John Bellamy [editor] — Daily Mail Boys Annual

London, Associated Newspapers Ltd. 1955-1958. Cloth. Three smart Boys Annuals from the Daily Mail, with the original dust wrappers. Three volumes. Illustrated throughout with many colour images. A collection of Boys Annuals from the Daily Mail newspaper, filled with stories, games, puzzles, things to make, picture strips, and informative articles for young boys. With features such as: secret codes, problems to solve, ciphers, verses, and more. Edited by John Bellamy, a British journalist, writer, and literary editor. This set includes: Daily Mail Boys Annual, 1956. Illustrated with sixteen full colour pages. Collated complete. With stories by W. E. Johns, Peter Heaton, A. W. Dalby-Phillips, A. B. Campbell, and Adam Wykes. Daily Mail Boys Annual, 1957. Illustrated with sixteen full colour pages. Collated complete. With stories by W. E. Johns, Gordon Summers, Hugh M. Lowe, Joseph Grace, and Eric Leyland. Daily Mail Boys Annual, 1958. Illustrated with sixteen full colour pages. Collated complete. With stories by W. E. Johns, H. Mortimer Batten, Guy Deakin, George Mell, and Sonni Krag. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original dust wrappers are unclipped other than the annual for 1956 which is price-clipped. Wrappers are also smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with light creases to the rear fly leaf of the annual for 1958. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small handling mark and light age toning to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.