Description
Hardback book in a good/fair condition for the age. Undated but c1961. Previous owner’s details to end paper.Black Bob was the name of a fictional Border Collie from Selkirk in the Scottish Borders; his ‘owner’ was Andrew Glenn, a bearded shepherd. Black Bob originally appeared as a text story in The Dandy on 25 November 1944. The characters were created by John Hunter (1903-1984), originally from Hawick, who worked as a journalist in Dundee, and then came to stay in Selkirk. the original stories were illustrated by DC Thomson’s staff artist, Jack Prout. As drawn by Jack Prout, further Black Bob stories appeared as a picture strip in The Weekly News in 1946, continuing until 1967, and regularly in The Dandy from his 1944 debut until 1982. A collectable book.