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Where I have added new information, it is mentioned here so that you won't miss something important!

Changes listed in order: most recent first.

22nd May 2008:The astute observer will notice that the front page announces the publication of two new specials. A DVD of the two films written by Saville: Trouble at Townsend and Treasure at the Mill. It is available now and plays on all DVD players. More information is available on the DVD page.
Lone Pine Five has just been republished by Girls Gone By in a new paperback edition - for more information on this delightful book - see the title's page.

24th March 2008: I have at last added more detail to the Pablo Ramirez page. For those who don't know he was a superb graphic artist in Spain and while working for the publishers Molino he illustrated the first Malcolm Saville titles they printed in the early 1960s.
His page can be found via the Artists link above, and all his Saville dustwrappers are illustrated. Don't forget to enlarge them !

23rd March 2008: Doing a little updating today - minor adjustments to the index etc - and have added a little detail to the Links page - and to Mark O'Hanlon's page in the Publishers section including his email address and mention of a special offer !

20th March 2008: Have added comment to the BBC Children's Hour page having confirmed a mystery in a local Charity shop today !

2nd March 2008: Have added scans of Gordon King's dustwrappers for the Goodchild editions of The Gay Dolphin Adventure, Lone Pine Five and The Elusive Grasshopper to each book's page.

9th February 2008:Two news items: Girls Gone By have announced their next title - Lone Pine Five. and David Schutte has announced a new venture in publishing the Radio Scripts of Saville's series on BBC Children's Hour. More detail can be found on the 'Welcome' page and on the 'Links' page.

4th November 2007: Girls Gone By will publish The Secret of Grey Walls later this month - again full text, all the Bertram Prance illustrations - not just the ones in the First Edition and extra articles about Saville, the book and its publishing history as well as the full story. My mouth's watering already !
The Guestbook has had no entries for over a year - since I asked for emails rather than direct entry - but a fascinating one arrived this morning - so I have opened up a New Guestbook - Volume 2. It's a long message from Adrian Barritt and to my mind at least - fascinating reading. What do you think ?

12th Sept 2007: A month today a load of MS fans are off to Cornwall to explore St Michael's Mount and the area in which Malcolm set The Flying Fish Adventure.
I'm not going that far - but I'm off down to Rye; I haven't been there since the first Official Saville gathering back in 1995. The reason I'm going is to join a few Monica Edwards enthusiasts at Rye Harbour. Join us if you like ! - see the front page of my Monica Edwards site via the Links page above.

16th July 2007: Girls Gone By have announced that the new edition of The Secret of Grey Walls will be published this October - so the news has been added to the front page.

9th June 2007: Thanks to Mike McGarry I have a description and illustration of another of the Portuguese editions of the Susan and Bill books.
This one is of Susan and Bill and the Dark Stranger. I have added the information to the book's page and its illustration has also been added to the publishers' (Inquerito) page.

6th May 2007: The Gay Dolphin Adventure has just been published by Girls Gone By, my copy arrived last week, so I've adjusted the front page and will add detail as I get time - maybe tomorrow. It's another book to be proud of, either as publisher or collector.

18th March 2007: I have updated the front page - mentioning some new material. I have not yet added detail on the relevant books' pages for various reasons, but hope to do so soon.

3rd December 2006 . . later: Not to be out-done by Steven's contributions, Mike has sent me a scan of a Swedish edition of Susan, Bill and the Wolf Dog from the mid 1950s, which reminded me of some paperback Portuguese editions he'd found a while ago.
There is a picture of one of them on the Susan, Bill and the Bright Star Circus page as well as on the publisher's (Inquerito) page. Keep them coming you two . . . and anyone else with oddities to scan !

3rd December 2006: A scan and details of the Spanish edition of Lone Pine London arrived this week from Steven, so I've been able to add details of this 'missing' edition.

19th November 2006: Steven has sent me illustrations of three Spanish editions of Lone Pine Books he's obtained recently, and I'm delighted to add these and details to the books' pages and to the publishers'(Molino) page. These are Sea Witch Comes Home, Rye Royal and Strangers at Witchend.

30th September 2006: The new copy of Seven White Gates arrived today, from Girls Gone By Publishers. I'm pleased to say that it's delightful. They have done the book proud. For more details see the book's page; I've added scans and some idea of the 'extras' you get with this edition.

