Hi Everyone, An old friend is sorting out and getting rid of the books bought for her by her father in the early 1950s. So far she has unearthed a huge pile...
Dear Jim, First editions of 1950s Bunter books, in very good condition with dust-jackets are worth about £30-£50 – may be significantly more if it is a ...
In a message dated 6/05/09 5:15:16 AUS Eastern Standard Time, jmackenzie48@... writes: << Most of this I can cope with but I have zero knowledge about...
... Since you posted this link, I've found it great entertainment, Suzie! Very useful in finding out what buyers want - and don't want. If you haven't tried...
Always happy to help, John. I'm told you can check the number of watchers on any item you're bidding on through eBay. There's some method of going through...
A query came in today for a high res scan of a Ballet Shoes dj 1st. If anyone can help, please contact the following direct - jo.walton AT uwclub.net ...
Barbara Cooper
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May 9, 2009 11:33 pm
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Hi John. I just sent this information to your correspondent:- The original illustrations for 'Ballet Shoes' are held by 'Seven Stories, the Centre for the...
In a message dated 11/05/09 4:38:00 AUS Eastern Standard Time, jmackenzie48@... writes: << Hi John. I just sent this information to your correspondent:- ...
BOOKS WANTED!!!!! The Annual Giant Book Fair Dural Memorial Hall Is getting closer, held on the weekend of 25 & 26 July 2009. The Rotary Club of Galston is...
From Sheppard's latest newsletter UK: Sony sponsors the Hay on Wye Festival? to promote their e-reader Readers might recall that back in January we reported on...
A wonderful opportunity for book collectors, scholars and reputable book dealers and bibliophiles … this is becoming a most popular event … a fascinating...
Can anyone help this chap? - John CB&M ... JOHN WATTS <daltonlane@...> daltonlane @ btinternet.com remove the spaces 25 May 2009 00:27 subjectNewnes...
Barbara Cooper
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May 25, 2009 2:44 am
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In case anyone's interested, I've listed a large collection of news clippings inserted in books?from the 1946-53 period on eBay. From a friend who's gone into...
Dorothea Moore wrote 'Terry the Girl Guide' in 1912. She re-wrote it in or about 1918 (several WWI references). In the first version C B Fry is mentioned...
I have only just read the blurb on the group's home page and noticed his name there. Warwick Deeping was a native of Southend, and is buried in St John's...
Does anyone hold, or know of a deposit of, The Golden Rule? It was a paper published around the beginning of the last century, but the British Museum does not...
Warwick Deeping's ashes were scattered at Woking Crematorium Remembrance Gardens. See http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/warwick.html John CB&M ... ...
Greetings. How splendid it is that such a list exists! I'm looking for an apparently very obscure author. His name is E. Newton Heale, and evidently he...
Wendy C B Fry was the captain of the English cricket team of the era. His counterpart for much of the era was the legendary (and opposing) Australian captain...
Laurence Payne Laurence Payne, actor, has died aged 89. The screen and stage actor Laurence Payne made his biggest impression as the titular detective in...
Thanks I'd wondered if that was the Armstrong I needed ,but I couldn't decide if he'd have eclipsed Fry in the consciousness of the British schoolgirl! I...
Dear List I have just read a news item on an Indian website that Archie Andrews, the ginger-headed teenager of the American comic fame, is to marry the...
That's weird - sorry to waste everyone's time There is indeed a memorial to Warwick Deeping in St John's churchyard, Southend, (looked at it this morning) and...
Hi Michael, I have before me a bound B.O.P.volume 34 containing No.32 New Series with E. Newton Heale's "A Wreck off Annet" on pages 502-503. It seems that a...
In a message dated 29/05/09 3:05:13 AUS Eastern Standard Time, guidertoo@... writes: << That's weird - sorry to waste everyone's time There is indeed a...
It doesn't surprise me that the Archie news item appeared on an Indian web site. There seems to be a swelling interest in all things English and now apparently...
I'm looking at the subject story and have photographed the 2 pages; will load and report back. John Collecting Books and Magazines, Blue Mountains, NSW,...
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May 29, 2009 3:07 am
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