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Modern World [v 1 #41, Dec 28, 1940] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • Training for Invasion • Bernard Hogben • ar 4 • Toys Help Win the War • Anon. • ar 5 • They want to Drain the Mediterranean • C. Boff • ar 6 • Blitzkrieg over Britain • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 8 • Handling Our Wheat • Anon. • ar 9 • Guns and Films Defeat the Raider • Bryan S. McCann • ar 10 • Menace of the Fish-Men [Part 2 of 5] • Bower Mason • sl 12 • Streamlinging Ships • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley
Modern World [v 1 #42, Jan 4, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • U-Boat Threat in the Atlantic • W. E. Stanton-Hope • ar 4 • The “Army of the Nile” Attacks • B. H. • ar 5 • Night Trainer for R.A.F. • Bryan S. McCann • ar 6 • Browning Automatic Rifle • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 8 • Give Them Eyes • Bernard Hogben • ar 9 • Army on Bikes • J. N. Bennett • ar 10 • Menace of the Fish-Men [Part 3 of 5] • Bower Mason • sl 12 • Crossing-Sweepers of the Ports • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley
Modern World [v 1 #43, Jan 11, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • The Giant Eye of Palomar • Van E. Carroll • ar 4 • Sea-Gates of Suez • W. E. Stanton Hope • ar 5 • Ears of the Air Force • Bernard Hogben • ar 6 • The Epic of Taranto • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 8 • Billion Candle-Power Flash Bomb • Anon. • ar 9 • Fighting Big Blazes with Tanks of Fog • Anon. • ar 10 • Menace of the Fish-Men [Part 4 of 5] • Bower Mason • sl 12 • Bayonet Fighting • Anon. • ia
Modern World [v 1 #44, Jan 18, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • Britain Rebuilt • Bernard Hogben • ar 4 • You Can’t be Colder Than This • Charles Boff • ar 5 • R.A.F. in the East • Bryan S. McCann • ar 6 • United States Sea Power • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley 8 • Speed the Plough • Anon. • ar 9 • Defence in Depth • Patrick Nichol • ar 10 • Menace of the Fish-Men [Part 5 of 5] • Bower Mason • sl 12 • Landing Mats for Seaplanes • Anon. • ia; illus. Link Studios
Modern World [v 1 #45, Jan 25, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • Supply Transport in the Western Desert • W. E. Stanton Hope • ar 4 • Artificial Sunlight for Shelter Dwellers • Anon. • ar 5 • Fighting on the Roof of the World • Anon. • ar; condensed from Philadelphia Inquirer, 1940. 6 • The Art of Sniping • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 8 • Naval Strongholds of the Pacific • Anon. • ar 9 • The Greek Air Force • Bryan S. McCann • ar 10 • The Great Hart of Bowmanston • W. J. Passingham • ss 12 • Exporting Wheat from an Ice-Locked Port • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley
Modern World [v 1 #46, Feb 1, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • How the R.A.F. Finds Its Targets • Bryan S. McCann • ar 4 • The Voice of a Great Democracy • Anon. • ar 5 • Importance of Patrols • Anon. • ar 6 • Browning Heavy Machine Gun • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 8 • Trained to Fight Flame and Smoke • B. H. • ar 9 • Abyssinia in Revolt • Bernard Hogben • ar 10 • The Missing Submarine • S. S. Johnson • ss; illus. John Woods 12 • Anti-Rolling Devices • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley
Modern World [v 1 #47, Feb 8, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • Mightier Yet! • Bryan S. McCann • ar 3 • Mobility in Lighning Wars • Anon. • ar 4 • We Must Not Waste Our Wood Wealth • Van E. Carroll • ar 5 • £100,000 Hospital Crosses Atlantic • Bernard Hogben • ar 6 • Refitting and Victualling a Battle Cruiser • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 8 • Cracking Open Nazi Industry • C. Boff • ar 9 • Training Troops by Landscape Targets • Anon. • ar 10 • Pressure from the Captain • Kerslake U. Bourne • ss 12 • Using the Rifle Against Aircraft • Anon. • ia
Modern World [v 1 #48, Feb 15, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • The Battle Fleet in Action • W. Stanton Hope • ar 4 • Tactics on the Sand Table • Anon. • ar 5 • Pressing Out a New World • Bernard Hogben • ar 6 • World’s Largest Warplane • Anon. • ia; illus. Frederick Parker 8 • Radio Spies of America • B. H. • ar 9 • Flying Over Mountains in a Room • Anon. • ar 10 • Valley of Flying Peril [Part 1 of 3] • Charles Boff • sl 12 • Monitors and Gunboats • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley
