Sorry I can't help you. The best source is probably vol. 3 of Fortean Times, but I don't have this. I should have bought it when I had the chance. I think...
I've come across Michael Anglo's history of the _Penny Dreadfuls_, which was published in 1977. There are lots of copies on the ABE; is this book worth ...
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Michael Holmes
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May 7, 2002 6:28 pm
Mike As a large format "coffee table" volume this is worth getting just as a visual introduction to penny dreadfuls. Although the information given in it is...
Hello New Members, I found This ad in Brett's Boys' Comic Journal . Theres that Mazeppa again ! The Boys' Comic Journal Week ending February 6, 1892 Edwin J....
I totally agree with Michael. I would get this book for the illustrations if you can get it cheap. It is also a good read. The main defect in my opinion (and I...
Hello, There is an interesting article on the Guardian website by E.S. Turner called Stand and Deliver: The History of the Highwayman. the link is...
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Michael Holmes
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May 8, 2002 9:25 pm
Hello John, They were some great bits and pieces you found. I'm amazed to discover - that's if I'm reading it correctly - that E.S. Turner is still alive. He...
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Michael Holmes
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May 9, 2002 10:38 am
John and all, Just out of curiosity I pulled out Mr.Turner's books and on the dustjacket it says he was born in 1909! That would make about 93 now!!! Surely...
Brett's CHRISTMAS NUMBERS: In Canada Christmas is not usually associated with Ghost Stories. Brett's papers always included a Ghost at Christmas. Can anyone...
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Trefor Thomas
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May 9, 2002 7:32 pm
Hi all! If E.S.Turner is still alive we ought to make an effort to trace him - if only to thank him for his book, which is still a fine piece of research....
Hello again, Here is a review of E.S. Turners book Unholy Pursuits published in 1998. He may be 93 but he is still right on top of things. 'E. S. Turner has...
Hello one more time, I sent the following Email to the Editor of the London Review of Books; Sirs, The Bloods and DimeNovels Group , a forum for collectors to...
Hello, all -- A few comments... It might be worth noting here for those of you looking for Turner's Boys Will Be Boys or who have just one copy shelved, that...
I haven't posted to the list before being neither a collector or expert but I follow the discussions with great interest. I first came across bloods through...
Dear Bill B. I`m about to be posting a book and I`m unsure if it matches the confines of the group it`s by George Elliot INTITLED : SILAS MARNER(the weaver of...
Dear John, The Red Letter was a long-running (1899-1988) women's paper which was famous for its "mill girl" romances. Out of interest, are the issues you list...
Trefor, You ask about Shurey's Publications ... you obviously missed my message from two weeks ago which I'll repeat here. Don't suppose there's any chance of...
Dear Josh, It's amazing what can turn up in old lofts! If the book that you refer to is the text of George Eliot's novel Silas Marner, first published in 1861,...
Hi, Dave -- You're the first to volunteer to copy the SPC volume, so I'll send you the Xerox page copies I make here for you to scan. Happily, the original pp...
John, The Guardian can be awful slow. As I work for them (irregularly), I can absolutely promise that their response times to questions is terrible -- mind...
Bill, That was the third edition of "Boys Will Be Boys" published by Michael Joseph in 1975 and reprinted by Penguin in paperback in 1976 (which is the copy I...
Dear All, I recently came across a mention of a film based on the famous Ching-Ching stories of E. Harcourt Burrage while I was doing some digging for a little...
Hi, Steve -- Thanx l,000,000 for the data on the BWBB editions. Gonna have to track down the 1975 edition -- doubtless more text & pix not in the two...
Steve, They are all complete stories. There were no editorial pages or articles if not mentioned. I have some Ching Ching material I will post sometime next...
Hi Bill- A copy of E S Turner's books sounds great, but wouldn't there be copyright issues? (Doesn't copyright hold for 70 years after the death of an author?)...
Hello All, Sorry I have not been posting much, but I really have not had much free time lately. I don't even have time to read all the messages, let alone...
PD movies--there is a movie from the sixties about Jack Sheppard entitles "Where's Jack?" I have not seen this. Michael mentioned seeing an old Todd Slaughter...
Hi, Kiera -- Methinx you read my dithyramb on Turner & The Story Paper Collector a wee bit too rapidly. It was only the latter that I suggested be reprinted...
Hello all, The Library had 4 volumes of Ching-Ching , one with interesting clippings pasted in. Clipping From Vanity Fair -No date; Old Boys' Books CHING-CHING...
Hello, I wanted to deal with this separately because many of these don't seem to deal with Ching-Ching.First I will list what is in the bound library volume...
