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The Modern Boy [#198 v8, November 21, 1931] ed. Anon. (2d, 28pp) 2 • R.A.F. To the Rescue! • Misc. Material • il; illus. Westley 3 • Fastest Train on Earth! • Anon. • ar 4 • Crazy Notions! • W. E. Johns • ar 5 • The Racing Schoolboys • Alfred Edgar • ss 12 • A Signal-Controlled Steam Locomotive • Henry Greenly • ar 13 • Porker the Corker [Greystones] • George E. Rochester • ss 14 • Our Pictorial News Pages • Misc. Material • ms 19 • Flyers of the Northland [Part 8 of 9] • John Allan • sl 21 • The New Stamp Collecting • Douglas Armstrong • cl 26 • Metal Propellers for Model Planes • Modern Boy Air-Expert • ar 28 • The Editor Talks • Anon. • ed
The Modern Boy [#199 v8, November 28, 1931] ed. Anon. (2d, 28pp, cover by H. R.) 2 • The Latest in Bicycles-Once! • Misc. Material • il 3 • Battleship of the Skies! • Anon. • ar 4 • A Model Loco Cab • Henry Greenly • ar 5 • The Air Musketeers • Frank Shaw • ss 10 • A Lightweight Model Plane Fuselage • Modern Boy Air-Expert • ar 11 • Fighting Speedirons • Alfred Edgar • ss 16 • Our Pictorial News Pages • Misc. Material • ms 19 • Fire-Ships of Drake! • Jones Minor • ss 22 • The Editor Talks • Anon. • ed 23 • Flyers of the Northland [Part 9 of 9] • John Allan • sl 30 • Your Model Steam Locomotive • Henry Greenly • ar
The Modern Boy [#200 v8, December 5, 1931] ed. Anon. (2d, 32pp) 2 • A High-Speed Aerial Duel • Misc. Material • il; illus. Westley 3 • Hot-Stuff Motor-Bikes! • Anon. • ar 4 • Regional Crystal Set • Wireless Expert • ar 5 • Outlaw of the Seas [Captain Justice] • Murray Roberts • ss 11 • The Record Buster! • Alfred Edgar • ss 15 • The New Stamp Collecting • Douglas Armstrong • cl 16 • Our Pictorial News Pages • Misc. Material • ms 19 • When I Was Scared! • W. E. Johns • ar 20 • The Editor Talks • Anon. • ed 21 • The Temple of Terror • Frank Shaw • ss 26 • Model Plane Chat • Modern Boy Air-Expert • ar 30 • Your Model Clockwork Loco • Henry Greenly • ar
The Modern Boy’s Annual
The Modern Boy’s Annual 1931 [1930] (Amalgamated Press, 192pp, hc, cover by ?); Note: dated on title page, but not on cover. 3 • How I learned to Fly! • Modern Boy’s Air Expert • ar 9 • Speed-boat Sport • Anon. • ar 13 • A ‘King’ in the Making • Anon. • ar 19 • Facing Death for the Films • Anon. • ar 24 • Around the World’s Speedways • Anon. • ar 29 • The Fighting Spad! • Geoffrey Harwood • ss 43 • Fighting the Fire-Demon • Anon. • ar 49 • Feeling a Bridge’s Pulse • Anon. • ar 51 • Blazing a Railroad across Canada • Anon. • ar 53 • How does the Cap’n know where he’s going • Anon. • ar 54 • Timing Express Trains • Anon. • ar 56 • The World’s Most Wonderful Race • Anon. • ar 65 • What you can do with a Second-hand Motor-Bike • Anon. • ar 69 • Driving the 10-30 Limited! • Anon. • ar 73 • Speed on the Water • Anon. • ar 76 • How Inchcape was lit • Anon. • ar 77 • The Steeplejack’s Thrilling Job • Anon. • ar 79 • Where the Navy’s ‘Bark’ comes from • Anon. • ar 81 • A Little Job for the King! • Anon. • ar 85 • The Rocky Road to Film Fame • Anon. • ar 87 • Driving for a Win! • Anon. • ar 92 • First Aid for Ships • Anon. • ar 93 • Floating Aerodromes! • Anon. • ar 99 • Slashing Speed! • Alfred Edgar • ss 109 • Submarine Wonders • Anon. • ar 111 • The World’s Finest Aircraft • Modern Boy’s Air Expert • ar 118 • Human Moles • Anon. • ar 120 • How the Railways Chatter • Anon. • ar 123 • Strike a Light • Anon. • ar 124 • Motor-Cycles of the Water • Anon. • ar 128 • Traffic Controllers on the River • Anon. • ar 129 • Welding Wizardry • C. W. Brett • ar 133 • Parachuting Thrills • Anon. • ar 137 • The Ship of the Future • Anon. • ar 138 • Heavyweights of the Fleet! • Anon. • ar 143 • The Iron Link! • Roger Tremaine • ss 155 • My Model Navy • Entwhistle • ar 159 • Giant’ Music • Anon. • ar 160 • Building an Air-Liner • Anon. • ar 161 • High-Sea Salvage • Anon. • ar 167 • Railways that climb Mountains • Anon. • ar 171 • The Jolly Old Mudhook • Anon. • ar 173 • Dodging the Flames • Anon. • ar 174 • Up in the Crow’s Nest • Anon. • ar 175 • 25,000 Photos a Second • Anon. • ar 177 • Getting ready for a Great Race • Anon. • ar 179 • When the Fleet was young • Anon. • ar 185 • Dining at 60 m.p.h. • Anon. • ar 187 • Old King Coal • Anon. • ar 188 • Tickers that are always on Time • Anon. • ar 189 • Great Driving Feats • Anon. • ar 191 • You Can Read the Railway Signals • Anon. • ar
The Modern Boy’s Annual 1932 [1931] (Amalgamated Press, 192pp, hc, cover by ?) • Frontispiece • W. E. Johns • il 3 • The Desert Air Mail • Anon. • ar 5 • New Bridges Made to Measure • Anon. • ms 7 • By Special Express • Anon. • ar 11 • Thrills Awheel • Anon. • ar 13 • Admiration - Consternation • Anon. • ms 14 • The Floating Fish-shop • Anon. • ar 17 • A Fireworks War • Anon. • ar 22 • ’For to Get Sounding’s Clear’ • Anon. • ar 23 • The Old Brigade • Anon. • ar 27 • ’Next, Please!’ • Anon. • ar 29 • Redskin and Paleface • Anon. • ar 33 • The Second Round • George E. Rochester • ss; illus. W. E. Johns 40 • Sailors’ Language • Anon. • ar 41 • The Might of the Fleet • Anon. • ar 46 • Motor-bike Rough-riders • Anon. • ar 49 • Yards of Laughter! • Anon. • ar 51 • Sea-Coast Heroes • Anon. • ar 55 • Catapulting Aeroplanes • Anon. • ar 57 • A Giant Zeppelin Hangar • Anon. • ar 58 • Guns of famous H.M.S. Nelson • Leslie Wood • ms; illus. Leslie Wood 59 • Modern Magicians • Anon. • ar 61 • The Railway Moles • Anon. • ar 63 • The Boy who had never seen a Railway Engine • Anon. • ar 64 • The Rule of the Road at Sea • Anon. • ar 65 • Riding to Orders • Anon. • ar 68 • Mind the Bump • Anon. • ar 69 • My First Flight • Anon. • ar 71 • The Firemen’s Dress Rehearsal • Anon. • ar 76 • Perils of the Deep • Leslie Wood • ms; illus. Leslie Wood 77 • Isles of Adventure • Anon. • ar 81 • Taking the ’Rub’ out of Car-Polishing • Anon. • ar 82 • Life-Saving Signals • Anon. • ar 84 • A Lamp-Post Built in the Sea • Anon. • ar 85 • Blow the Paint! • Anon. • ar 86 • Full of Nothing! • Anon. • ms 87 • Admirals in the Making • Anon. • ar 91 • Amazing Trickery • Anon. • ar 93 • Rocket on Wheels • Anon. • ar 95 • The Greatest Port in the World • Anon. • ar 99 • The Terrible Torpedo • Anon. • ar 101 • Targa Florio! • Alfred Edgar • ss; illus. Roland Davies 109 • Collecting the World’s News • Anon. • ms 110 • Nerves of Steel • Anon. • ar 114 • The World’s Wonder-House • Anon. • ms 115 • Putting the Milk in the Bottle • Anon. • ar 117 • All the World’s Locos • Anon. • ar 121 • One Canal - £22,000,000! • Anon. • ar 122 • Lighthouses that look after Themselves • Anon. • ms 123 • Four Miles a Minute! • Anon. • ar 125 • With the Fleet Air Arm • Anon. • ar; illus. W. E. Johns 128 • Fishing from Aeroplanes • Anon. • ms 129 • Stuck-up Models • Anon. • ar 133 • Faking 40,000 Faces • Anon. • ar 137 • Black Diamonds • Anon. • ar 143 • The Lost