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On this page you will find a list of the 8 Billy Bunter’s Own books, published from 1953, up until the year of Charles Hamilton’s death in 1961.
The was no annual issued in 1956. In the Collectors’ Digest number 120, from December 1956, Herbert Leckenby wrote: “In reply to numerous enquiries, I regret to say that there will not be a Billy Bunter’s Own this year. When last in London I called at the premises of Mandeville Publications and found the place deserted and the name plate missing at the entrance. A pity but there were ominous signs, last year.”
Oxonhoath Press took over for the remaining 5 volumes.
NOTE: The annuals are un-dated – but I have been able to confirm the years of publication, by referencing the Collectors’ Digest monthly publications, from the relevant years. The article BILLY BUNTER EXTRAS (Book and Magazine Collector no. 147, from June 1996) incorrectly states that the volume ‘Bunter cooking at stove’ was the fourth issued, in 1956. It was, in fact, the 8th (and final) annual, from 1961 – Len Cooper, April 2019.
For information, here are dates when the Billy Bunter’s Own annuals were ‘reviewed’ in the Collector’s Digest:
1953: Sept 1953
1954: Oct 1954
1955: Nov 1955
1956: no annual produced
1957: Aug 1957
1958: Oct 1958
1959: No review found
1960: Oct 1960
1961: Oct 1961.
| Issue | Date | Title | Author | Content/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1953 | Greyfriars “Who’s Who” Billy Bunter’s Christmas Box Billy Bunter’s Letter Home Treasure of Temooka The Ghost of Rookwood Slackers of High Coombe Foes of the Forest Bunter Minor’s Birthday Cake |
Frank Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards Charles Hamilton Owen Conquest Charles Hamilton Charles Hamilton Frank Richards |
Greyfriars Greyfriars Greyfriars Ken King Rookwood High Coombe Popolaki Patrol Greyfriars |
| 2 | 1954 | The Right Thing What Happened to Snooks? Six for Sammy Jack and Jill The Fathead of Felgate Shanghai-ed Bessie Bunter’s Big Idea |
Frank Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards Charles Hamilton Hilda Richards |
Greyfriars Rhyme Greyfriars Jack Of All Trades Felgate Ken King Cliff House |
| 3 | 1955 | Wibley to the Rescue Bessie Bunter’s Big Bang A Near Thing for Bundle Good Old Skip! Too good to be True! Bobolobo’s Leap! A Spread for Sammy! |
Frank Richards Hilda Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards Charles Hamilton Frank Richards |
Greyfriars Cliff House Dolcot Felgate Greyfriars Popolaki Patrol Greyfriars |
| 1956 | No issue in 1956 – Mandeville closed | Reported in Collectors’ Digest, December 1956 | ||
| 4 | 1957 | The Disappearance of Billy Bunter Billy Bunter’s Boundary Fireworks at Felgate Just Like Bessie Bunter |
Frank Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards Hilda Richards |
Greyfriars Greyfriars Felgate Cliff House |
| 5 | 1958 | Who Wants Bunter? French Leave! The Greyfriars Ventriloquist The Deep End Billy Bunter Owns Up! Lucky for Lovell Something for Sammy! |
Frank Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards Owen Conquest Frank Richards |
Greyfriars Greyfriars Greyfriars Greyfriars Greyfriars Rookwood Greyfriars |
| 6 | 1959 | Was it Bunter? Bunter Turns the Key Circus Luck Lovell knows best Awful for Aubrey Just Skip Sammy’s Snowball Bessie Bunter in Luck |
Frank Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards Owen Conquest Charles Hamilton Frank Richards Frank Richards Hilda Richards |
Greyfriars Greyfriars Jack Of All Trades Rookwood High Coombe Felgate Greyfriars Cliff House |
| 7 | 1960 | Coker’s Christmas Pudding Hard Lines At the Eleventh Hour Skip’s Stratagem Compton’s Catch The Rio Kid Horns In |
Frank Richards Frank Richards Charles Hamilton Frank Richards Charles Hamilton Ralph Redway |
Greyfriars Greyfriars Popolaki Patrol Felgate High Coombe Rio Kid |
| 8 | 1961 | Brainy Bunter Both Bunters and a Box Home for the Hols! A Rookwood Rag One Good Turn Surprise for Sammy Unexpected |
Frank Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards Owen Conquest Frank Richards Frank Richards Frank Richards |
Greyfriars Greyfriars Greyfriars Rookwood Jack Of All Trades Greyfriars Felgate |