Bancroft Books - Bancroft Tiddlers

1965-1969
Bancroft Tiddlers
Bancroft Books
48 booklets

These aren't cartophilic by any stretch of the imagination. Little booklets, sold in the 1960's but Americans can't get enough of them. The pages featuring golfers, boxers and baseball are quickly removed from each volume, placed in card holders, graded and sold for big bucks across the pond. The rest of the pages are just discarded. I thought I'd include information here. There are two booklets featuring sports stars - Giants of Sport (No. 6) and Giants of Sport II (No. 22) Thanks to Steve F. for photos of the covers and jeromebelasco for a scan of the index of Giants of Sport II.
UPDATE (30-05-2019 11:26):  All the missing names have been added to the checklist for the first booklet thanks to an anonymous comment.

UPDATE (20-05-2026 21:41):  A collector asked if I had a checklist for he Pirates tiddler. I didn't but he provided the list and I am happy to add it to the checklist. Any collectors wishing to provide lists for any of the other tiddlers please feel free to contact me via the comments below.

Giants of Sport   -  pages 2 to 33 - 16 Sportsmen per booklet

2-3.  Abebe Bikila (Athletics)   -   added 30-05-2019
4-5.  Jack Brabham (Motor Racing)   -   added 30-05-2019

6-7.  Maria Bueno (Tennis)   -   added 30-05-2019
8-9.  Alain Calmat (Ice Skating)

10-11.  Cassius Clay (Boxing)
12-13.  Goitschel Sisters (Ski-ing)

14-15.  Piero D'Inzeo (Show Jumping)
16-17.  The Konrads (Swimming)   -   added 30-05-2019

18-19.  Avril Malan (Rugby Union)   -   added 30-05-2019
20-21.  Mickey Mantle (Baseball)

22-23.  Sir Stanley Matthews

24-25.  Arnold Palmer (Golf)
26-27.  Lester Piggott (Horse Racing)

28-29.  Mary Rand (Athletics)   -   added 30-05-2019
30-31.  Garfield Sobers (Cricket)   -   added 30-05-2019

32-33.  Leonid Zhabotinskii (Weightlifting)   -   added 30-05-2019

Giants of Sport II   -  pages 2 to 33 - 16 Sportsmen per booklet

2-3.  Billy Wright
4-5.  Cliff Morgan (Rugby Union)
6-7.  Bobby Locke (Golf)
8-9.  Fanny Blankers-Koen (Athletics)
10-11.  Sir Gordon Richards (Horse Racing)
12-13.  Joe Louis (Boxing)
14-15.  Donald Bradman (Cricket)
16-17.  Juan Fangio (Motor Racing)
18-19.  Pat Smythe (Show Jumping)
20-21.  Jaroslav Drobny (Lawn Tennis)
22-23.  John Cobb (Motor Racing)
24-25.  Joe Davis (Snooker)
26-27.  Babe Ruth (Baseball)
28-29.  Uffa Fox (Sailing)
30-31.  Emil Zatopek (Athletics)
32-33.  Sonja Henie (Ice Skating)

Complete list of booklets:

1.  National Costumes
2.  Wild Flowers
3.  Famous Battles
4.  Famous Explorers
5.  Sports Cars
6.  Giants of Sport
7.  Tropical Birds
8.  Rare Animals
9.  Inventors & Scientists
10.  Passenger Planes
11.  Famous Bridges

2.  A Liana Bridge

4.  The Alcantara Bridge

6.  The Pnt-du-Gard

8.  The Pont Valentré

10.  The Charles Bridge

12.  Ponte Vecchio

14.  The Bridge of Sighs

16.  The Royal Albert Bridge

18.  A Trestle Bridge

20.  Forth Railway Bridge

22.  Tower Bridge

24.  The Viaduct at Garabit

26.  Sydney Harbour Bridge

28.  Golden Gate Bridge

30.  A Bailey Bridge

32.  The M4 Flyover

12.  Railway Engines
13.  Freaks of Nature
14.  How a ship is built
15.  Soldiers
16.  Beetles
17.  Nations at War (Rome and Carthage)
18.  Life Under The Sea
19.  Heroes of the Wild West
20.  Pistols
21.  Famous Castles
22.  Giants of Sport II
23.  Balloons and Airships
24.  Famous Motor Races
25.  Famous Churches
26.  Beautiful Butterflies
27.  Famous Craftsmen
28.  Prehistoric Animals
29.  Pirates

1.  "The Birth of Piracy" - First Pirates

2.  "Rulers of the Sea" - Vikings

3.  "Dark Deeds in the Channel" - King’s Pirates

4.  "Along the Barbary Shore" - Barbarossa

5.  "All Along the Spanish Main" - Drake

6.  "The Wild Buccaneers" - Francois L’Olonnois

7.  "Deputy Governor of Jamaica" - Henry Morgan

8.  "To the South Sea" - Alexander Selkirk

9.  "Off to Madagascar" - Henry Avery

10.  "Reluctant Kidd" - William Kidd

11.  "The Port of Providence" - Woodes Rogers

12.  "Most Terrible of them All" - Blackbeard

13.  "Furies of the Caribbean" - Anne Bonny and Mary Read

14.  "Officer but no Gentleman" - Major Stede Bonnet

15.  "A Piratical Dandy" - Bartholomew Robert’s

16.  "Piracy Today" - Captain Enrique Galvao

30.  Veteran Cars

31.  Nations at War (American Civil War)
32.  Sailing Ships
33.  Musical Instruments
34.  Birds of Prey
35.  Secrets of Space
36.  Oil
37.  Money
38.  How a Car is made
39.  Famous Palaces
40.  Nations at War (The Crusades)
41.  Reptiles
42.  Famous Generals
43.  Prehistoric Men
44.  Spies
45.  Famous Fighter Planes
46.  Famous Clocks
47.  Big Cats
48.  History of Fashion