These volumes were published in print runs of 400 or 500 copies, each individually numbered and signed by the publisher Howard Baker. Once the programme got going, readers were encouraged to subscribe to a run of planned future volumes (one volume published every two months) by submitting an intent form, and then paying for each volume as it was printed.
Each volume was bound in imitation green leather, and came in a slip case, and cost £16. From volume 55 onwards the price increased to £18, and from volume 77 onwards the slip case was replaced by a clear plastic wrapper.
The final volumes were reduced to a print run of 200 copies, although additional copies were printed and sold as individual Magnet facsimile issues.
You can see a couple of original Book Club catalogues at the Friardale site in the ephemera section.
* Limited edition paperback reprint (400 copies at £25) published in 1983.
No. |
Title |
Print run |
Issue numbers |
Year |
Published |
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|
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1 |
The Worst Boy at Greyfriars |
400 |
M 879-888 |
1924-1925 |
1975 |
2 |
Loder For Captain |
400 |
M 923-931 |
1925 |
1975 |
3 |
The Making of Harry Wharton * |
400 |
M 1-10 |
1908 |
1975 |
4 |
Harry Wharton & Co. In India |
400 |
M 960-970 |
1926 |
1975 |
5 |
Tom Merry's Schooldays |
400 |
G 1/1-15 |
1907 |
1976 |
6 |
Paul Dallas at Greyfriars |
400 |
M 997-1004 |
1927 |
1976 |
7 |
The Greyfriars' Crusaders |
500 |
M 247-254 |
1912 |
1976 |
8 |
The Sheikh at Greyfriars |
500 |
M 862-869 |
1924 |
1976 |
9 |
The Boy From the Underworld |
500 |
M 1297-1307 |
1932-1933 |
1976 |
10 |
The Bullseye |
400 |
B 1-10 |
1931 |
1976 |
11 |
The Treasure Hunters |
500 |
M 1017-1026 |
1927 |
1976 |
12 |
Harry Wharton & Co. In Africa |
500 |
M 766, 768-774, 776 |
1922 |
1977 |
13 |
New Boys at Greyfriars |
500 |
M 43-50, 59 |
1908-1909 |
1977 |
14 |
Levison's Return |
500 |
M 789, 793-799 |
1923 |
1977 |
15 |
The Boxer of Greyfriars |
500 |
M 985-990, 994-995 |
1927 |
1977 |
16 |
Cock of the Walk |
500 |
M 176-184 |
1911 |
1977 |
17 |
The Outcast of the School |
400 |
G 759-767 |
1922 |
1977 |
18 |
The Bounder of Greyfriars |
500 |
M 117-125 |
1910 |
1978 |
19 |
Tatters of the Remove |
500 |
M 1195-1203 |
1931 |
1978 |
20 |
Harry Wharton & Co. in Hollywood |
500 |
M 1092-1099 |
1929 |
1978 |
21 |
The Greyfriars' Filmstars |
500 |
M 1100-1107 |
1929 |
1978 |
22 |
The Schoolboy Caravanners |
500 |
M 682, 689, 693, 704-709, 715 |
1921 |
1978 |
23 |
The Toff of St. Jim’s |
400 |
G 334-341, 351-353 |
1914 |
1978 |
24 |
The Fall of the Bounder |
500 |
M 487-494 |
1917 |
1979 |
25 |
Action at Greyfriars |
500 |
M 1161-1168 |
1930 |
1979 |
26 |
The Toad of the Remove |
500 |
M 1016, 1028-1029, 1031-1034 |
1927 |
1979 |
27 |
The Flogging Judge Jeffreys |
500 |
M 496-498, 501-505, 507-508, 510-511 |
1917 |
1979 |
28 |
Tom Redwing's Triumph |
500 |
M 517-522, 525-526, 528, 530-533 |
1918 |
1979 |
29 |
Bob Cherry - Swot |
500 |
M 975-979, 981-984 |
1926 |
1979 |
30 |
The Greyfriars' Plotters |
500 |
M 100-107 |
1910 |
1980 |
31 |
The Removal of Horace Coker |
500 |
M 144-151 |
1910 |
1980 |
32 |
St. Jim’s Forever |
500 |
G 729-732, 743-747, 749-751 |
1922 |
1980 |
33 |
The Mystery of Pengarth |
400 |
M 806-812, 814 |
1923 |
1980 |
34 |
Mick the Gypsy |
400 |
M 819-823, 828-830 |
1923-1924 |
1980 |
35 |
De Vere and the Silver Scud |
400 |
M 749-753, 755-759 |
1922 |
1980 |
36 |
The Sixth Form Rebellion |
400 |
M 729-730, 737-739, 743-745, 748 |
1922 |
1981 |
37 |
Jim Lee's Secret |
400 |
M 763-765, 779, 781-784, 787 |
1922 |
1981 |
38 |
The Bounder's Feud |
400 |
M 841, 843, 846, 853-855, 858-860 |
1924 |
1981 |
39 |
The Schoolboy Speculator |
400 |
M 412-413, 415-416, 418-420 |
1916 |
1981 |
40 |
The Prince of Greyfriars |
400 |
M 422-423, 425, 429, 433-435 |
1916 |
1981 |
41 |
The First Boy’s Paper Omnibus |
400 |
