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Lot 496: A Collection of 21 Orbis Play and Learn Dinosaurs! Discover the Giants of the Prehistoric World Magazines
This lot comprises a collection of 21 issues of the part-work magazine series titled DINOSAURS! Discover the Giants of the Prehistoric World. Published by the Orbis De Agostini Group during the early 1990s, these staple-bound magazines were part of the Orbis Play and Learn Collection. The magazines feature educational articles on palaeontology accompanied by distinctive colour illustrations. Included in the group is Issue 1, which depicts a Tyrannosaurus rex and features a promotional price of 30p and a notice regarding free 3-D glasses. Other identified covers include Issue 2 featuring a dromaeosaurid and Issue 5 showing two blue Protoceratops. Further issues in the stack show illustrations of a Parasaurolophus and a sauropod. Each cover bears the title DINOSAURS! in large yellow block lettering above the subtitle DISCOVER THE GIANTS OF THE PREHISTORIC WORLD. The publisher is identified by a printed mark reading ORBIS DE AGOSTINI GROUP and the series title AN ORBIS PLAY AND LEARN COLLECTION is present. Regional pricing for multiple territories is printed on the covers, including UK £1.00, Australia $3.75, New Zealand $4.75, South Africa R8.15, Singapore $4.50, and Malaysia $5.50. A piece of translucent tape is adhered to the front cover of Issue 1 with the handwritten inscription 9249 21 dino magazines.
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