Railway • Roger Tremaine • ss 153 • On the Wings of the Wind • Our Air Expert • ar 159 • Locos Old and New • Anon. • ms 161 • Ships o’ the Seven Seas • Anon. • ar 167 • Ingenious Midgets • Anon. • ar 170 • Speed Thrills Afloat • Anon. • ar 173 • Giant Buffers • Anon. • ms 174 • Ships’ Cargoes • Anon. • ar 176 • Free-Wheeling in a Motor-Car • Anon. • ms 177 • Stunting in the Air • Ex-R.A.F. Instructor • ar; illus. Howard Leigh 179 • Middle Watch in the Wireless Cabin • Anon. • ar 184 • Seals and Submarines • Anon. • ms 185 • The Modern Tourney • Anon. • ar 190 • Making the Cinders Fly • Anon. • ar
The Modern Boy’s Annual 1933 [1932] (Amalgamated Press, 192pp, hc, cover by ?) • Frontispiece • W. E. Johns • il 3 • Aboard a Tin Whale • Anon. • ar 11 • Make-Believe on the Films • Anon. • ar 15 • The Budding Airman • Anon. • ar 18 • Cars that will Fly • Anon. • ms 15 • Where Old Locos go • Anon. • ar 23 • Red Demon! • Anon. • ar 27 • Where your Pocket Money comes from • Anon. • ar 31 • Lumberjack • Anon. • ar 34 • Boring a way to Wales • Anon. • ar 35 • The Water Hawk • Geoffrey Harwood • ss 43 • Cowboys on the Screen • Anon. • ar 46 • The Train’s ’Tuck-Shop’ • Anon. • ms 47 • Jack of all Trades • Anon. • ar 48 • High Speed Post Offices • Anon. • ms 49 • A Railway Hospital • Anon. • ar 51 • £5 a Minute to Talk! • Anon. • ar 53 • One of the Black Arts • Anon. • ar 58 • Speeding Up • Anon. • ar 60 • Treasure Hunting up to Date • Anon. • ms 61 • Guns in the Air • Anon. • ar; illus. Howard Leigh 63 • Railways ’Soled and Heeled’ • Anon. • ar 65 • The Ocean Speedway • Anon. • ar 71 • Amazing Engineering • Anon. • ar 73 • Miracles with a Camera • Anon. • ar 78 • Smashing a World’s Record • Anon. • ar 80 • A Famous Australian Loco • Anon. • ms 81 • The Mud-Eaters • Anon. • ar 83 • Strange Motor-Races • Anon. • ar 87 • Doing Jack Frost’s Job • Anon. • ar 89 • Zoo-Ship Adventures • Anon. • ar 93 • Where the Bus Starts • Anon. • ar 96 • Built on Aircraft Lines • Anon. • ms 97 • The Liner’s Own Newspaper • Anon. • ar 99 • Beneath Desert Sands • Anon. • ar 101 • All Out for the Grand Prix! • Alfred Edgar • ss 113 • The World’s Skyways • Anon. • ar 117 • A Fortress under the Sea • Anon. • ms 118 • The Newsreel Men • Anon. • ar 119 • The Light that never fails • Anon. • ar 121 • Split Seconds • Anon. • ar 124 • How a Big Gun ’Barks’ • Anon. • ms 125 • Adventure! • Anon. • ar 132 • Glass you Cannot Break • Anon. • ar 133 • The ’Big Noises’ of Broadcasting • Anon. • ar 137 • Catching the Post • Anon. • ms 138 • That Bike of Yours • Anon. • ar 139 • Ten Miles High • Anon. • ar 143 • Pigeon Postmen • Anon. • ms 145 • The Desert Conquerors • John Allan • ss 156 • Men who make Airquakes • Anon. • ar 159 • Playing Tricks with Talk • Anon. • ar 162 • TheRailwayman’s Holiday • Anon. • ms 163 • Bringing the Railways up to date • Anon. • ar 167 • Battles among the Stars! • Anon. • ar 171 • Motor Cars in the Making • Anon. • ms 173 • Armoured Knights of the Sea • Anon. • ar 177 • Tiny Bulbs control Trains • Anon. • ms 178 • For the Love of Speed • Anon. • ar 180 • Queer Folk of Filmland • Anon. • ms 181 • Magic Power • Anon. • ar 184 • Escort for an Air Bomber! [by W. E. Johns, ?] • Anon. • ar; illus. Howard Leigh
