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Yeah. It does that whenever you edit the description.
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Glad you like them Steve. I would recommend it to people. It's very nice to be able to see my collection in a way that rows of white boxes makes much harder.
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At least you didn't do the Ben Doone joke...
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Back on Page 39 of this thread I got the Australian Classic Comics edition of Lorna Doone, with a locally drawn landscape cover: When this came up on the 'Bay I assumed it was a later Australian printing, with a 1/3 (one shilling and threepence) cover price and the orignal US cover reinstated to go with the portrait orientation. I had some Australian classic books in this format and with colour interiors at one stage. The high price (1/3 = 15 pennies, so almost the cost of two 8d books at the time) was compensated for by the glossy colour stock, good paper and colour interiors. But this isn't one of those - it turns out that it was printed in the UK, though I think it might have been designed as an export to Australia as well, as the house ads inside the covers have an 'Australian price' as well as a UK price. It looks as if it might have had a price change sticker at some point too. Regardless, it's a Matt Baker cover and interior art (and not a bad read) for $3, so no complaints. In Mr Baker's hands Lorna is quite fetching...
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From the album: AJD's "other" golden age album
Cover to cover Matt Baker in this one. -
Pith helmet to pith helmet
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Highest on the census is 9.2 with only a handful of high grade. But the overall numbers aren't very different for issues around that number. -
Yes, I saw a Foster influence there too. I'm afraid I have no idea what issues it ran in. As I said, I only have a handful of those books scattered between 1939 and 1945.
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Find me the copy for week ending 27 October 1945 and I can tell you.
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CGC or other? I have a #56 with COA from 'those guys who are not Voldemort'. The COA is very nice.
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I only have a few of these English Mickey Mouse 'newspapers' but I'm always pleased to get a new one. (Sorry, they don't fit the scanner, so a photo will have to do.) There are only 8 pages (two wraps) - despite being October 1945, shortages ran on for years after the war in the UK. But the printing quality is better than some earlier issues I have. The outer covers and the centrefold are in colour, the reverse of each wrap is B&W and mainly text. The comics in the middle are nicely rendered and coloured, though there's a little bleedthrough of the newsprint stock: This somewhat off-Disney brand 'White King of Arabia" strip is a UK original by Reg Perrott. His bio is here - he was invalided out of the RAF just months before this was published and became the studio manager for the Mickey Mouse title before dying in 1947.
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US edition to Australian edition
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Rat to mouse
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Fishing was a common theme in Barks' HD&L and Donald stories, as well as the covers. I've never read that Barks himself liked fishing, but that might be the reason. -
I have a book signed by Barks too - I wish it was a Dell, but I'll certainly settle for this one.
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Chest full of money to bin full of money
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Ironically the candelabra ain't lit.
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Arrow in a hat to fish in a hat
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These are wonderful. Thanks for all the scans - great stuff I've never seen before. -
Define "inexpensive". This thread has some wonderful books in it. At least I could enjoy the window shopping.
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Red bee to red cover with bee
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Chicken legs to chicken
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Yes, I second those sentiments. These pence threads were most excellent.
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Did someone say "Double D"?
