Annuals and Romance Digests - University of Dundee Archives

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MS 423/2

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Annuals and Romance Digests

Date(s)

c. 1956-1980 (Creation)

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1 Box

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Name of creator

Morris Heggie

Repository

University of Dundee Archive Services

Archival history

They were donated by Morris Heggie who was an editor at DC Thomson as well as a writer of Oor Wullie and The Broons.

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1/ Boys Will Be Boys, new and revised edition (1957), cover damaged 2/ The Beezer Book for Boys and Girls (1960 annual) writing on inside cover 3/ Beryl the Peril (1961 annual) writing on inside cover 4/ Beryl the Peril (1963 annual) 5/ Beryl the Peril (1965 annual) writing on inside cover 6/ The Buster Book of Gags! (1970) 7/ COR!! Comic Annual (1984) writing on inside cover 8/ Monster Book for Boys (1957) writing on inside cover 9/ The Rover Book for Boys (1956) 10/ Shiver and Shake Annual (1979) 11/ Smash Annual (1970) writing on inside 12/ Smash Fun Book (1971) writing on inside and back cover 13/The Sparky Book 1967 For Boys and Girls (1967) 14/ The Sparky Book 1968 For Boys and Girls (1968) 15/ The Sparky Book 1969 for Boys and Girls (1969) 16/ The Sparky Book for Boys and Girls (1970) 17/ Stories of Pluck (ND) 18/ Uncle Mac's Children's Hour Story Book (1952) writing on inside cover 19/ Wham! Annual (1968) 20/ Wham! Annual (1969) 21/ Blue Rosette Romances, No 10, Sweet Deceiver (ND) 22/ Blue Rosette Romances, No 14, A Girl in Danger (ND) 23/ Blue Rosette Romances, No 15, When Love Flames (ND) 24/ Blue Rosette Romances, No. 46, Kiss from a Stranger (ND) 25/ Blue Rosette Romances, No. 47, Holiday Paradise (ND) 26/ Blue Rosette Romances, No. 48, Strangers No Longer (ND) 27/ Commando, No. 4547, The Pigeon Patrol (2012) 28/ Dandy, Comic Library No. 211, Puss 'n' Boots in Pigs Can Fly (1992) 29/ Dandy, Comic Library No. 248, Puss 'n' Boots in "The Good Old 'Daze'!" (1993) 30/ Love & Life Library, No. 29, The Bad in Her (ND) 31/ Love & Life Library, No. 53, The Man from Hollywood (ND) 32/ Love & Life Library, No. 54 Dark Lover (ND) 33/ Love & Life Library, No. 63, Dangerous Moonlight (ND) 34/ Love & Life Library, No. 64, Latin Lover (ND) 35/ Love & Life Library, No. 65, Runaway Blonde (ND) 36/ Love & Life Library, No. 66, The Girl From Cheyenne (ND) 37/ Silver Moon Romances, No. 48, Strangers in the Dark (ND)

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Not expected

System of arrangement

There are 37 books total in this box. This box contains 20 books and comics annuals from publishers including Collins, DC Thomson, and Dean & Son. There are also 17 smaller digest comics from DC Thomson which are numbered and arranged after the larger books. The romance digests do not have dates and the information is not available online. The digests may need to be stored separately in sleeves to protect them.

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Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

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