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Here you'll
find a collection of all the books I have relating to Hancock in
category c. This particular category is added to more often then either of the previous categories, so expect to see updates frequently. Any
additions that are added, will be highlighted in green text (for a week or so after first appearing), for easy recognition (by regulars),
on subsequent visits. You'll be able to click-and-go straight to the
latest addition/s. Virtually all of the books featured on the following
pages are now out of print. Only a few are current publications and
still available to buy. All can be found second-hand, if you look hard
enough. So keep those minces peeled!
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Books that mention 'the lad himself' in passing - 1953 to 2002 |
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| Key | Date | Publisher | Title and Author | H/b or P/b |
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1953 | T. Werner Laurie Ltd | It's Been Terrific by Ralph Reader | Hardback |
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1953 | T. Werner Laurie Ltd | Take It From Me by Jimmy Edwards | Hardback |
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1955 | Panther Books | Take It From Me by Jimmy Edwards | Paperback |
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1957 | C. Arthur Pearson Ltd | This is the Gang Show by Ralph Reader | Hardback |
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1959 | Max Parrish | Filling The Gap by Terry-Thomas | Hardback |
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1960 | D. Harper & Co. Ltd | Radio and Television Diary 1960 D. Harper & Co. Ltd | Paperback |
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196? | BBC Books | Television close-up BBC tv by BBC | Paperback |
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1962 | A Four Square Book | My Crazy Life by Bud Flanagan | Paperback |
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1964 | Hodder & Stoughton Ltd | Steptoe and Son by Galton & Simpson | Paperback |
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1965 | Pan Books Ltd | That Magnificent Air Race by John Burke | Paperback |
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1965 | Frederick Muller Ltd | Opportunity Knocked by Hughie Green | Hardback |
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1965 | Heinemann Educational Books Ltd | The Small Screen by Alan Hancock | Paperback |
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1966 | Pan Books Ltd | The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne | Paperback |
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1966 | Leslie Frewin Ltd | Here is the News by Richard Baker | Hardback |
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1969 | Mayflower Books | Julie Andrews by John Cottrell | Paperback |
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1971 | Longman Group Ltd | Steptoe and Son by Ray Galton & Alan Simpson | Paperback |
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1972 | Pitman & Sons Ltd | Those Vintage Years Of Radio by John Snagge & Michael Barsley | Hardback |
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1972 | New English Library | Test Your N. Q. (Nostalgia Quotient) by Denis Gifford | Paperback |
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1974 | Bailey Bros and Swinfen Ltd | Ralph Reader Remembers by Ralph Reader | Hardback |
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1974 | A Star Book | Eric & Ernie by Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise | Paperback |
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1974 | A Star Book (Reprint) | Eric & Ernie by Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise | Paperback |
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1974 | Marshall Cavendish Ltd | A Do You Remember Book: Television by Burton Graham | Hardback |
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1974 | Secker & Warburg | The Comic by Brian Glanville | Hardback |
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1974 | W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd | It's Been a Lot of Fun by Brian Johnston | Hardback |
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1975 | Bailey Bros and Swinfen Ltd | Ralph Reader Remembers by Ralph Reader | Paperback |
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1975 | William Kimber & Co. Ltd | Desert Island Discs by Roy Plomley | Hardback |
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1975 | The Woburn Press | Before Your Very Eyes by Arthur Askey | Hardback |
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1975 | W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd | Jack of All Trades by Jack Warner | Hardback |
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1975 | The Woburn Press | The Entertainers - George Formby by John Fisher | Hardback |
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1975 | Woburn / Futura | The Entertainers - George Formby by John Fisher | Paperback |
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1975 | Secker & Warburg | My Farce From My Elbow by Brian Rix | Hardback |
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1976 | W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd | All Above Board by Wilfrid Brambell | Hardback |
