Week Ending February 8, 1919. Peeps Into the Past. Old Boys’ Periodicals. ... By Frank Jay. ... "THE YOUNG ENGLISHMAN." This deservedly popular periodical...
Week Ending February 15, 1919. Peeps Into the Past. Old Boys’ Periodicals. ... By Frank Jay. ... "THE GENTLEMAN’S JOURNAL AND YOUTHS’ MISCELLANY." This...
Well done, Justin. Another superb episode. Interesting to read about The Young Englishman possibly passing into the hands of Allingham & Holloway. This would...
Dear All, Anyone wishing to find out more about my infamous CD project -- THE BRITISH STORY PAPER ENCYCLOPEDIA, to be published on March 4th -- can find more...
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Trefor Thomas
trefor.thomas@...
Feb 22, 2002 10:50 am
Hi All! This is an improbable request; however, here goes! I have a copy of Mrs Braddon's The Doctor's Wife in the original 3-decker 1864 form. (It is of...
Dear Trefor I have this edition! Do you want to email me with your address (I know I used to have it, but I don't think I have now), and I'll send you a ...
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Trefor Thomas
trefor.thomas@...
Feb 22, 2002 5:09 pm
Amazing! the wonders of the internet. It does surprise me that the major holding libraries are without a copy, but I suppose she was not taken seriously by C19...
Hi, Trefor, Jennifer, & all -- For those interested, the Oxford University Press has included The Doctor's Wife in its current Oxford World's Classics...
Peter, there's a Jack Sheppard item mentioned in here. Justin Week Ending February 22, 1919. Peeps Into the Past. Old Boys’ Periodicals. ... By Frank...
Justin, Another terrific effort. There's a tremendous amount of information in those Frank Jay articles and they're a real joy to read. Perhaps it's the...
Hello Steve, the text should read "A Wall of Steel; or, the Rush of the Whirlwind," "The Gold Beetle," by Edgar Poe, "A Mad Recruit," . . . I checked the...
A quick update for the folks who have ordered the British Story Paper Encyclopedia disk. I've just added Jess Nevins' superb article on "Frank Reade Jr. and...
Dear all, First of all my apologies for issuing 'circulars' rather than contacting people directly -- I'm caught between trying to earn a living, trying to get...
Dear all, I've had some correspondence from people wondering whether the BSPE is intended to supplant the story paper index that I've had on-line for the past...
Hi Justin, Top marks for the speed that you're getting these 'Peeps into the Past' out -- most impressive. I've actually spotted a (minor) mistake in Frank...
I collect British story papers ,dime novels, comic strips and old sports magazines.I still buy The Dandy and Beano and I have a modest collection of the Boys...
Greetings.My name is John Adcock. I have always had an interest in pulps,story papers,dreadfuls and ephemera. I recently bought two copies of the Boys Own...
Hi John, Glad to have a fellow story paper supporter on the list. THanks to a bit of good fortune, I've managed to gather up quite a collection of Boys'...
Hello all, Welcome to the new member. Steve's Story Paper Encyclopedia mentions an Arthur Adcock. Any relation? Also, did you ever live in Louisiana? Steve, I...
Justin, Thanks for the kind words regarding the BSPE ... and, yes, it will probably take another 100 years to complete, but I'd rather get it out in 2002 ...
Hello Steve, what you are saying makes sense. Barry Ono did like to brag, and may have made up this title. So the more I think about it the more I think you...
Justin, I've found my notes on the incident that might have inspired Ainsworth's Rookwood tale about Dick Turpin riding to York: A later official record shows...
Hello Justin and Steve, I don't know much about Dick Turpin so I'll just follow along for awhile. I am familiar with Steves work .I read The Mushroom Jungle a ...
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Jonathan M Thompson
jthompson@...
Mar 11, 2002 1:49 pm
I am from Louisiana, who else is? Jonathan M. Thompson Battlefield Press Inc jthompson@... / AIM - GreyLnsman / ICQ - 5790099 ...
Possibly no one! New member John Adcock introduced himself, I once met a John Adcock from LA and wondered if they were the same person, and John Adcock replied...
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Trefor Thomas
trefor.thomas@...
Mar 12, 2002 12:52 pm
Hi all! I have been looking at a copy of Ainsworth's Jack Sheppard which is one volume in the Routledge 16 Vol. Collected Novels c.1875. and noticed two plates...
I was looking through the Stanford University Dime Novel site and read of a boys serial called The Amazing Adventures of Alec, Jim and Tinpot for Boys Best...
