*Girls’ Picture Libraries: The 1960 launch of Valentine Picture Story Library followed on from the 1957 debuting weekly, where often beautifully illustrated love stories were ‘inspired by’ (read: had an otherwise irrelevant song name as the story title) pop hits. Taking a cue from its weekly parent, VPSL featured longer romantic tales entitled after Top Ten records, and, after the earliest issues, stuck the face of the recording artist in question on the front cover, to shift a few extra copies! We have 13 new issues in our lists – half of the 26-issue run – from the very first. Depicted are #1 VG £25 and #2 VG £12; as always, further details on the rest in our online catalogue.