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1976 | New English Library | The Greasepaint War by John Graven Hughes | Hardback |
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1976 | W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd | On The Way I Lost It by Frankie Howerd | Hardback |
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1976 | Everest Books Ltd | The Story Of The Goons by Alfred Draper | Paperback |
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1976 | A Star Book | It's Been a Lot of Fun by Brian Johnston | Paperback |
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1977 | Sphere Books Ltd | The Goon Show Companion by Roger Wilmut | Paperback |
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1977 | Fontana Paperbacks | Desert Island Discs by Roy Plomley | Paperback |
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1977 | Everest Books Ltd | Oh, Yus, It's Arthur Mullard by Arthur Mullard | Paperback |
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1977 | A Star Book | On The Way I Lost It by Frankie Howerd | Paperback |
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1977 | Bodley Head Ltd | Facing the Nation by Grace Wyndham Goldie | Hardback |
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1978 | William Kimber & Co. Ltd | Bring Me Sunshine by Morecambe & Wise | Hardback |
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1978 | William Heinemann Ltd | The 50s (Fifties) by Peter Lewis | Hardback |
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1978 | Book Club Associates | The 50s (Fifties) by Peter Lewis | Hardback |
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1978 | Macdonald & Jane's | Fighting For A Laugh by Richard Fawkes | Hardback |
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1978 | The Paddington Press (US edition) | A Hard Act To Follow by Peter Leslie | Hardback |
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1978 | Barrie & Jenkins Ltd | Good Morning Boys - Will Hay by Ray Seaton & Roy Martin | Hardback |
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1979 | A Star Book | Evening All by Jack Warner | Paperback |
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1980 | Elm Tree Books Ltd | That Despicable Race by Brian Forbes | Hardback |
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1980 | Eyre Methuen Ltd | From Fringe To Flying Circus by Roger Wilmut | Hardback |
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1980 | Hutchinson and Co. Ltd | Situation Comedy by David Self (editor) | Paperback |
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1980 | The Macmillan Press Ltd | Teaching About Television by Len Masterman | Paperback |
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1980 | ITV Books / Michael Joseph | 25 Years On ITV 1955 -1980 by ITV and TVTimes | Paperback |
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1981 | Robson Books Ltd | The Goon Show Companion by Roger Wilmut | Hardback |
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1981 | Coronet Books | Acid Drops by Kenneth Williams | Paperback |
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1981 | Book Club Associates | Raising Caine by William Hall | Hardback |
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1982 | Elm Tree Books Ltd | Nothing Quite Like It by Ian Wallace | Hardback |
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1982 | Robson Books Ltd | Goon Abroad by Harry Secombe | Hardback |
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1982 | New English Library | Carol Comes Home by Carol White | Paperback |
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1983 | Granada Publishing Ltd | The Best Of Bentine by Michael Bentine | Hardback |
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1983 | Robson Books Ltd | Took's Eye View by Barry Took | Hardback |
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1983 | The Oakwood Press | Three Bridges To Tunbridge Wells by David Gould | Paperback |
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1983 | Fontana Paperbacks | Goon Abroad by Harry Secombe | Paperback |
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1983 | Secker & Warburg | First Houses - On becoming an actor by Peter Barkworth | Hardback |
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1983 | Elm Tree Books Ltd | Elstree - The British Hollywood by Patricia Warren | Hardback |
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1983 | Cortney Publications | A Mixed Bag (mostly about the Theatre) by Derek Salberg | Paperback |
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1983 | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | A Small Thing - Like an Earthquake by Ned Sherrin | Hardback |
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1984 | Elm Tree Books Ltd | Moon Boots and Dinner Suits by Jon Pertwee | Hardback |
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1984 | Unwin Paperbacks | The Nigel Rees Book Of Slogans & Catchphrases by Nigel Rees | Paperback |
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1984 | Hutchinson Paperbacks | Desert Island Lists by Roy Plomley with Derek Drescher | Paperback |
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1984 | Spellmount Ltd | Glenda Jackson by David Nathan | Hardback |
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1985 | Dover Publications Inc | The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne | Paperback |
