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...
I have been reading the with great interest postings from the beginning of the group.One member (I forget who - 400 something messages is a lot of reading !)...
Dear all, Just in case no-one else mentions it, it looks like Yahoo! Groups is about to disappear for the weekend for maintenance. Someone passed this onto...
I don't know how we got on the subject of where everyone lives, but I envy you guys living in the UK. Collecting 19th c. British lit. must be so much easier...
But at least you don't have to suffer the horrors of the British library!!!! Alex ... From: Justin Gilbert To: BloodsandDimeNovels@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
They have a great childrens book collection at the University of Alberta.Unfortunately all the Dreads and Dime novels are on the Dreadful Microfilm.Fortunately...
I've noticed in past messages some questions on compressing scans. I use a $100 Plustek Optic Pro to scan into Paint Shop Pro 6.It should work the same way in...
It is probably true that the original ride to York was undertaken by John Nevison alias Swift Nicks in the 1670’s. This was referred to by Defoe in his 'A...
I don't know how we got on the subject of where everyone lives, but I envy you guys living in the UK. Collecting 19th c. British lit. must be so much easier...
I have never found a penny blood or a dime novel in Canada and I haunt bookstores, fleamarkets, and antique malls.Canadians are doubly blessed though, We not...
Hi John, Went to read your article on Max Pemberton and unfortunately I don't seem to be able to read it. Don't forget that those of us who are on the Digest...