Modern World [v 1 #49, Feb 22, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • Wrecked Ships Sail Again • Louis S. Mansfield • ar 4 • Make Yourself an Invisible Man • B. S. M. • ar 5 • From Oil Well to Battlefield • W. Stanton Hope • ar 6 • Little Ships of the Royal Navy and R.A.F. • Anon. • ia; illus. Frederick Parker 8 • Training the Night Fighter • Bryan S. McCann • ar 9 • Germ-Free Air in Future Homes • Bernard Hogben • ar 10 • Valley of Flying Peril [Part 2 of 3] • Charles Boff • sl 12 • Maintenance of a Business House • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley
Modern World [v 1 #50, Mar 1, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • How Fire Watchers Can Beat Incendiart Bombs • Anon. • ar 3 • Navigation by the Stars • Anon. • ar 4 • Glass Furniture from Plastics • Anon. • ar 5 • Robot Radium Detective • Bower Mason • ar 6 • The Ship of the Future • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 8 • Valley of Flying Peril [Part 3 of 3] • Charles Boff • sl 11 • Falling from the Clouds • Donald Buchanan • ar 12 • The Importance of Steel in Wartime • Anon. • ia
Modern World [v 1 #51, Mar 8, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • Model-Making to Win the War • Anon. • ar 4 • Science Looks Back 100 Years • Bernard Hogben • ar 5 • Aerodrome Fire Brigade • B. S. M. • ar 6 • The Yankee Clipper • Anon. • ia; illus. A. O. Pulford 8 • Phosphates from a Pacific Island • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley 9 • Hard Work Corvettes • B. T. H. • ar 10 • Their Faces Turned Green • W. J. Passingham • ss 12 • Standard Ships • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley
Modern World [v 1 #52, Mar 15, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • Express Highway • Anon. • ar Motor, 1940 4 • America’s Wonder Rifle • Anon. • ar 5 • Sea Forts Call Halt to Nazi Troops • B. Tunbridge • ar 6 • The Theory of Small Arms Fire • Anon. • ia 8 • Eyes of the Fleet • Bernard Hogben • ar 9 • Miracles of Modern Surgery • Anon. • ar 10 • Trial by Error • Kerslake U. Bourne • ss 12 • Lifting Giant Ships at Sea • Anon. • ia; illus. A. O. Pulford
Modern World [v 2 #53, Mar 22, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • Bucking Broncos of the Air • Ralph Michaelis • ar 4 • Keeping the Lines Clear Through the Blitz • Bernard Hogben • ar 5 • Giant Camera Speeds Plane Production • Anon. • ar 6 • Our Allied Fleets • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley 8 • Cities Lit by Mobile Generators • B. Tunbridge • ar 9 • Arm Fitness Guards Your Health • Anon. • ar 10 • Expert Touch • Kerslake U. Bourne • ss 12 • Movement by Night • Anon. • ia
Modern World [v 2 #54, Mar 29, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 • Plan Post-War Education Now! • Constance Richardson • ar 4 • Japan Trains Her Youth • Anon. • ar 5 • Finding Your Way in the Air • Ralph Michaelis • ar 6 • Hornets’ Nest of the Mediterranean • Anon. • ia 8 • Soldiers from the Skies • Karl Nohle • ar; condensed from Merchants Illustrated, New York, 1941. 10 • Rayon Yarn by New Process • Anon. • ar 11 • The War Hits “Modern World” • Anon. • ar 12 • Living and Repairing Deep Sea Cables • Anon. • ia; illus. A. O. Pulford
The Monster Library of Complete Stories
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#1, November 1925] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • The Schoolboy Treasure Seekers [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/158-165, 15 Jun-3 Aug 1918
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#2, December 1925] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • The Black Sheep of the Remove [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/170-177, 7 Sep-26 Oct 1918
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#3, January 1926] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • The Tyrant of St. Frank’s [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/187-194, 4 Jan-22 Feb 1919
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#4, February 1926] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

• The Boy from Bermondsey [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/178-185, 2 Nov-21 Dec 1918
• The Case of the Cabinet Secrets [“The Case of the Carrier Pigeons”; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • ss (r); Sexton Blake Library 1/132, Jul 1920
