The Marshall Cavendish "Discovery" Series

A fortnightly series from the late 1980s, with many interactive and dynamic elements, aimed at bringing history to life for children.

We have most of these in excellent condition in their original wallets complete with models, maps, facsimiles etc - quite rare amongst the earliest issues. In just a few cases, the inserts for models are missing. We indicate this in the description and reduce the price accordingly.

We also - for a time at least - have the magazines compiled into the two special binders provided for the purpose and offer these complete when available.

The number in brackets () after each title indicates availability.

Updated July 2010

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1a- Elizabeth/ The Amanda (0)
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1c - Flashback - Intro cassette
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Listen to sound of the Past

2 - Guy Fawkes/Gunpowder Plot (0)
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Scarce, especially in October/Nov

 

3a- Columbus (1)
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Rare to find it with globe unattempted

4 - Shakespeare/Theatre (2)
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5 - Joan of Arc/Siege of Orleans (1)
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6 - Leonardo/Man of Genius (4)
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7 - Henry V & Agincourt (3)
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8 - Galileo & The Heavens (4)
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9 - Cortes & The Aztecs (4)
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10 - Richard III & Wars of the Roses (3)
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11 - Michelangelo & the Sistine Ceiling (3)

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12 - Henry VIII & the Church (0)

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13 - Julius Caesar, Life & Times (2)
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14 - William & The Norman Conquest (4)
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15 - Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt (1)
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16 - Richard the Lionheart (2)
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17 - Marco Polo in the Orient (1)
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18 - King Alfred & the Vikings (4)
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19 - Alexander the Great (5)
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20 - King John & Magna Carta (2)
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21 - Hannibal, Crossing the Alps (5)
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22 - Charlemagne's Empire (5)
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23 - Tutankhamen & his Tomb (3)
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24 - Minamoto Yoritomo & the Samurai (4)
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25 - George Washington (4)
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26 - James Watt, the Industrial Revolution (4)
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27 - Mozart, Genius of Music (4)
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28 - Captain Cook & his Voyages (4)
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29 - Louis XIV & Versailles (4)
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30 - Cromwell & the Civil War (2)
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31 - Nelson - Hero of Trafalgar (3)
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32 - Bonnie Prince Charlie (4)
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33 - Samuel Pepys & The Great Fire (2)
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34 - Peter the Great/Russia (5)
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35 - Isaac Newton/Scientific Genius (1)
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36 - Marie Antoinette (4)
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37 - Abraham Lincoln/Civil War (4)
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38 - Vincent Van Gogh/Art Revolution (3)
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39 - Queen Victoria (1)
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40 - Louis Pasteur/White Knight of Science (3)
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41 - William Cody/Wild West (4)
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42 - Florence Nightingale (2)
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43 - Napoleon Bonaparte/Waterloo (3)
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44 - Charles Dickens/Social Reform (1)
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45 - Ludwig van Beethoven (3)
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46 - David Livingstone/Darkest Africa (3)
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47 - Karl Marx/Dawn of Communism (2)
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48 - Charles Darwin/Descent of Man (0)
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49 - Robert Falcon Scott/Antarctic (2)
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50 - Emmeline Pankhurst (0)
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51 - The Wright Brothers (0)
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52 - David Lloyd George/WW1 (2)
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53 - Charlie Chaplin/Movies (0)
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Scarce

54 - Lenin/Russian Revolution (0)
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55 - Henry Ford/Craze for Cars (0)
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56 - Albert Einstein/Atomic Age (0)
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57 - Winston Churchill/WW2 (0)
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58: Mahatma Ghandi/Indian Independence (0)

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59 - Neil Armstrong/Space Age (0)
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60 - Martin Luther King (0)
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Summer Special: The Dragon's Mirror
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Armada Treasure Trail. No tape

Christmas tape
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Very rare

Christmas Special
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Discovery - Collector Wallet
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All Discovery mags in binders
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Two complete binders with magazines 1-60
PLEASE NOTE: this is magazines only, no inserts

Discovery binder (2)
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1 binder has a couple of black rubber stamps on it.

1 binder has two small splits on the inside but have been repaired.