The Modern Boy’s Annual 1934 [1933] (Amalgamated Press, 192pp, hc, cover by ?) 3 • Flying Acrobats • Anon. • ar 11 • The Buses’ Bath-Night • Anon. • ar 13 • Snowed Up! • Anon. • ar 17 • A Great Speedman - and his Great Car • Anon. • ms 19 • Power! • Anon. • ar 24 • New Coaches for Old • Anon. • ms 25 • No Speed Limit • Anon. • ar 31 • Keeping the Seas • Anon. • ar 41 • The Silver Train • John Brierly • ss; illus. Savile Lumley 51 • Behind the Phone • Anon. • ar 56 • Racing up a Hillside • Anon. • ms 57 • Making the Camera play Tricks • Anon. • ar 61 • Wireless to the Rescue • Anon. • ar 67 • Filmland Magic • Anon. • ar 72 • If you were a Signalman • Anon. • ar 73 • Adventures in the Air • W. E. Johns • ar 79 • Holiday Snaps • Anon. • ar 85 • Wonders in Wax • Anon. • ar 89 • It runs on Road or Rail • Anon. • ms 91 • Wrecking Trains for the Films • Anon. • ar 94 • A Flying Machine of the Future • Anon. • ms 95 • Running a Racing Pit • Anon. • ar 100 • Castaway! • Anon. • ar 101 • The Lone Flyer! • George E. Rochester • ss 109 • Sportsmen of the Snowlands! • Anon. • ms 111 • Trail Riders of the Rockies • Anon. • ar 113 • Lone Yatchsmen • Anon. • ar 118 • Fast Car • Anon. • ms 119 • A Railway in a Tube • Anon. • ar 125 • Airmen in the Making • Anon. • ar 128 • Over She Goes • Anon. • ms 129 • The Sportman’s Mount • Anon. • ar 137 • Mysteries of the Sea • Anon. • ar 143 • Speedirons! • Alfred Edgar • ss 152 • How Railway Signals ’Talk’ • Anon. • ar 155 • ’Blind’ Flying • Anon. • ar 160 • Tom Thumb Railways • Anon. • ar 161 • Hill-Climbers • Anon. • ar 168 • A Model Railway ’Museum’ • Anon. • ar 169 • Filming the News in Sound • Anon. • ar 175 • War Birds of the R.A.F • Anon. • ar 182 • Cars at Brooklands • Anon. • ms 183 • Round the Track • Anon. • ar 191 • Britain’s Biggest Bridge • Anon. • ar 192 • The World’s Champion Speed-King • Anon. • ms
The Modern Boy’s Annual 1935 [1934] (Amalgamated Press, 192pp, hc, cover by ?) • Frontispiece • W. E. Johns • il 3 • Filmlands Strangest Jobs • Anon. • ar 9 • Told in the Pilots Mess • Anon. • ar 13 • The Bridge They Couldnt Build • Anon. • ar 19 • Lair of The Ocean Giants • Anon. • ar 23 • A Modern Boy in the year 2500 • Anon. • ar 27 • The Flight without Finish • Anon. • ar 33 • Felling the Forest Giants • Anon. • ar 38 • The Death Ship • Roland Howard • ss 47 • Railway “Grand-Dads” • Anon. • ar 51 • “There She Blows” • Anon. • ar 57 • All The Kings Motors • Anon. • ar 59 • Fun with your Model plane • Anon. • ar 61 • Fighting for the Lead • Anon. • ar 62 • Up She Goes for a trip to China! • Anon. • ar 63 • Putting the Stars in your Rockets • Anon. • ar 65 • The Greatest Irrigation Scheme in the World • Anon. • ar 71 • Guardians of the Persian Gulf • Anon. • ar 75 • High Speed Highways • Anon. • ar 78 • The Cabin of an Air Liner • Anon. • ar 79 • Wild Inventions • Anon. • ar 81 • The Biggest & Smallest ever! • Anon. • ar 82 • Corkscrewing through a Mountain • Anon. • ar 83 • Grey Shadow! • George E. Rochester • ss 89 • A Real Treasure Island! • Anon. • ar 93 • Boy Stars of the Scren • Anon. • ar 95 • The Flight against Time • Anon. • ar 99 • Railway Giants of Tomorrow • Anon. • ar 103 • Racing in the Dark • Anon. • ar 109 • The Flying Daredevil • W. E. Johns • ar 110 • If you had lived there 150 Years ago • Anon. • ar 111 • The Shipwreck Squad • Anon. • ar 115 • Canadas Dog Derbies • Anon. • ar 117 • Amazing Bridges • Anon. • ar 121 • Missing Death by Inches • Anon. • ar 126 • Speedmans Luck • Anon. • ar 127 • Filming the Railway • Anon. • ar 130 • Testing Planes till they break • Anon. • ar 131 • A Farm that Works