17th September 2006: Have completed some notes on the Dutch paperback editions in the Prisma-Juniores series published by Het Spectrum. They can be found in the Publishers section which is via the Index, or opens on the left with the link.
I intend to add to these from time to time, to time . . .

4th September 2006: Steven has again come up trumps ! One Dutch edition of The Gay Dolphin Adventure published by Disney and a new Spanish edition, this time of Treasure at Amorys. For more details and scans of the books, see the relevant pages.

9th August 2006: A new Spanish edition has come Steven's way. One which we didn't know for certain had been published. It is Mystery Mine and he's kindly provided me with a description and scan of the cover which is now to be seen on the book's page as well as Molino's page in the Publishers list.

16th July: Chaos this week-end with the computer keyboard and mouse taking on a life of their own and the computer refusing to reinstate earlier systems. Hours lost yesterday trying to fix it. Hours lost this morning copying files to DVDs for back-ups. Fuming. It nearly went through the window. Now it's working fine . Haarrrruumphh !!
However, I managed to get the Spanish editions up to date, both on their individual pages and in the Molino page of the Publishers section (look in Index to find this !). Some of the expanded pictures need better annotation, as hundreds of the earlier ones do, but at least the book pictures for these editions are now up to date, thanks to Steven and Mike - searchers extraordinary ! Next will be the Susan and Bill ones to tackle . . .

13th July 2006: Stephen Handy has emailed me a description, and a picture of the cover, of the Spanish edition of The Elusive Grasshopper. I have added these to the book's page, but not yet to the publisher's page, nor to the artist's. Thanks again, Steven, and for Saucers and Lone Pine Five to add soon.

3rd June 2006: I've added a morsel of information to the Mystery at Witchend page. It helps identify the correct editions belonging to the 'Fourth Edition' dustwrappers which Newnes put on several impressions and might well have caused confusion amongst collectors. The information came to me from Jan Knight, so thanks Jan !

2nd May 2006: I have changed the Guestbook, to avoid all the unwanted spam messages. Simply email your message and I'll add it myself.
This is not as easy as the old method, but these advertising messages were getting me down. Please do leave messages. Obviously there will occasionally be delays, but at least we'll not be subject to the same offensive rubbish !. Thanks.

17th April 2006: I returned from the Society's Annual Gathering at Whitby with a sore throat and an armful of books.
Two of these I've used to update the information on All Summer Through. Nothing dramatic, but I've been hunting for these editions for some time.

14th March 2006 At last I've added information about the lovely new thick, even 'chunky' edition of Mystery at Witchend by Girls Gone By, well worth the tenner !
I've also added a little about the paperback Eat What You Grow which I've just acquired.

29 January 2006: Back in December 2003 I created a list of Publishers of Malcolm Saville's work along with the titles they'd published. I've added illustrations to some pages, but not all as yet, nor have I extended the individual entries as I'd originally intended.
Time's flown and if I keep waiting until the displays are complete I'll never 'publish' so I've added the 'Publishers' link into the Index.
This link opens the list of publishers in the left hand window with a summary of works published. Main publishers have a linked display which when selected opens up in the right-hand window.
I shall add to and, where informed of errors, correct the displays as time goes on. Please let me know of errors and omissions !

22 January 2006: Have corrected the link to the Girls Gone By Website and also the one to Richard Griffiths site. The former have changed their site address, the latter was a typing error on my part (apologies, Richard, and to those confused followers !).

15th January 2006: Please note that Girls Gone By have announced their third Saville publication. Thay have gone back to the beginning and are publishing the first Lone Pine Mystery at Witchend.
The exact date is not yet announced, but it will be available by the end of April and can be ordered now. See their website via 'Links' for further information and ordering.
I have recently obtained a paperback copy of Word for All Seasons and so I have refreshed the illustrations for that book page. Happy New Year to all !

3rd December: Doing some 'behind the scenes' tidying up and preparation and discovered that I hadn't uploaded an update on the Bertram Prance page I'd added some bits to in August. Senility is creeping on.
If it crashes the program, I might have had a reason for the delay !

20th November 2005: Adjusted the front page to bring up to date the reprint situation by Girls Gone By publishers. I have slightly updated Strangers at Witchend's page, but not added great detail as I haven't seen the book itself.

29th August 2005: It seems to be a 'slow news' year. I have been building up some information, mainly relating to illustrators, but it isn't ready for adding yet. On saturday I bought a lovely first edition of Strangers at Snowfell; I had a good second impression, but this first has a lovely bright dustwrapper so I couldn't resist it.
Its dustwrapper now graces the book's page, and I was able to confirm thet the two editions are virtually identical.

