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Schoolboys' Pocket Library [1941]

Total Issues: 26

Issues & Index Sources: 1941 – 1950:

Story Paper Index

Publishers: Gerald G. Swan
Frequency: irregular

Schoolboys' Short Stories

Total Issues: 4

Entitled Schoolboys' Adventures; Schoolboys' Short Stories.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1944 – May-1946:

Story Paper Index

Publishers: Gerald G. Swan
Pagecounts: 36pp

School Cap

Total Issues: 10

An attempt to relaunch a Magnet-style paper after the war, with each issue containing a complete story of Rockcliffe School,

Issues & Index Sources: 8-Aug-1953 – 12-Dec-1953

Publishers:   Charles Buchan's Publications, 408 Strand, London W.C.2
Editors:   Basil Storey
Formats:   small tabloid; larger from #2
Pagecounts:   32pp

Schooldays [1891]

Total Issues: 173

Issues & Index Sources: 1-Mar-1891 – 1-May-1905

Publishers:   Commonwealth Pub., 5 Bridewell Place, London E.C.
Prices:   1d
Frequency:   monthly (1st of month)

Schooldays [1928]

Total Issues: 131

Issues & Index Sources

3-Nov-1928 – 2-May-1931

#incorporated into The Schoolgirl

Publishers

Amalgamated Press

The School Friend

Total Issues: 303+229=532

Story-paper; authors include Horace Phillips (taking over from Charles Hamilton as 'Hilda Richards').

Issues & Index Sources

17-May-1919 – 28-Feb-1925

7-Mar-1925 – 27-Jul-1929

#becomes The Schoolgirl

Publishers

Amalgamated Press

Editors

R.T. Eves

Formats

large digest (octavo)

Prices

1½d; 2d from 125

Pagecounts

20pp

Frequency

weekly (every Thursday)

The Schoolgirl

Total Issues: 56+564=620

Incorporates: Schooldays (?from 9-May-1931); Schoolgirls' Own from 30-May-1936

Issues & Index Sources

21-Feb-1922 – 13-Mar-1923

3-Aug-1929 – 18-May-1940

#incorporated into Girls' Crystal

Publishers

Shureys Publications Ltd. [Charles Shurey]
Amalgamated Press

Formats

small

Prices

Pagecounts

40pp; 28pp

Frequency

weekly (every Saturday)

Schoolgirl Libraries

Listed thus in Lofts with no further details. Robert South Ltd. was part of the Gramol group of companies.

Issues & Index Sources: 1934?

Publishers: Robert South Ltd

Schoolgirls

Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources

Jun-1894

#becomes Schoolgirls (Second Series)

Publishers

Marshall Bros.

Schoolgirls' Adventure Library

aka Schoolgirls' Story Library

Issues & Index Sources: 1963

(Note: both Lofts & Gifford give 1961; BR Cat lists this as starting 1963)

Publishers: Micron Publications (G.M. Smith)
Pagecounts: 68pp

Schoolgirls' Five-in-One

Total Issues: 1

Rebound remainders.

Issues & Index Sources: 1950

Publishers: Gerald G. Swan

Schoolgirls' Novel Library

Total Issues: 22

aka Schoolgirls' 4d Novel Library

Issues & Index Sources: 1930 – 1933

Publishers: Gramol

The Schoolgirls' Own

Total Issues: 798

Authors included Horace Phillips.

Issues & Index Sources

5-Feb-1921 – 23-May-1936

#incorporated into The Schoolgirl

Publishers

Amalgamated Press

Editors

Charles St. John Pierce (c. 1923 - 1924)

Formats

story paper

Prices

Pagecounts

36pp

Frequency

weekly

Schoolgirls' Own Library

Total Issues: 733

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1922 – Jun-1940:

Story Paper Index

#becomes Schoolgirls' Own Library (New Series)

Publishers

Amalgamated Press

Prices

4d; 4½d from #712

Pagecounts

64pp; 96pp from #336

Schoolgirls' Own Library

"Stories, approximately 36,000 words, for schoolgirls of all ages".

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Publishers: Fleetway Publications Ltd, Fleetway House, Farringdon St., London EC4
Frequency: twice-monthly

Schoolgirls' Own Library (New Series)

Total Issues: 410

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1946 – Sep-1963:

Story Paper Index

Publishers:   Amalgamated Press; Fleetway Publications
Editors:   1951 – 1961: Ernest McKeag
Prices:   7d; 8d from #115; 9d from #185; 10d from #231; 1/- from #311
Pagecounts:   96pp; 64pp from #21
Frequency:   2 per month