*Annuals: A brisk top-up to the Girls’ Annuals subdivision, with new stock for June (1969 and 1971), Penelope (1971), Pixie (1975), and School Friend (1972). The traditional mix of ballet, equestrienne, and boarding-school stories, with the occasional departure (the Penelopes still having a smattering of Gerry Anderson related stories plus a bunch of tough spy schoolgirls – no, really!) The doyenne of this selection is the very first Girl Annual, (distaff companion to Eagle), from 1952 in VG/FN at £15.