12th May: I feel nearly swamped by new books ! My copy of the new paperback of Where's My Girl arrived a few days ago and I've added cover illustrations to that page.
On the 23rd of the month Mark publishes his new edition of The Complete Lone Pine.
It is a beautiful hardback, and even for those with the original paperback an excellent buy as it has new sections on the various editions of the books, with dustwrapper illustrations and the whole book has been revised and subtly altered. I'm sure you'll all be delighted. I have added cover illustration to the book's page.

7th May 2005: info added to Strangers at Witchend page and the front page about the new paperback edition to be published soon by Girls Gone By publishers.

6th May 2005: Added information about the two New Malcolm Saville Books now out to their book pages. They're both lovely, but order soon before they run out !

13th March 2005: Thanks to Mike I have been able to add some information about a couple of foreign editions. The first is the French edition of Two Fair Plaits, and the second a Spanish edition of All Summer Through.
I wasn't aware that either of these existed until now ! More to hunt for . . .

11 Feb: Sorry ! I've corrected the link to Girls Gone By publishers on the 'Links' page. Hadn't tested it. OOops.

NEW BOOKS OUT ! 28th Feb 2005: The great news that Girls Gone By have the rights to republish Malcolm Saville's books broke at a time that I was off-line. I have put, on the Links page, contact information to the publishers so that you can order Where's My Girl and for the latest information on their publication plans.
I have added a page about Girls Gone By to my website on Monica Edwards for those who wish to know about this important small publishing firm.
Richard Griffiths is republishing Home to Witchend in a traditional Newnes-style hardback form, and I have added information to the book page, with a link to his site for more information.
Mark O'Hanlon is publishing a new, extended, hardback edition of his book The Complete Lone Pine. Information about this is on the book's page, with contact/order info on the Links page.

19th February: Ages back Robert Smart pointed out that Newnes had put misleading titles on two of his photographs in the Lone Pine Shropshire booklet. I have, at last, put in notes to correct their errors.

16th January 2005: No telephone yet, and it might be weeks . . . so this won't get 'live' until I get access to a 'phone line to upload the information.
I have had three scans from Mark (O'Hanlon) which I've duly added to the site, of the second 'pink' dustwrapper of Words For All Seasons , the Spanish edition of The Neglected Mountain and the Finnish edition of Mystery at Witchend.
I've taken the opportunity to add the artists: Badia Camps and Pablo Ramirez of the Spanish wrappers to the Artists list with illustrations of 'their' covers.

1st January 2005: I am still without telephone and hence internet connection for at least another week, however Happy New Year to you all !
I've been whiling away the day by adding some scans to the site, sent by Mike McGarry some time ago, but I've just discovered how to access them . They are of odd editions of the following books:
All Summer Through
Lone Pine Five
The Secret of Grey Walls and
Three Towers in Tuscany.

10th October 2004: Apologies for the interruptions this year, life's been complicated, but I've added a few things to the site now.
Thanks to a tip-off from Mike McGarry we have a new serialisation of Two Fair Plaits in the Mickey Mouse weekly comic, this time as a picture strip !
I have also been able to complete the sets of the other two serials ('Lone Pine Five' and 'Seven White Gates') so have added the dates to those entries and discovered an article Saville wrote called A Little Girl Becomes Our Queen for the Coronation issue in 1953.

30 June 2004: I've added notes on a new article to the Malcolm Saville list: Warriors of the Sea, and expanded the notes a little on Malcolm's mentor and friend Theo A Stephens.

25 April 2004: Thanks to a message from Adrian Watcham I've been able to readdress the link to the Goodchild Website on the Links page.

31st December 2003: Finally, for this year at least, another rarity. Mike has sent me this scan of one of the least common of Saville's editions, the paperback of his delightful final anthology Words for All Seasons. I am delighted to add its picture to the site. Thanks again to you all, and here's hoping that 2004 is a Good Year. Cheers, John

30th December 2003: I have added a little more detail about the publication of Where the Bus Stopped to its page, but the year ends with the discovery of two new editions !
Both Mystery at Witchend and Seven White Gates were issued as paperbacks in Holland by another publisher. Mike found a copy of the latter and sent me details, then Steven found copies of both, although he was expecting the Het Spectrum editions we already knew about. His scans arrived today !
Again I must thank these two, without whose help a heck of a lot of information and illustrations would be missing from the site. To them and to you, a really Happy New Year.

