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CBandM@yahoogroups.com
Apr 1, 2006 11:06 am
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Dear Nandu, Haven't seen an orange one. As I understand it, the green version came with a dustjacket whereas the other version with the picture printed on the...
Lovejoy novel ' The Possessions of a Lady' by Jonathan Gash. A copy of this has landed on the table and I'm wondering whether to read it next (ahead of the...
Barbara Cooper
bcooper@...
Apr 5, 2006 2:09 am
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Dear All Having been dormant for so long (but reading all the posts)it's time to contribute something. Below is a listing for "The Captain", Volume XIV. Oct....
Hi Brian, The Scholar's Own was a fairly long-lived paper that originally appeared from the Educational Newspaper Company. The first monthly issue appeared in...
For everyone's info who has an interest in old radio serials - John ... ...are.... researching and documenting Australian Radio 1930s-1960s, we have documented...
Hello I've looked through the listing in the Collectors'Digest 1963 compiled by Brian Doyle entitled 'Through the Years with the Captain' in which stories are...
Thanks Andrew (and previously Steve & John) Your info will save me searching every volume of The Captain, B.O.P., Chums etc. that I come across! However I've...
I'm here to learn, so unless I have a copy of an annual and someone needs info or pictures from it, I don't have much to say. I loved the messages the past...
I was wondering whether any members have ever come across variant editions of annuals. By this I mean an annual identical in appearance but containing (for...
Brian One thing that Lofts and Adley had to battle with was the use of pseudonyms by authors, and of course they didn't necessarily solve all the mysteries of...
This response deals with Buchan's "Prester John" rather than "The Captain," so perhaps it should have been a new topic. I am on a long out-of-town visit, so I...
Eric 'The Black General' was serialised in the Captain April to September 1910. Nelsons published it in hardback August 1910. It's an exciting adventure story...
I'd not agree with the comments below at all, as regards all AP authors being hacks :) And never republished in hardbacks? Eh, wot? What about W E Johns, ...
John There's no `Eh, wot?' about it. The number of stories in the AP papers which were not republished in hardback is overwhelming, whereas in the Captain they...
Brian wrote: <<Amalgamated Press authors were writing hack-like week to week against a tight deadline and the AP had the copyright and the work was generally ...
The Young Elizabethan / The Elizabethan Does anyone have any information about this monthly magazine - how long it ran for. I took it for around 2...
Brian Yates
bri.val@...
Apr 19, 2006 12:23 am
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Hi It started out as the Collins Magazine for Boys and Girls in 1948,before changing to The Young Elizabthan just before the Coronation in 1953. It later...
Final 22.4 garage sale update Well the day is almost here and you'll find a photo taken a couple of days ago online. All the shelves and tables in the garage...
Shame I can't pop in! Best of luck! _____ From: CBandM@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBandM@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Opsbooks@... Sent: 20 April 2006 22:45...
Constance Savery (1897-1999) wrote about fifty books, depending upon how you count serials, but her best according to most critics [and me] was "Emeralds for...
Glad to hear you had some success ... From: <Opsbooks@...> To: <CBandM@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [CBandM] Final...
panther@...
Apr 23, 2006 12:52 am
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Hi John! It was marvellous to catch up with You again.My wife is thrilled with the great books she bought of You and I am glad to know You just live down the...
In a message dated 25/04/06 12:34:55 AUS Eastern Standard Time, badgerys@... writes: << It was marvellous to catch up with You again.My wife is thrilled...
Good afternoon John, I would like to say that I would love to have attended your garage sale; however, the travel time from Indianapolis, IN, USA was rather...
Hey, that's a hoot!!! Real P G Wodehouse style!!!! ... From: "Bibliomaniacal" <bibliomaniacal@...> To: <CBandM@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25,...
Sylvia Reed
diamond2@...
Apr 25, 2006 3:28 am
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In a message dated 25/04/06 1:06:49 AUS Eastern Standard Time, bibliomaniacal@... writes: << I would like to say that I would love to have attended your...
Uni NSW Bookfair - report Barbara and I, as usual, spent the first day helping out, after a tiring 2-plus hour drive through Sydney's peak hour morning...