itself • Anon. • ar 133 • The Water Scortchers • Robert Moss • ss 140 • The Silk Express • Anon. • ar 141 • Floating Freaks • Anon. • ar 145 • Rivers of Iron • Anon. • ar 147 • Living in a Shoe • Anon. • ar 152 • Noises Off • Anon. • ar 152 • Building a Modern Bridge • Anon. • ar 154 • High Speed Laughs • Anon. • ar 155 • The Liners First Dip • Anon. • ar 157 • Safety Last • Anon. • ar 163 • Mountaineering by Train • Anon. • ar 165 • Gladiators of Speed • Anon. • ar 166 • Giant Mast for Kings Yacht • Anon. • ar 167 • King Coconut • Anon. • ar 170 • Excusions on the Sea Bed • Anon. • ar 172 • Getting a Light • Anon. • ar 173 • The Whole World Runs on Rubber • Anon. • ar 179 • Trails above the Snowline • Anon. • ar 183 • Wireless sets while you wait • Anon. • ar 186 • A Robot Model Barge • Anon. • ar 189 • Wingless Flyers • Anon. • ar
The Modern Boy’s Annual 1936 [1935] (Amalgamated Press, 192pp, hc, cover by ?) • Frontispiece • Serge Drigin • il 3 • Where the Speed Kings Race • Anon. • ar 8 • More Power for Railway Locos • Anon. • ar 10 • The Champion Grabber • Anon. • ar 11 • Growing up in the Air • Anon. • ar 16 • When the Earth goes Mad • Anon. • ar 19 • Hunting the Oceans Big Game • W. Stanton Hope • ar 24 • Flying to the Moon • Anon. • ar 27 • Rodeo • Anon. • ar 29 • Britain’s Wonder Ship • Anon. • ar 34 • Railway Records • Anon. • ar 36 • Filming the Limited Mail • Anon. • ar 37 • Radio Wonders in the Air • Anon. • ar 41 • Three Thousand Pounds a Bus • Anon. • ar 42 • Crashing Cars for Fun • Anon. • ar 45 • The Pearler of Madman’s Reef • Charles Hamilton • ss 57 • Fountains of Oil • Anon. • ar 61 • The Sky’s the Limit • Anon. • ar 65 • Filming Beneath the Sea • Anon. • ar 68 • War above the Clouds • Anon. • ar 72 • To Timbuktu by Motor Coach! • Anon. • ar 74 • What is it? • Anon. • ar 75 • Speed Thrills in the Snow • Anon. • ar 79 • Eggs and Scamble! • Anon. • ar 81 • Who’s for a Race • Anon. • ar 83 • Flyers of the Roaring Forties • Anon. • ar 88 • Weird Railways • Anon. • ar 92 • Play while you work • Anon. • ar 95 • Spooks in the Sky • Flying Officer W. E. Johns • ar 99 • When the King Review his Fleetl • Anon. • ar 101 • Winged Magic • Major George Fielding Eliot • ss; illus. Radcliffe Wilson 108 • The LSD of Speed • Anon. • ar 112 • One of the Fleets Ugly Sisters • Anon. • ar 113 • Railways on Wires • Anon. • ar 117 • Lucky Strikes • Anon. • ar 121 • Speed & Spray • Anon. • ar 125 • The First Motor-Race • Anon. • ar 126 • It Looks Real but its a Model • Anon. • ar 127 • Winged Warriors • Flying Officer W. E. Johns • ar 131 • Hill of Fortune • Kaye Campson • ss 141 • Jacks the Boy • Anon. • ar 143 • Fun on the Footplate • Anon. • ar 145 • Skyscraper Speedways • Anon. • ar 146 • Liners Sail over this Tunnel • Anon. • ar 149 • Would you like to be a Speedway Star • Anon. • ar 151 • Keeping Watch on the Weather • Anon. • ar 155 • High Jump for Aeroplanes • Anon. • ar 157 • Brainwaves • Anon. • ar 160 • A Mile below the Earth • Anon. • ar 162 • Racing Roughriders • Anon. • ar 166 • Decks Awash • Anon. • ar 171 • Did you ever see a House Walking • Anon. • ar 174 • Ready Set Go • Anon. • ar 175 • Sports You’ve Never Played • Anon. • ar 179 • They Froze this Bridge to make it Fit • Anon. • ar 183 • Thousand Ton Thumps • Anon. • ar 185 • Facing Death with a Camera • Anon. • ar 189 • Mighty Midgits • Anon. • ar

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