29 November 2003: Steven has sent me information and illustrations from his copy of the Mike and Mary short story Where the Bus Stopped which, until now I've never seen. He has also pointed out an oddity in the illustrations that are in the edition he owns. Thanks to him I've been able to add a picture of the cover, and more full information to the page.

Also, if you look above, you will see that I have placed a link to this page from the title list under the name Extra!.

26th October 2003: Here comes Winter ! Mike McGarry has marked the season change by sending me some notes on the Spanish edition of Wings Over Witchend. These Spanish editions have some lovely covers, and if the wrapper is missing, it doesn't matter all that much as the design's the same on the book boards ! Some of them also have new illustrations, where the original, English, version was not illustrated.

5th October 2003: I have changed the 'front page' illustration to something more suitable for the time of year, and added very slightly to the notes on the artist (Robert Mickelwright). Steven has sent me a Goodchild edition of Mystery at Witchend, so I've been able to show the full spread of its dustwrapper and add some bibliographical detail to that edition. Other than that I've been really lazy !

25th August 2003: I have managed to obtain a Spanish edition of Man With Three Fingers, and have added the details of this attractive book.
I have also added some detail to the editions of both Mystery at Witchend and Seven White Gates thanks to Glynne, and I've started to 'tidy up' some of the displays of enlarged pictures. This will take an awful long time to complete !

17th August 2003: I have added some notes on the Lone Pine Club as I remember it more than forty years ago, with some ephemeral illustrations. These include a little booklet of photographs by Robert Smart whose guide to walks in the Lone Pine country is an essential companion in the area.

7th August 2003: Having obtained a second edition of Power of Three with dustwrapper, I have been able to expand the notes on that title.
I forgot about this: Glynne also clarified a mystery to me regarding the second impression cover of Two Fair Plaits. I corrected myself on the 3rd, but forgot to send the file 'up'. Thanks again Glynne.

3rd August 2003: Prompted by a timely reminder from Glynne Steele I have added some notes and illustration to the Jillies page in the Series section and to the entry for Lunt Roberts in the Artists section.

20 July 2003: I have been 'off-line' a lot recently following a (computer) viral infection.
I'm back now, but have lost all my emails ! If you have sent me some information to add to the site, please might I beg that you resend it; if it isn't already on display. If in doubt check first by email.

Sorry about the gap; though in all honesty nothing much has happened in the weeks I've been adrift. The only notable event was the arrival of the latest Society magazine which mentions, tantalisingly, the discovery that two of Saville's books were serialised in the Children's Newspaper back in the 1950s.
These were The Secret of Buzzard Scar and The Secret of the Gorge. I have added what information was given about these to the relevant pages. If any of you lucky souls out there have copies I'd love to see the illustrations, and to have further information about them !

5th May 2003: Added a couple of colour scans of the illustrations from two editions of Best Children's Stories of the Year vols II and III.
They illustrate the extracts Rain for St Swithin's and The Unwelcome Stranger.
Both of these are from photocopies sent by Steven Handy, thanks again Steven !

22 Mar 2003: I have managed to get a copy of Susan, Bill and the Pirates Bold for my own collection. It has a more complete dustwrapper than the one I had on display, so I have substituted the scan.

1 Feb 2003: Twenty-two book entries have had at least one cover illustration added thanks to Mike and Steven. Many of these are the Collins editions of the Lone Pine series, some unique, some later used on Armada covers; but some are ones I have been hunting for for a long time.
Like the Lion edition of King of Kings, the first edition of The Thin Man, the Budget edition of The Secret of Grey Walls, various Children's Book Club editions with unique wrappers, and the first editions of Young Johnnie Bimbo and Susan, Bill and the Pirates Bold.
Have a browse through and see what you can find.

20 Jan 2003: I have now registered the name www.malcolmsaville.co.uk for this site.
The site hasn't moved, so it will still be found at the old address, but it would be better to find it under the new address and then bookmark it, just in case I do move it ever !

18 Jan 2003: I have changed the label Publications to Titles, not in the interests or accuracy, but to provide space on the top for the Index. This should help you find pages you once saw but can't remember how to get there.
I've also put some pieces in relating to D J Desmond and also to MS's time as editor of Sunny Stories.
I haven't implanted links in this note in order to get you to use the index !

