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Schoolboys' Pocket Library

The Schoolboys' Pocket Library was a Gerald Swan publication and first appeared in 1941. Most of the stories were by Edwy Searles Brooks and published using the pen names of Reginald Browne and Edward Thornton.

A number of issues are available for download courtesy of the Comic Book Plus website. Click on the PDF icon to read online or to download the file.

The information below is from The Nelson Lee Library and Bibliography of the Writings of Brooks, Edwy Searles by Robert C. Blythe, revised by Mark Caldicott in 1995 available here and Steve Holland's British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index available here.

Cover Issue Title Author Subject Notes
Issue 01

October 1941

The Rival Schools Reginald Browne Whitelands story (Rewritten from NLL 1NS/124)
Issue 02

November 1941

The Schoolboy Home Guard Reginald Browne Whitelands story (Rewritten from NLL 1NS/102)
3
1942 The Ghost of Whitelands Reginald Browne Whitelands story (Rewritten from NLL 2NS/60)
The Shadow of Expulsion E S Brooks   (R/P in Schoolboys Album 1959)
4
1942 Bill Smith of Westchester Edward Thornton Westchester story (Rewritten from Gem 1050)
5
1942 The Rotters of Greendale Reginald Browne Whitelands story (Rewritten from NLL 2NS/59)
6
1942 The Prefect's Predicament Edward Thornton Westchester story (Rewritten from Gem 1054)
7
1942 The Trapped Schoolboys Reginald Browne Whitelands story (Rewritten from NLL 1NS/127)
8
1942 The Schoolboy Racketeer Edward Thornton Westchester story (Rewritten from Gem 1008)
9
1943 Monkey Business at Whitelands Reginald Browne Whitelands story (Rewritten from NLL 1NS/158)
10
1943 The Schoolboy with a Bankroll Edward Thornton Westchester story (Rewritten from Gem 1147)
11
1944 The Snowed-up Schoolboys Reginald Browne Whitelands story (Rewritten from NLL 1NS/165)
12
1944 "Little Tough Guys" of Westchester Edward Thornton Westchester story (Rewritten from NLL 2NS/55)
13 1944 The Comical Coon of St Barts. Burleigh Carew    
14
1944 Schoolboys All At Sea Reginald Browne Whitelands story (Rewritten from NLL 1NS/108)
15 1945 Osbourne Minnimus, Private Detective P Martin    
16
1946 The Aunt from Bar-Z Reginald Browne Whitelands story (Rewritten from NLL 1NS/126)
17
1946 The New Boy at Westchester Edward Thornton Westchester story (Rewritten from Gem 1022)
18
1946 The Snoop of the Sixth Edward Thornton Westchester story Based on unpub St. Frank's story "Cousin Calamity"
Issue 19

1950

Smith Minor on the Moon Philip Hardy    
Issue 20

1950

The Ghost Boat Dick Ellison    
  Issue 21

1950

The Borrowed Caravan E. L. Peppercorn    
 
Issue 22

1950

Wally Davenport's Dizzy Blonde Edward Thornton Westchester story (Rewritten from NLL 2NS/33)
Issue 23

1950

Mr Fit-it of the Fourth Reginald Browne Whitelands story (Rewritten from NLL 2NS/35)
Issue 24

1950

Black Bird's Nest L. J. Newman    
25 1951 The Boy from East Side Michael Kendrick    
26 1952 Wizard of the Wicket Anon