... THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS by Erskine Childers is considered to be the first book with this theme. It was published in England a few year before the outbreak...
... German invasion ... William Le Queux (William Tufnell Le Queux, in full) is the name, and his output was staggering. See the list and more about him in...
For anyone interested, I've finally made a start on listing my original Magnets on eBay Australia. Mostly reading copies only to start with, with start prices...
Lifeline Q book fair; funny how so many people told me about this but failed to supply the details when I asked :( Took me a while to find the right page. ...
Elizabeth, You recently asked about Anton Lock and I've put together a little blog entry about him that doesn't really tell you a huge amount -- it rather ...
Steve, I was about to list a hundred or so copies of THE TRIUMPH on eBay and just wondered how up-to-date the SPI listing is .. Most I have in the current pile...
Hi John, I'll send you a list of additional issues that have been indexed but are not on the website -- only a handful, so any extra issues you can index would...
For collectors of childrens' books, movie and TV tie-in books and old magazinesFound this on the Sheppards newsletter. They obviously don't believe in local...
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Steve Thanks for the information it is more than I had. Lock did a lot of my Fathers (D.V. Duff) illustrations and I have a lot of the originals this is why I...
Certainly a nice looking set of Chums annuals. I don't think there can be many complete sets around! I guess I'll have to hold off bidding though I could...
Hi Everyone, I have just come across a children's series called the "Peter Kent" stories. Am I right in thinking that this is an Australian adventure series...
Hello My name is Michelle and I have joined this group as I have been collecting vintage cookbooks for a while. Do you collect cookbooks? Am I looking in the...
John wrote: Yes, I have weeklies and monthlies from the first year of publication. Thought I'd photographed 'em, but no sign so far. Packed away in storage but...
Brent-Dyer Chalet 1sts Bloomsbury auction 26 April Lots 391 to 405 many Chalet 1sts in vg djs. Check their website http://www.bloomsburyauctions.com and thank...
Can anyone help this bloke? Reply direct to him, not this group, if you can. - John ... Dandelion Down, I am looking for a copy of this book published in 1971...
It's been a while since I issued a report on a bookfair and wonder of wonders, we've had FOUR in a month! Consequently Barbara has managed to acquire around...
We now have a CHUMS page online, thanks mainly to Daniel's research encouraging me to shoot some photos. The page will be slow to load if you don't have ...
Johnny Weissmuller may have been the most famous Tarzan, but Gordon Scott who held the franchise through most of the 1950's was by far the most imposing Tarzan...
For those of you wanting to remove texta/permanent marker remains from books, try the Chux hard surface cleaner. This is something that arrived as a sample in...
Thanks for the info John. Turns out we've had some in the house for months. Had a Pan 1st edition Moonraker with some previously unremovable marks on the back...
I second that!! I have so many books with prices written in black texta on the front (my local Salvation Army shop is very good at doing that - I have to...
very interesting! I've never heard of chux, so I assume it isn't available in the UK. I enjoyed the article on Commando - many thanks. ... From: Jan Avent To:...