5 Jan 2003: To start the New Year I'm delighted to add a new edition. Mike McGarry has sent me information of a new foreign edition of the Marston Baines book White Fire, details of which I've added to the site.

28 Dec 2002: Received as a New Year/Christmas present a Collins Budget edition of Lone Pine Five, an edition I haven't owned before. Delighted to be able to add its picture to the site. Thanks S.

13 Dec 2002: I have expanded the article on the artist Michael Whittlesea, including examples of his work and links to some galleries exhibiting and selling his paintings.

12 Dec 2002: Two further scans added, this time of the first edition wrapper of the Marston Baines title Dark Danger, and secondly of the surprising scan from Steven, of a Chivers edition of Christmas at Nettleford. This is an edition I had never heard of, and is not listed in Guy's bibliography.

30 Nov 2002: Added some more scans of first edition dustwrappers from Steven Handy: these are Strangers at Witchend, Strange Story and Spring Comes to Nettleford. There is also a White Lion wrapper of Strangers at Snowfell.
Thanks to Rodney Delanty who sent me some lovely pictures of his dustwrapper of Strangers at Witchend recently. Many thanks. I have used scans from the photocopies Steven's had sent as they have produced clearer copies; but thanks again Rodney.
I have expanded the entry on the article My Gardener Smithson including one of the illustrations, and as I now have my own copy of the Dutch edition of Treasure at the Mill I have substituted a scan of that cover for the one kindly supplied by Mick McGary.
And there's still a surprise to come from Steven !

27 Nov 2002: Have completed the Netscape modifications at long last, and have added information to the page on T R Freeman, and the book The Long Passage.
Steven Handy has continued to supply me with photocopies of his rarer editions and thanks to him I have added illustrations to the pages on Jane's Country Year, The Neglected Mountain and Words For All Seasons. More will follow including one surprise !

21 Oct 2002: loaded Netscape Navigator onto my computor and realised that the site's fonts were not being presented as I intended. I am now working through the hundreds of pages on this and the other site to correct the display. Apologies to those who use Netscape for this oversight.

24 Sep 2002: added illustrations of covers/dustwrappers to some eleven books, including some fascinating foreign editions, from Australia, France, Spain and Holland, obtained from Mike McGary. And he promises me more . . .

23 Sep 2002: added illustrations of a better first edition wrapper of Redshank's Warning than mine, and a beautiful first edition wrapper of Man With Three Fingers. (I bought the book new, but threw away the wrapper and haven't been able to replace it !) Both of these were from Richard Griffiths for which service, many thanks.

20 Sep 2002: added some information and illustrations kindly sent to me by Steven Handy. These include White Lion edition wrappers of three of the Jillies series and five of the Susan and Bill series, as well as a first edition wrapper of Portrait of Rye which he bought new !
To complete the delights, he added covers of all three of the Wonder Why Books none of which had I seen before.
Very many thanks Steven.

I have also received some illustrations from Mike McGarry which (hopefully !) I shall soon have time to process and add to the site. Thanks Mike.

4 Sep 2002: added this page to the site. Also scanned and added the colour illustrations received from Anne Ayres, of the first edition wrappers of Two Fair Plaits and The Sign of the Alpine Rose. Moved the illustration of the frontispiece of the latter to the page on Wynne.

3 Sep 2002: added illustration of the dustwrapper of Spy in the Hills, to the page on Mystery at Witchend. The photograph is of the author's own copy and was taken by Mark O'Hanlon and is hereby reproduced with his kind permission.

2 Sep 2002: added an abbreviations page to appear in the left hand frame when the suitable shortened word Abbrev. is selected above. I may soon have to shorten some of these other key words or run out of space.

31 Aug 2002: Started to add some information about Artists, starting with John Kenney and Tilden Reeves. Others will follow . . .

30 Aug 2002: Received, on loan, a Children's Book Club edition of The Secret of the Gorge from Jen and Gordon French of Bygone Books.
These two have been friends of mine for years. I bought my first 'collecting' copy of The Secret of Grey Walls, 2nd imp with d/w, from Gordon at a bookfair in Bury for 3.50. And a first edition of Sea Witch Comes Home with excellent dustwrapper for 10. I was hooked. [Note re prices: this was in 1993 !].
I have scanned the dustwrapper and added notes to the book's page. I shall try to return the book to them and not buy it !