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Findlay, James. First Collectors Annual. Shanklin: Author, [1949]. Green printed wrappers, staple bound. 24pp. 4to. Ex-libris Stanley Collins, and inscribed and signed inside the front wrap by the author to Collins. Very good. Scarce.Findlay, a pioneering collector from Scotland, owned and operated the Firbank Private Hotel on the Isle of Wight. His collection was of legendary proportions, and his Annuals were among the earliest on the subject of magicana. This Annual, the first, is one of but a handful we have encountered.