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Mandeville and Spring Books.

Mandeville and Spring published a number of genuine Hamilton tales in the late 1940's and early 1950's.

You can find more detail of the Mandeville and Spring books in the publications section of  The Greyfriars Index

School/Character Book Title Illustrator Publisher Year Notes
St Jim's Tom Merry & Co. of St. Jim’s CH Chapman Mandeville 1949 (Reprinted by Spring 1949) as Martin Clifford
St Jim's The Secret of the Study CH Chapman Mandeville 1949 (Reprinted by Spring 1950) as Martin Clifford
St Jim's Rallying Round Gussy CH Chapman Mandeville 1950 as Martin Clifford
St Jim's The Scapegrace of St. Jim’s CH Chapman Mandeville 1951 (Reprinted by Spring 1951) as Martin Clifford
St Jim's Talbot’s Secret CH Chapman Mandeville 1951 (Reprinted by Spring 1952) as Martin Clifford
St Jim's Tom Merry & Co. of St. Jim’s   Spring 1949 as Martin Clifford
St Jim's The Secret of the Study   Spring 1950 as Martin Clifford
St Jim's The Scapegrace of St. Jim’s   Spring 1951 as Martin Clifford
St Jim's Talbot’s Secret   Spring 1952 as Martin Clifford
St Jim's The Secret of the Study   Spring 1955 As Frank Richards
St Jim's Tom Merry & Co of St Jim's   Spring 1955 As Frank Richards
St Jim's Tom Merry & Co. - Caravanners   Spring 1955 As Frank Richards
St Jim's Tom Merry's Triumph   Spring 1955 As Frank Richards
St Jim's The Disappearance of Tom Merry   Spring 1957 As Frank Richards
St Jim's Through Thick and Thin   Spring 1957 As Frank Richards
St Jim's Trouble for Tom Merry   Spring 1957 As Frank Richards
St Jim's Cardew’s Catch   Spring 1958 As Frank Richards
St Jim's Down and Out!   Spring 1958 As Frank Richards
Rookwood The Rivals of Rookwood School   Mandeville 1951 (Reprinted by Spring 1951) As Owen Conquest
Rookwood The Rivals of Rookwood School   Spring 1951 As Owen Conquest

 

Spring Book Compilations.

Around 1960 Spring books released a number of hardback books containing Hamilton stories. They were mostly reprints from Tom Merry's own, Billy Bunter's own and the Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport.

Title

Contents

 Spring 1960
New Target Book for Boys Just Like Bunter [Greyfriars] (From Tom Merry's Own 1954)
Leg up for Langdale (From Glendenning 1954)		 Spring 1960
New Target Book for Girls Jack and Jill [Jack Free] (From Billy Bunter's Own 1954)
Bessie Bunter Forgets [Cliff House] (From Tom Merry's Own 1953)		 Spring 1960
Big Parade for Boys Perkinson's Promise [Felgate] (From Glendenning 1951)
Bad Luck for Bundle [Dolcot] (From Tom Merry's Own 1954)
Bad Luck for Billy Bunter [Greyfriars] (From Tom Merry's Own 1951)
Trouble for Three [Felgate] (From Glendenning 1954)
Spot of Luck [Felgate] (From Glendenning 1951)
Sportsman [Felgate] (From Glendenning 1950)		 Spring 1959
The New Parade for Boys Foes of the Forest [Popolaki Patrol] (From Billy Bunter's Own 1953)
Lovell on the Warpath [Rookwood] (From Tom Merry's Annual 1949)
Just Like Jack [Jack of All Trades] (From Tom Merry's Annual 1949)		 Spring 1960
Searchlight Adventure Stories for Boys Chancing it with Charne (From Glendenning 1950)
Treasure of Temooka [Ken King] (From Billy Bunter's Own 1953)		 Spring 1961