)	NM	£22
7 -	1970 ;	VG * lam miss spine ridges, 1" bot spine miss	price cut, name, 5 pgs light stain, last pge torn/ taped	£5
10	1971	VG+ (lam split spine ridge:1" front + all back	name & address + small inscr bot corner; o/w nr Fine	£8
9	1971	Fine	name & address; o/w Fine	£14
38	1971	NM	name; o/w NM	£18
11	1972	VG+	VG+	£8
63	1972	VG+	dot to dots done on Teezers page; o/w Fine	£8
12	1972	Fine	name; o/w Fine +	£12
13	1973	NM	Fine +	£17
13	1973	nr Fine	name; o/w Fine	£10
15	1974	Fine +	name & address; o/w Fine +	£12
39	1974	NM	name & address; o/w NM	£14
65	1974	Fine +	Fine +	£18
81	1974	VG+	inscr, ; price crossed out; ; o./w Fine	£6
14	1974	VG (indents)	price cut, name & address; o/w VG+	£7
18	1975	Fine +	maze + dot-to-dot done on Teezers page; o/w Fine	£12
40	1975	VG+ (light impressions only)	printer's fault one pge corner; o/w NM	£10
41	1975	VG+ (few light indents on back)	NM	£10
17	1975	G+ * 2 crease lines	writing inside cover + teezers pgs, price cut, name	£4
16 .	1975 .	VG- * impressions, light crease, top &                bot spine split, corners bump	writing on teezers pgs, name; o/w min VG	£4
42 .	1976 .	VG (min)	price cut, name & address, light water stain                                                top last 4 leaves	£3
78	1976	Fine +	NM	£14
66	1977	NM	NM	£14
79	1977	Fine +	price cut; name; o/w Fine	£6
43	1977	nr Fine	light fox on name & title pgs; o/w NM	£6
44	1977	VG * crease lines on back	price crossed out, name & address; o/w Fine	£5
67	1978	NM	NM	£14
46 ,	1978 ,	VG * bottom right corner slight dam,                                      corners bump	price crossed out, name, light fox inside cover	£4
45	1978	VG * light imp., bottom right corner sl. dam	Fine +	£7
77	1979	NM	NM	£14
47	1980	VG+ (min)	name & address; o/w Fine +	£4
83	1980	NM	price cut; o/w Fine +	£8
73	1980	Fine	NM	£10
72	1981	NM	NM	£10
62	1981	VG+ (min)	Fine	£4
19 ,	1981 ,	VG * bumped + indents	price cut, name & address crossed out,       name & address on title pge; o/w nr Fine	£2
88	1981	Fine +	NM	£6
82	1982	Fine +	NM	£6
71	1982	NM	NM	£8
70	1983	NM	NM	£8
80	1983	NM	Fine +	£7
20	1984	Fine +	name, small inscr inside cover; o/w Fine	£6
69	1984	Fine +	NM	£6
21	1985	VG (back has vertical crease lines)	name; o/w Fine +	£4
48	1985	Fine +	NM	£9
68	1985	Fine	NM	£7
60	1986	VG+	NM	£5
22	1986	Fine	name & address; o/w NM	£5
49	1986	NM	Fine +	£9
23	1987	VG+	name & address; o/w Fine +	£4
50	1987	VG+ (min)	NM	£5
67	1987	Fine +	NM	£8
84	1987	NM	Fine +	£7
82	1988	Fine	name; o/w NM	£5
61	1989	VG+	price cut; o/w Fine +	£3
24	1989	NM	price cut, name & address; o/w NM	£4
51	1989	nr Fine (min: top right corners bumped only)	NM	£7
52	1991	NM	NM	£5
25	1991 *	NM	NM	£5
26	1992	VG+	Fine +	£2
86	1992	VG+	NM	£3
27	1993	VG+ (few light impressions)	NM	£3
53	1993	Fine +	NM	£4
87	1994	Fine	NM	£3
58	1999	Fine	NM	£3
29	2000 *	Fine	NM	£3

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A good selection of Beryl The Peril UK Annual for sale 
                                     

Topper character with "her own" publication.
1st annual 1959  *  Issued alternate years up to 1979, irregular thereafter.
Pre 1967 not year dated.

