SUSAN, BILL AND THE BRIGHT STAR CIRCUS

Illustrated by Terence R Freeman

First edition wrapper courtesy of Colin Harding

The seventh in the Susan and Bill series, and the first one illustrated by Terry Freeman. Susan and Bill are given tickets to the Circus when it visits their home town. The experience prompts Bill into changing the name of their club and starting a Circus of their own. A mysterious youth is discovered in the grounds of the hall, and the youngsters rapidly become involved in helping him to clear his name. Jimmy plays an important role in this story, and Peter has his moment of triumph as well, with a cabbage !

First edition:
Red boards, black figuring: title, author and logo on front board; 122pp; colour frontispiece and seven b/w illustrations; dustwrapper picture wraps to include the spine; cp 6/-

Other editions:

White Lion dustwrapper courtesy of Steven Handy

White Lion 1973: Hardback edition with dustwrapper; blue boards with gilt blocking; seven illustrations by T R Freeman with a b/w frontispiece; 121pp. [For information on this edition, thanks to Steven Handy]

Inquerito, Lisbon c1960: as O Circo Ambulante A Portuguese paperback edition; not dated; text illustrations by Terence Freeman; translated by Jose Parriera Alves; cover artwork not credited. One of the series Aventuras de Susana e Guilherme [For information on this edition, thanks to Mike McGarry]

Mr Hawkins gets a surprise, thanks to Peter. The frontispiece of the first edition by Terry Freeman

'It hit the man in the face'