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1985 | J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd | Just Williams by Kenneth Williams | Hardback |
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1985 | Guild Publishing / BCA Edition | Television. by Francis Wheen | Hardback |
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1985 | Elm Tree Books Ltd | A Clown Too Many by Les Dawson | Hardback |
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1985 | Methuen London Ltd | Up To You, Porky by Victoria Wood | Hardback |
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1986 | A Lythway Book / Chivers Press | Which One's Cliff? by Cliff Richard | Hardback |
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1986 | Century Hutchinson Ltd | Permission to Speak by Clive Dunn | Hardback |
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1986 | Robson Books Ltd | Drake's Progress by Charlie Drake | Hardback |
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1986 | Century Benham Ltd | Great TV Entertainment by Rosalie Horner | Paperback |
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1987 | Fontana Paperbacks | Just Williams by Kenneth Williams | Paperback |
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1987 | Columbus Books Ltd | Bring Me Laughter by Bruce Crowther & Mike Pinfold | Paperback |
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1987 | David & Charles | Theatrical Digs - Tales From The Green Room by Various | Hardback |
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1987 | Heinemann Educational Books Ltd / BFI | Teaching Popular Television by Mike Clarke | Paperback |
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1988 | Robson Books Ltd | The Best of Steptoe And Son by Galton & Simpson | Hardback |
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1988 | W. H. Allen & Co. Plc | The Benny Hill Story by John Smith | Hardback |
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1988 | A & C Black Ltd | Writing For Radio by Rosemary Horstmann |
Paperback |
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1988 | St. Martin's Press (US edition) | The Benny Hill Story by John Smith | Hardback |
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1989 | Pan Books Ltd | The Best of Steptoe And Son by Galton & Simpson | Paperback |
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1989 | Virgin Books | Ken Dodd - Laughter and Tears by Gus Smith | Hardback |
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1989 | Coronet Books | DG - The Memoirs of a British Broadcaster by Alasdair Milne |
Paperback |
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1989 | Fontana / Collins | A Clown Too Many by Les Dawson | Paperback |
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1989 | Methuen London Ltd | Didn't You Kill My Mother-In-Law? by Roger Wilmut & Peter Rosengard | Paperback |
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1989 | BBC Books | Face To Face with John Freeman | Hardback |
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1990 | Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd | Still On My Way To Hollywood by Ernie Wise | Hardback |
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1990 | Robson Books Ltd | Remembering Peter Sellers by Graham Stark | Hardback |
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1990 | A & C Black Ltd | Writing For Television by Gerald Kelsey | Paperback |
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1990 | Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd | A Point of View by Barry Took | Hardback |
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1990 | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | Kenneth Williams - A Biography by Michael Freedland | Hardback |
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1990 | Grafton Books | Saucy Boy - The Life Story of Benny Hill by Leonard Hill | Hardback |
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1990 | Robson Books Ltd | Terry-Thomas ...Tells Tales by Terry-Thomas with Terry Daum | Hardback |
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1990 | F. A. Thorpe Ltd | Ken Dodd - Laughter and Tears by Gus Smith | Hardback |
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1991 | Robson Books Ltd | Remembering Peter Sellers by Graham Stark | Paperback |
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1992 | Hodder and Stoughton | Stars In Battledress by Bill Pertwee | Hardback |
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1992 | Century Publishing | Don't Laugh At Me by Norman Wisdom with William Hall | Hardback |
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1992 | William Heinemann Ltd | A Divided Life by Bryan Forbes | Hardback |
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1992 | Robson Books Ltd | The Real Benny Hill by Margaret Forwood | Hardback |
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1992 | Grafton | Titter Ye Not! - The Life Of Frankie Howerd by William Hall | Paperback |
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1992 | Robson Books Ltd | Terry-Thomas ...Tells Tales by Terry-Thomas with Terry Daum | Paperback |
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1992 | BBC Books | The BBC: 70 years of broadcasting by John Cain | Hardback |