The Marvel 79, Young Britain 4, The Champion 1239, The Thriller 299, Black Bess Library 23, Boy’s Cinema 936, The Popular 2/404, Scoops 7 |
1905, 1919, 1945, 1934, 1922, 1937, 1926, 1934 |
1981 |
42 |
The Greyfriars’ Challenge |
400 |
M 11-20 |
1908 |
1981 |
43 |
The Famous Four |
400 |
M 21-30 |
1908 |
1982 |
44 |
Greyfriars versus St. Jim’s |
400 |
M 31-40 |
1908 |
1982 |
45 |
Harry Wharton’s Recruits |
400 |
M 51-60 |
1909 |
1982 |
46 |
The Greyfriars’ Picnic |
400 |
M 61-70 |
1909 |
1982 |
47 |
Harry Wharton’s Bank Holiday |
400 |
M 71-80 |
1909 |
1982 |
48 |
Bunter the Bully |
400 |
M 81-90 |
1909 |
1983 |
49 |
The Greyfriars’ Christmas |
400 |
M 91-98 |
1909 |
1983 |
50 |
The Remove to the Rescue |
400 |
M 41-42, 99, 108-112 |
1908, 1910 |
1983 |
51 |
Harry Wharton's Peril |
400 |
M 113-116, 126-128 |
1910 |
1983 |
52 |
Captain Bob Cherry |
400 |
M 129-135 |
1910 |
1983 |
53 |
Billy Bunter's Kick-Off |
400 |
M 136-143 |
1910 |
1983 |
54 |
The St. Jim’s' Christmas Barring-Out |
400 |
G 776-784 |
1922-1923 |
1984 |
55 |
John Bull Junior |
300 |
M 152-158 |
1911 |
1984 |
56 |
Wingate's Chum |
300 |
M 159-165 |
1911 |
1984 |
57 |
The Fall of Harry Wharton |
300 |
M 166-172 |
1911 |
1984 |
58 |
The King's Guest |
300 |
M 173-175, 185-188 |
1911 |
1984 |
59 |
The Outlaws of the School |
300 |
M 189-195 |
1911 |
1984 |
60 |
The Expulsion of Harold Skinner |
300 |
M 196-199, 201-203 |
1911 |
1985 |
61 |
Spoofing the School |
300 |
M 232-237 |
1912 |
1985 |
62 |
Coker Minor - Sixth Former or The Form Master's Secret |
300 |
M 238-244 |
1912 |
1985 |
63 |
Harry Wharton's Win |
300 |
M 245-246, 255, 282-284 |
1912-1913 |
1985 |
64 |
The Sports of the School |
300 |
M 285-290 |
1913 |
1985 |
65 |
Bravo the Bounder ! |
300 |
M 291-296 |
1913 |
1985 |
66 |
Vernon-Smith at Large |
300 |
M 297-302 |
1913 |
1986 |
67 |
Harry Wharton's Christmas |
300 |
M 303-307 |
1913 |
1986 |
68 |
Greyfriars Versus Highcliffe |
300 |
M 308-313 |
1914 |
1986 |
69 |
Peter and Alonzo |
300 |
M 314-319 |
1914 |
1986 |
70 |
The Arrival of William Wibley |
300 |
M 320-325 |
1914 |
1986 |
71 |
The Missing Master |
300 |
M 326-331 |
1914 |
1986 |
72 |
The Greyfriars' Trippers |
300 |
M 332-337 |
1914 |
1987 |
73 |
The Greyfriars' Suffragette |
300 |
M 338-342 |
1914 |
1987 |
74 |
A Lesson For Ponsonby |
300 |
M 343-348 |
1914 |
1987 |
75 |
The Grammar School Rivals |
300 |
M 349-354 |
1914 |
1987 |
76 |
Billy Bunter's Uncle |
|
M 355-359 |
1914 |
1987 |
77 |
The Cruise of the Famous Five |
200 |
M 360-365 |
1915 |
1987 |
78 |
Bunter's Banknotes |
200 |
M 366-371 |
1915 |
1988 |
79 |
The Gathering of The Schools |
200 |
M 372-376 |
1915 |
1988 |
80 |
Hurree Singh's Peril |
200 |
M 377-382 |
1915 |
1988 |
81 |
Lord Mauleverer's Bewitchment |
200 |
M 383-388 |
1915 |
1988 |
82 |
The Great Greyfriars' Rebellion |
200 |
M 389-393 |
1915 |
1988 |
83 |
At War With Greyfriars |
200 |
M 394-399 |
1915 |
1988 |
84 |
The Trial of Cecil Snaith |
200 |
M 400-405 |
1915 |
1989 |
85 |
Bunter the Masher |
200 |
M 406-411 |
1915 |
1989 |
86 |
Fish's Fag Agency |
200 |
M 257-261 [intended to be 256-261] |
1913 |
1989 |
87 |
Bob Cherry's Secret |
200 |
M 262-267 |
1913 |
1989 |
88 |
Friars Versus Saints |
200 |
M 268-273 [intended to be 268-274] |
1913 |
1989 |
89 |
Peter Todd's Chance |
200 |
M 274-279 [intended to be 275-281] |
1913 |
1989 |
90 |
Bunter’s Big Brother |
200 |
M 280-281, 465-470 |
1913, 1917 |
1990 |
91 |
The Herlock Sholmes of Greyfriars |
|
M 256, 471-478 |
1913, 1917 |
1990 |
92 |
The Greyfriars’ Colonials |
|
M 479-486 |
1917 |
1990 |
93 |
The Defence of Hurree Singh |
|
M 495, 499-500, 506, 509, 512, 514-516 |
1917 |
1990 |
A number of volumes were originally planned as volumes 61 onwards, but never published due to the scarcity of original Magnets:
|
The Duffer's Double |
|
M 204-210 |
1912 |
|
|
The Fight For the Captaincy |
|
M 211-217 |
1912 |
|
|
Harry Wharton's Windfall |
|
M 218-224 |
1912 |
|
|
The Remove Form's Feud |
|
M 225-231 |
1912 |
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