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#5, March 1926] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • The Bullies of St. Frank’s; or, The Mysterious X [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/195-204, 1 Mar-3 May 1919
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#6, April 1926] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • Expelled! [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/205-212, 10 May-28 Jun 1919
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#7, May 1926] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • ’Neath African Skies [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/213-220, 5 Jul-23 Aug 1919
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#8, June 1926] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • St. Frank’s in London! [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/221-228, 30 Aug-18 Oct 1919
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#9, July 1926] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • The Boy from the ’Bush’, or, The Brand of the Twin Stars [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/312-319, 28 May-16 Jul 1921
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#10, August 1926] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • The Spendthrift of St. Frank’s [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/240-249
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#11, September 1926] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • The Barring-Out at St. Frank’s! [St. Franks] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/229-236; illus. J. H. Valda
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#12, October 1926] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • The Mystery Master [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/256-263, 1 May-19 Jun 1920; illus. J. H. Valda
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#13, November 1926] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • The Voyage of the Wanderer [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/265-272, 3 Jul-21 Aug 1920
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#14, December 1926] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • The Ghost of Bannington Grange [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/284-290, 13 Nov-25 Dec 1920
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#15, January 1927] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • The Boy Who Vanished [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/275-283, 11 Sep-6 Nov 1920
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#16, February 1927] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • St. Frank’s on the Spree [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/294-303, 22 Jan-26 Mar 1921
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#17, March 1927] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • Prisoners of the Mountain [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/304-311, 2 Apr-21 May 1921
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#18, April 1927] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • The Remove in the Wild West [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/320-327, 23 Jul-10 Sep 1921
The Monster Library of Complete Stories [#19, May 1927] ed. Anon. (1/-, 128pp)

1 • Rebels of the Remove [St. Frank’s] • Edwy Searles Brooks • n. (r); from Nelson Lee Library 1/338-348, 26 Nov 1921-4 Feb 1922
My Favourite Story: Selected Stories for Girls
My Favourite Story: Selected Stories for Girls [undated (1948)] (The Thames Publishing Co., 128pp, hc, cover by ?); Issued in d/j. Cover shows an auburn and blue-eyed girl holding two spaniel puppies. Frontispiece by ?; also includes 8 colour plates. Note: later reprinted in identical form but with only 4 plates. 