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1992 | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | Star Turns by Barry Took | Hardback |
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1992 | Arrow Books Ltd | Don't Laugh At Me by Norman Wisdom with William Hall | Paperback |
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1992 | Network Books / BBC | Radio Times Radio & Television Trivia Quiz Book by Neil Somerville | Paperback |
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1993 | Network Books / BBC | Televisions Greatest Hits by Paul Gambaccini & Rod Taylor | Paperback |
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1993 | Century Publishing | Crying With Laughter by Bob Monkhouse | Hardback |
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1993 | Hodder and Stoughton | Dancing in the Moonlight by Ronnie Barker | Hardback |
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1993 | Coronet Books | Benny - The True Story by Dennis Kirkland with Hilary Bonner | Paperback |
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1993 | HarperCollinsPublishers | Just Williams by Kenneth Williams | Paperback |
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1993 | A Mandarin Paperback | A Divided Life by Bryan Forbes | Paperback |
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1994 | Arrow Books Ltd | Crying With Laughter by Bob Monkhouse | Paperback |
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1994 | Arrow Books Ltd (Reprint) | Crying With Laughter by Bob Monkhouse | Paperback |
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1994 | Coronet Books | Dancing in the Moonlight by Ronnie Barker | Paperback |
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1995 | Pan Books Ltd | Morecambe and Wise - Behind The Sunshine by Gary Morecambe & Martin Sterling | Paperback |
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1996 | Sunburst Books | A Funny Way To Make A Living! by Bill Pertwee | Hardback |
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1997 | HarperCollinsPublishers | Halliwell's Film & Video Guide by John Walker (editor) | Paperback |
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1997 | Virgin Books | The Great Crime of Grapplewick by Eric Sykes | Paperback |
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1997 | BFI Publishing | The British Cinema Book by Robert Murphy (editor) | Paperback |
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1997 | B.T. Batsford Ltd | The Carry On Companion by Robert Ross | Paperback |
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1998 | Pavillion Books Ltd | Dad's Army - The Making of a Television Legend by Bill Pertwee | Paperback |
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1998 | Methuen Publishing Ltd | Now That's Funny! - Writers On Writing Comedy by David Bradbury & Joe McGrath |
Hardback |
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1998 | Fourth Estate | Morecambe & Wise by Graham McCann | Hardback |
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1999 | Yale University Press | British Theatre Since The War by Dominic Shellard | Hardback |
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1999 | The Book People / Ted Smart | The Complete Acid Drops by Kenneth Williams | Hardback |
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1999 | Fourth Estate | Morecambe & Wise by Graham McCann | Paperback |
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2000 | Headline Book Publishing | All of Me - My Extraordinary Life by Barbara Windsor | Hardback |
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2000 | Ebury Press | High Hopes - My Autobiography by Ronnie Corbett | Hardback |
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2001 | Sidgwick & Jackson | Bruce - The Autobiography by Bruce Forsyth | Hardback |
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2001 | Fourth Estate | Dad's Army - The story of a classic television show by Graham McCann | Hardback |
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2001 | PlaneTree Publishing Ltd | Permission to Speak by Clive Dunn | Paperback |
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2001 | Kelly Publications | The Radio Times Story by Tony Currie | Paperback |
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2002 | Reynolds & Hearn Ltd | The Complete Terry-Thomas by Robert Ross | Paperback |
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2002 | Century Publishing | A Stupid Boy by Jimmy Perry | Hardback |
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141
variations of publication, 117 being unique - Many
many
more still to be added in this category, it being the biggest. New
books, which could be included in this category, are published frequently.
So watch this space!
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This book should be easy to find. Indeed you may trip over one. So mind your step! |
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This book can be found, but you may have to look harder, it won't just fall into your lap! |
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This book is very difficult to find. If you do find a copy relatively easily, then you were lucky! |
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This book is as rare as they come. Indeed, it's like gold dust. I'd almost defy you to find a copy! |
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