Billy Bunter's Barring-Out
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 Book cover from the first edition | |
| Author | Charles Hamilton writing as Frank Richards |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Children, Comedy |
| Published | 1948 by Charles Skilton Ltd |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Preceded by | Billy Bunter's Banknote |
| Followed by | Billy Bunter in Brazil (1949) |
Billy Bunter's Barring-Out is a school story by Charles Hamilton writing as Frank Richards, using the characters and settings of the Greyfriars School stories published from 1908 to 1940 in The Magnet. The book's retail price was 7s 6d.
First published in October 1948 by Charles Skilton Ltd, London,[1] the third in a series of post-WWII hardback novels, it was subsequently reprinted by them in 1950, and by Hawk in April 1994.[2][3][4] The illustrator was R. J. Macdonald.
After the closure of The Magnet in May 1940 due to wartime paper shortages, author Charles Hamilton was contractually barred by the publisher, Amalgamated Press, from continuing to write Greyfriars stories. However, in 1946 publisher Charles Skilton negotiated the rights to publish new stories in book form. Hamilton, delighted, suggested a payment rate of £90 per book; but Skilton, short of capital, asked Hamilton to accept royalties instead. This proved to be greatly in Hamilton's favour: he received £1,000 instead of £90 for the first book.[5][6]