ID	Date	Cover	Contents	Price
14 .	1958 .	3" miss. bottom of spine; rest min. VG+ * The 1st BTP Annual  .	'HAPPY CHRISTMAS 1958 K. PRIEST' in pen   top border inside cover; min. of VG+	£60
1	1961	G+ * top 21/2" spine dam, lam at bot split ~ image on file	name on fly leaf; o/w Fine	£18
15 .	1961 .	4 x small sections of laminate peel on spine border;   remainder of cover is Fine +  ~ image on file	NM	£45
12	1963	lam miss from spine ridges; o/w VG+	1/2" x 11/2" corner cut last pge; o/w nr Fine	£48
2	1965	1" split in lam on spine ridge; o/w NM	price cut, name erased; o/w Fine +	£48
3	1967	NM	3 pgs light corner crease; o/w Fine +	£48
11	1967	G * spine dam (top painted), small crease front + back	light fox end papers; o/w VG+	£8
5	1969	Fine +	name & address; o/w NM	£34
6	1969	nr Fine	NM	£40
7	1975	Fine (min)	NM	£24
8	1987	VG	price cut; o/w NM	£5
9	1988	nr Fine	NM	£7
10	1988	nr Fine	inscr on top of name page; o/w Fine +	£4

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This title is the 'younger' reader, with varying strip stories. Does include Beezer's BABY CROCKETT.

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America had Lassie, England Black Bob!  When's the movie?  *  Termed as "The Dandy Wonder Dog".
Issued: 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1965  *  All being  landscape format, except 1965.
None are year dated.

ID	Date	Cover	Contents	Price
1	1961	Fine	Fine +	£35
3 .	1961 .	VG- * tear on back board, sp. ends slight bump	writing title + end page erased (indents), page 1-16  out of line due to loose binding; rest okay	£15
2	1965	G * top spine dam, 2" bot spine + 1" back miss.	inscr + small blemish on title page; o/w Fine +	£10
4	1965	nr Fine * sl. lam. loss in ridge, o/w Fine +	pc; o/w Fine	£20

"THE BLACK BAG" featured in VIZ comic, was a parody of above.

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THE BROONS ANNUALS FOR SALE BRRONS ANNUAL
                                     
A good selection of The Broons Book Annual for sale

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A good selection of The Dandy Book Annual for sale 
                                 

Dudley Watkins DESPERATE DAN + PETER PYE + DICK WHITTINGTON + DANNY LONGLEGS
Jack Prout BLACK BOB * Allan Morley KEYHOLE KATE * James Chrichton KORKY THE CAT * 
David Law CORPORAL CLOTT * Paddy Brennan WESTWARD HO

1939  to 1952 = The Dandy Monster Comic  *  1953 to date = The Dandy Book
Pre 1966 are not year dated

ID	Date	Cover	Contents	Price
6 .	1940 .	Front board VG, back board has 1 blemish and   1/2 detached.  Spine 1/2 frayed on front edge.   Can be rectified by a professional restorer	name & address, Tightly bound.             As 1941, no colouring, etc.                       A very nice  example.	£***
85	1951	VG * "D.C. THOMPSON & CO LTD" spine	inscription; o/w min VG	£145
10	1951	VG * corners bump	G * browning on 50%, 8 pgs have rips	£50
5	1951	VG	neat inscr, pge 19 1" rip, pge 87 5" rip; o/w VG	£88
7	1952	bot corner bump; o/w min VG	name & address; o/w min VG+	£110
71	1954	G * fading + rubbing on orange borders	name & address, 1" tear 3 pgs, edges brown; VG	£18
8	1954	G * light creasing/ fading/ rubbing	inscr, pge 113 small hole; o/w VG+	£32
9	1954	VG min (small ink, spine fade)	name & address, pge 7 small rip; o/w Fine	£78
12	1955	VG+ * rubbing blue border	name & address; o/w min Fine	£75
4	1956