Being new to the group, I hope it is okay to post about this, as I gather some members are very knowledgeable about comics and related artwork, and I'm doing...
Hi Shaqui, Nice to see you here. I can't put a value to a 'Jane' original. The artist is Mike Hubbard who is very, _very_ good but little known outside of a...
Offlist query - Aussie offlist queries, please cc to address within John ... During the 60's in Victoria, Australia we subscribed to a magazine ( not sure how...
Another offlist query - please cc to address within John ... Hi I am wondering if you could help me my mother who is in her 70's is 'hankering' after a book...
Hi John, I recognise this first one: "During the 60's in Victoria, Australia we subscribed to a magazine (not sure how often it came out). On the back page...
Dear all, A quick update on Look and Learn. We're now in the process of sending out the welcome packs to subscribers which include a free facsimile copy of the...
For collectors of childrens' books, movie and TV tie-in books and old magazines Donation of Books to the Bodleian Library A collection of rare books owned by...
Barbara Cooper
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Dec 15, 2006 12:34 am
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I'm trying to date an issue of Horner's Penny/Pansy Stories with a title of "The Net of Wicked" and wondered if anyone could help. It's featured in an old...
In the latest issue of The Spectator to reach me in the Antipodes, columnist Frank Keating mentions this writer as being possibly the most prolific children's...
For collectors of childrens' books, movie and TV tie-in books and old magazinesCan someone (Steve?) please advise publication span of Picture Show ANNUAL? Ta,...
Barbara Cooper
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Dec 20, 2006 5:45 am
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Hi John, The first was Picture Show Annual 1926, published by Amalgamated Press in 1925 and the last was, I believe, 1961, published by Fleetway Publications...
GREGGAD79 writes: "In the latest issue of The Spectator to reach me in the Antipodes, columnist Frank Keating mentions this writer as being possibly the most...
For anyone interested, I've listed 2 1st series Boys Friend Libraries on Ebay Oz. #28 from 1907 and #66 from 1908. Both are hardbound (probably by the original...
I'm trying to track down the descendants of cartoonist John Leslie Jukes, who drew comic strips such as "Sailor Bill Barrett" for Wonder comic. I know he died...
In a message dated 4/01/07 7:16:54 AUS Eastern Daylight Time, nightspore11@... writes: << I'm trying to track down the descendants of cartoonist John...
Hi, I extend an invitation for you to look at another group dedicated to the cause of children's literature :- This group has been in existence since January...
Having just read Len Deighton's 'SS-GB' with much delight (it's been years since I've read into the wee small hours for 3 hours straight to finish off a novel)...
All the King's Men by Gordon Stevens. Hardback published by Chapmans in 1990, paperback by Pan in 1991 and Knight in 2004. I'm sure there's at least one other...
I really like his books .. are you only interested in the fictional occupation of England? Have you tried Tom Clancy's books? Some of his series about "Jack...
Anne Murphy
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Jan 11, 2007 12:29 am
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The Brave Book for Girls (Humphrey Milford, O.U.P., 1940, 192 pp, cover Edith E. Brier, hc). Cover has a girl singing at recital in front of a prominent...
... One of the best with that general theme is Philip K Dick's 1962 Hugo award winning THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, but that takes place in an America where ...
