I just found out about this group from the latest issue of "Dime Novel Round-Up". Since I just got it today, I would expect that other people will be joining...
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Justin Gilbert
justingilb@...
Oct 24, 2000 8:49 pm
Hello everyone, And welcome to this list. This list has been fairly quiet thus far, but maybe this will change. I was hoping that the ad in DNRU would attract...
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dgreene@...
Oct 27, 2000 2:24 am
Having seen your notice in DIME NOVEL ROUNDUP, I hasten to register. My main collecting interest is in mystery short story collections, and in the development...
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Jess Nevins
jjnevins@...
Oct 27, 2000 2:15 pm
Well, let's see now. My name's Jess Nevins, and I don't really have much of a collection of either PDs or DNs--an Electric Bob, a Frank Reade, the odd Electric...
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Jess Nevins
jjnevins@...
Oct 27, 2000 8:57 pm
Sheesh. Was I -that- offensive? jess...
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Justin Gilbert
justingilb@...
Oct 27, 2000 11:39 pm
Hello Doug, First of all, I'd say go ahead and post your want list. It can't hurt, and I for one would be interested in seeing it. You mention Turnpike Dick...
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Jess Nevins
jjnevins@...
Oct 28, 2000 12:04 am
... I have a friend in London who did some research for me. But on the whole I just traveled to UTAustin and the University of Kansas and read the PDs in those...
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dgreene@...
Oct 28, 2000 12:45 am
Justin Thanks for your peruasive discussion of the difefrence between Penny Bloods and Penny Dreadfuls. At one time, Victor Berch and I had an e-mail ...
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Geoffrey Tolle
gtolle@...
Oct 28, 2000 4:11 am
Does anyone in this group have any substantial information on a german "dime novel" series called, "der Luftpirat und sein lenkbares Luftschiff"? This sounds...
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Jess Nevins
jjnevins@...
Oct 28, 2000 11:57 am
... I flatter myself that my entry on him, at http://ratmmjess.tripod.com/vicc.html , has as much information as there is in English on him. As for...
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Michael Holmes
varney@...
Oct 28, 2000 1:26 pm
Hello from Ireland My name is Michael Holmes and I'm delighted to see some collectors, or at least admirers, of the old bloods and dreadfuls getting in...
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Geoffrey Tolle
gtolle@...
Oct 30, 2000 3:39 am
Mr. Holmes mentioned some of the old penny dreadfuls. I got lucky at PulpCon the last few years. I managed to buy up a good deal of the Newnes Dick Turpin...
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Geoffrey Tolle
gtolle@...
Oct 30, 2000 3:46 am
If anyone is interested, I'm willing to engage in a photocopy exchange. I'd be willing to photocopy some of my Bloods and Dimes in exchange for some that I'm...
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Geoffrey Tolle
gtolle@...
Oct 30, 2000 3:52 am
Jess, I read your entry. That was one of the things that got me so interested in the series. Thanks for the work. Your whole Victoriana listing is a great ...
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Jess Nevins
jjnevins@...
Oct 30, 2000 4:06 am
... Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, I'd love to find more information on Captain Mors, too. I even had a chapter translated from a German book on...
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Michael Holmes
varney@...
Oct 30, 2000 11:23 am
Geoffrey I for one would be interested in exchanging images of bloods and dimes. I would also really like to see your article on DICK TURPIN - do you have a ...
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Michael Holmes
varney@...
Oct 30, 2000 11:25 am
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dgreene@...
Oct 30, 2000 3:33 pm
Michael Holmes blew the rest of us out of the water as a collector, with the list of Penny Bloods he has! Wow! Thanks, Michael, for dating the TURNPIKE DICK...
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Justin Gilbert
justingilb@...
Oct 30, 2000 7:13 pm
I grew up in Germany, and as a kid I read Perry Rhodan, and H.G. Wells and Jules Verne (in German), but I am embarassed to say that I never heard of the...
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Justin Gilbert
justingilb@...
Oct 30, 2000 7:18 pm
Hello Geoff, I think the photocopy exchange is a good idea. I think we might also be able to help each other out if someone has an incomplete copy of...
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jjnevins@...
Oct 30, 2000 7:39 pm
... Well, there's no particular reason you should know about Captain Mors. Something like 90% of all his issues were destroyed during the Great War and...
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Geoffrey Tolle
gtolle@...
Nov 1, 2000 2:33 am
My collection's a little buried but I think that this is most of my collection of dime novels. I've been trying to organize some of my collection a little at a...
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Michael Holmes
varney@...
Nov 1, 2000 1:33 pm
Apologies to all You may all have received a blank file with the heading TURNPIKE DICK. This appears to have been generated in some way by a virus in my...
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dgreene@...
Nov 1, 2000 2:12 pm
Michael TURNPIKE DICK is in a box in a "sel-fstorage" warehouse, so it may take a while to relocate and scan some covers. My 4 copies of the Aldine SPRING...
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dgreene@...
Nov 1, 2000 2:18 pm
DIME NOVELS IN MY COLLECTION: Beadle's Boy's Library 166 (1887): Old Jupe's Clew Beadle's Dime Library 170 (1882): Sweet William, The Trapper Detective ...
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Michael Holmes
varney@...
Nov 1, 2000 4:30 pm
Doug If you have a scanner and can send them that way that would be good for me. I just heard from a couple of people that my machine sent out some more of ...
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jjnevins@...
Nov 1, 2000 6:18 pm
... I noticed someone (didn't catch who, sorry) mentioned that they had a coverless copy of Dr. Quartz Back On Earth. Well, just yesterday my copy of Mellots'...
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Justin Gilbert
justingilb@...
Nov 2, 2000 12:40 am
Doug, I'd like to see your SHJ covers as well, so if you happen to have a scanner, how about sending one or two to the list? I will have to update the...
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dgreene@...
Nov 2, 2000 2:02 am
OK, but please give me a little time. Business for my small press, Crippen & Landru (www.crippenlandru.com) is taking much of my attention. Our new Joe Gores...
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Justin Gilbert
justingilb@...
Nov 3, 2000 12:01 am
I just sent a blank message to the list. Not to worry, it's not a virus, just me hitting the wrong button. Since other people are posting their lists, I feel...
