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COLLJ~CTORS' DIGEST VOL.52 No.615 MARCH 1998 ~~TORYPAPER COLLJ~CTORS' DIGEST VOL.52 No.615 MARCH 1998 j, V'l'I I N1>, 11. J./ . JI ROGUES AMONG THE REDSKINS Thrilling Story of Rai d ing Indians COLIN CREWE COL LECTORS BOOKS 128 WES1WOOD ROAD, CANVEY ISLAN!), ESSEX, SS8 OED TELEPHONE: 01261J-693735 EVEN INGS BES'r OLD BOYS ANDGIRLS !JOOKSSOLD. BOUGHT AND EXCHANGED Wff/1 ENTI/USIASM YOUR WANTS UST WELCOME. SUITABLECOU£CTIONS WANT£D. THE COMPLE TE MAGNET COM PANION 1996EDITOR GEORGE BEALMJllfl' COPIES@ £8.SOEACH MAGNE'r & GEM FACSIM ILE EDfflONS GUIDE & CATL.1'0 ALL HOWARO·BAKERS MINT@ £4.50 EACH FIOWAJtD,BAKER VO.LUMES: I HAVE A S'l'OCK OF OVER 2,000 INCLUDING wrs OF MlNT UNREAD COPCES FROM WAREHOUSE@ .£10 EACH wrrH 10% DISCOUNl' ON ORDERS Of 3 OR MORE. SEND FOR A COPY OF MY BUMPER usr . S.A.F. Wll.l. BE APPRECIATED. I WISH Y(JU HAPPY READING. COLIN. 'IHLSOi'I LEE LIBRARY FEATIJRING nm CHEERY NELSON LEE BOUND VOLUMES COJIITI NUED CHUMS 011 ST. FRANK'S . 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( 13 tisucs) £30.00 TERMS: PAYMENT ON YOUR SATISFACTO.RYRECEIPT OF GOODS PLUS POSTAGE AT COS'T'. 4 ROOMS OF STOCK. VISITORS MOS'!' WEI,.COMEBY APPOINTM£N'I', YOU W!U. BE k"1AZED. STORY PAPER COI"'LECTORS'DIGEST Editor: MARY CADOGAN STORY PAPER COLLECTOR COLLECTORS'DIGES T Founded in 1941 by Founded in 1946 by W.H.GAND ER HERBERT LECKENBY S.P.C.D. Edited and Publi shed L959 - January 1987 by Eric Fayne VOL. 52 No. 615 MARCH 1998 Price £L.30 DAYS TO REMEMBEJR As I have mentiorned before, several important literary anniversaries occur in 1998, and two of these (the 60 years-ago launch of Wild West Weekly and the centenary of Lewis Carroll's death ) are detailed in article s in this month's C.D. by B ill Bradford and Laurence Price respectively. Peter Mahony contin ues to celebrate 90 years of the Magnet with the second part of bfa study of Frank Nuoe nt, and his similar in-depth assessments of the other member s of the Famous Five will follow in the course of the year, while Bob Whiter , Founder-Member of the London 0 .B.B.C, sends all the Clubs a fifty-year * * * ...... ... ... * * * * message. • • • • * * * I feel sure that C.D. readers will also be pleased to have detail s of the following one-day meetings, to celebrate various authors' wotks, which are planned for the second quarter of 1998: 25th Apnl BTGGLES& CO. MEETING (Contact: Paul Marriott at Watersmeet Theatre, 8 The Heath, Leighton Buzzard, Rickmanswonth, Herts. Beds. LU7 7HL) 25th April JUST WILLIAM DAY (Contact: Charles Wilson at St. Elphin's School 18 Colthill Crescent Darley Dale, Derbyshire Milltimber, Aberdeea AB I 3 OEG) 2ad May SCHOOL STORCES:FROM (Coatact: Maureen Murdock BUNTER TO BUCKERIDGE NCRCL, Roehampton Institute, Rochampton lastitute Downshire House, Roehampton Lane London Loadon SWJ5 4HRT) 3 91h May EN LD BLYTON LITERARY (Contact: Tony Summerfield SOCIETY DAY 93 Milford Hill Gade Theatre. Watersmeet, Salisbury. Wilts. SPI 2QL) High St. , Rickman sworth, Herts. 20th Jw'le JENNINGS MEET ING (Contact: Darrell Swift White Hart Hotel 37 Tinshill Lane Lewe s, Sussex . BN7 I XE Leeds LS 16 6BU) Appro pri ate ly in this 50th year of Jenning s' adventures, An thony Buckeridge will be th e s pecial gue st at both L'1e BUNTER TO BUCKERIDGE and the JENNINGS da ys. I wi ll also be one of the speakers on 2nd Ma y (when my subje ct will be ·Toe Influen ce of Frank Richards') and Jeffrey R ichards, whose work is well know n t o many hobbyi sts, w.ill be another of the plenary speakers at thi s Roehamp ton conference.
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