UPDATED: The reference books of Lofts & Adley

I enjoy collecting reference material relating to British comics and I've always been aware that my collection of such material by the (kings of comic referencing) Derek Adley & W.O.G. Lofts was a bit thin on the ground.

That got me wondering about precisely how many book and booklets they'd produced, so without further ado here is my guide to what I've found so far (albeit I expect there is plenty more to be discovered).

UPDATE: I've added one (final?) publication to the bottom of this list...

Catalogue of boys and girls annual, 1982

The men behind boys' fiction, 1970

The 'Gem' index by Derek Adley and W.O.G. Lofts, 1981

The 'Rookwood stories' index by Derek Adley and W.O.G. Lofts, 1994

The 'Detective weekly' index by Derek Adley and W.O.G. Lofts, 1987

'Old boys books - a complete catalogue' by Derek Adley and W.O.G. Lofts, 1969

'The world of Frank Richards' by Derek Adley and W.O.G. Lofts, 1975

'The Hotspur' - a catalogue 1933-1959 by Derek Adley and W.O.G. Lofts

I've also seen the above book with a pink cover and an interior note that says 'first edition - September 1983 - limited edition of 200 copies'. So I'm not sure how the yellow cover version fits in to the chronology - maybe a later edition?

UPDATE: I've been reliably informed that the yellow edition was indeed the 2nd edition (published by Bryon Whitworth who took over publication from Alan Cadwallender (who published the first (pink) edition)).

Origins of the Boys Friend Library by Derek Adley and W.O.G. Lofts, 1987

The new Rupert index by Derek Adley and W.O.G. Lofts

The new Rupert index by Derek Adley and W.O.G. Lofts

Identification guide to the DC Thomson and John Leng children's annuals 1921-1964 by Derek Adley and W.O.G. Lofts, 1975

'William' - a bibliography by Derek Adley and W.O.G. Lofts

Greyfriars since the Magnet by Derek Adley and W.O.G. Lofts, 1983

The Thriller, 1983

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The Thriller: the paper with a thousand thrills, 1990

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Friend of the blog Jeremy Briggs pointed me in the direction of this publication 

..and the back of the guide (from Jeremy's photocopied version)

...which reminded me that I had a version of that listing...

...the foreword to this is dated 1975 but the "copyright" notes that this is the revised 1982 edition published by A. Cadwallender. There's also a tipped in sheet headed 'Updates & amendments - March 1984'.

With a little more digging I also found this version...

And friend of the blog Colin Noble used to own this version...

So - clearly a popular book! An essential guide in those pre-internet days.

You can check out the WOG Lofts entry on wikipedia here