7 • Father Time and His Pattern Book • Enid Blyton • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling 12 • The Surprising Day • Angela Brazil • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling 17 • Rescue in the Snows • Elinor Mary Brent-Dyer • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling 26 • Dog of My Dreams • Phyllis Briggs • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling 32 • Rosalind to the Rescue • Douglas V. Duff • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling 49 • Perilous Pass • Mary Gervaise • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling 56 • Cruise of the “Carewalk” • Olive L. Groom • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling 64 • Caravan to the Cape • Bertha Leonard • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling 80 • Danger Tide • F. W. Ludlam • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling 89 • Flood in the Fens • Winifred Norling • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling 97 • The Lion That Liked Peppermints • Evadne Price • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling 109 • The Elephant’s Right of Way • V. F. Wells • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling 115 • The Rose Patrol • May Wynne • ss; illus. P. B. Hickling
The Nelson Lee Library
The Nelson Lee Library [#1, June 12, 1915] ed. Anon. (1d, 48+iv) 1 • The Mystery of Limehouse Reach [by A. C. Murray; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • na 45 • The Boys of Ravenswood College; or, Dick Clare’s Schooldays [Part 1 of 18] • S. Clarke-Hook • sl
The Nelson Lee Library [#2, June 19, 1915] ed. Anon. (1d, 48+iv) 1 • The Case of the Secret Room [by Norman Goddard; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • na 38 • The Boys of Ravenswood College; or, Dick Clare’s Schooldays [Part 2 of 18] • S. Clarke-Hook • sl
The Nelson Lee Library [#3, June 26, 1915] ed. Anon. (1d, 48+iv) 1 • The Clue of the Straw Hat; or, The Waiting-Room Mystery [by William J. Bayfield; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • na (r); given as ’The Clue of the Straw Sailor Hat’ on cover 39 • The Boys of Ravenswood College; or, Dick Clare’s Schooldays [Part 3 of 18] • S. Clarke-Hook • sl
The Nelson Lee Library [#4, July 3, 1915] ed. Anon. (1d, 48+iv, cover by Val) 1 • The Case of the Interned Detective [by A. C. Murray; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • na 45 • The Boys of Ravenswood College; or, Dick Clare’s Schooldays [Part 4 of 18] • S. Clarke-Hook • sl
The Nelson Lee Library [#5, July 10, 1915] ed. Anon. (1d, 48+iv) 1 • The Great Submarine Mystery [by Robert Murray Graydon; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • na 43 • The Boys of Ravenswood College; or, Dick Clare’s Schooldays [Part 5 of 18] • S. Clarke-Hook • sl
The Nelson Lee Library [#6, July 17, 1915] ed. Anon. (1d, 48+iv) 1 • Stolen Property; or, The Mystery of Room 124 [by William J. Bayfield; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • na 45 • The Boys of Ravenswood College; or, Dick Clare’s Schooldays [Part 6 of 18] • S. Clarke-Hook • sl
The Nelson Lee Library [#7, July 24, 1915] ed. Anon. (1d, 48+iv, cover by Val) 1 • A Miscarriage of Justice; or, In the Grip of the Law [by John Staniforth; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • na 40 • The Boys of Ravenswood College; or, Dick Clare’s Schooldays [Part 7 of 18] • S. Clarke-Hook • sl
The Nelson Lee Library [#8, July 31, 1915] ed. Anon. (1d, 48+iv, cover by E. E. Briscoe) 1 • The Convict’s Dilemma [by John Staniforth; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • na 43 • The Boys of Ravenswood College; or, Dick Clare’s Schooldays [Part 8 of 18] • S. Clarke-Hook • sl
The Nelson Lee Library [#9, August 7, 1915] ed. Anon. (1d, 48+iv, cover by A. Jones) 1 • Nelson Lee-Cracksman; or, A Thief’s Redemption [by A. C. Murray; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • na 44 • The Boys of Ravenswood College; or, Dick Clare’s Schooldays [Part 9 of 18] • S. Clarke-Hook • sl
The Nelson Lee Library [#10, August 14, 1915] ed. Anon. (1d, 48+iv, cover by A. Jones) 1 • Shadowed By Two; or, The Renegade [by Norman Goddard; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • na 41 • The Boys of Ravenswood College; or, Dick Clare’s Schooldays [Part 10 of 18] • S. Clarke-Hook • sl
The Nelson Lee Library [#11, August 21, 1915] ed. Anon. (1d, 48+iv, cover by A. Jones) 1 • The War Factory Mystery; or, The Man from Krupp’s [by William J. Bayfield; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • na 44 • The Boys of Ravenswood College; or, Dick Clare’s Schooldays [Part 11 of 18] • S. Clarke-Hook • sl
The Nelson Lee Library [#12, August 28, 1915] ed. Anon. (1d, 48+iv, cover by A. Jones) 1 • British to the Backbone; or, The Great Troop Train Mystery [by William J. Bayfield; Nelson Lee] • Anon. • na 45 • The Boys of Ravenswood College; or, Dick Clare’s Schooldays [Part 12 of 18] • S. Clarke-Hook • sl

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