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Sexton Blake upload

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paulSB8787

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Sexton Blake upload
« on: May 21, 2017, 08:38:38 AM »

My first attempt to upload.

Have tried to uploaded following:

Sexton Blake Library S2 125 The Box of Doom     Donald Stuart
Sexton Blake Library S2 144 The Case of the Bogus Monk    G. H. Teed
Sexton Blake Library S2 150 The Secret of the Russian Refugees  William Murray Graydon

Dixon Hawke Library 306 The Flame-King's Secret
Dixon Hawke Library 313 The Warning Flute

Hope they are ok.

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paw broon

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Re: Sexton Blake upload
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2017, 07:59:27 AM »

Excellent Paul.  Can't have enough Dixon Hawke, imo.
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paulSB8787

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Re: Sexton Blake upload
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2017, 10:52:55 AM »

Some more Sexton Blake uploads.

Found these which I had download about 10 years ago. Includes the first Sexton Blake in the Union Jack from 1894!

Union Jack S1 002 - Sexton Blake; Detective
Union Jack 1231 - The Case of the Phantom Head


And this was downloaded last year, can't remember from were.

Union Jack 0525 - Tinker's Terrible Test

Some of my own UJs:

The earliest one I own from way back in 1905.
Union Jack 0111 - The Actor Detective

and a Zenith:

Union Jack 0996 - The Case of the Attwell Aircraft Company (Zenith the Albino)

Some SBLs

A difficult to find series 1 from 1925 with waldo.

Sexton Blake Library S1 374 - In the Night Watch

Series 3:

Current version has page 25 repeated twice instead of page 27. 

Sexton Blake Library S3 161 - The Income-Tax Conspiracy

And 4 more 1948 fills.
(I think i pasted the wrong text in the title for 174. in the upload!)

Sexton Blake Library S3 172 - The Case of the African Emigrant
Sexton Blake Library S3 174 - The Secret of the African Settler
Sexton Blake Library S3 177 - The Riddle of the Russian Bride   
Sexton Blake Library S3 179 - The Man from Algiers


I want to thank hoover for all his uploads.

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hoover

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Re: Sexton Blake upload
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2017, 07:20:46 AM »

Thanks for all these Paul.  I hope here are many more to come.
hoover
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paulSB8787

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Re: Sexton Blake upload
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2017, 11:51:18 AM »

I've got about 120ish Union Jacks, have them scanned doubled page.  Need to split pages and convert from PDF.

Mostly 1000-1500 range  20ish in the 800-999 range.  few early ones.

SBL have a few series 1.   have few more in the post.

Series 2 have 30ish from a bulk buy, not the great quality but the text 99.99 readable. Working on scanning these just now.  plus a few more. 

Being trying to collect some of the John G Brandon (d. 1941) ones with RSVP.  5 came with the bulk buy, 461,664, 670, 677, 739(last one before he died).  (Of cause sods laws that out of the 57? you have a scan of 664. )  plus 647 which came with bunch of 1948 series 3 ones.

Have 3 of his hardbacks with is original characters, as with the stories in the thriller mag.  difficult to gets as they were most never been reprint outside the 30s/40s.

Series 3+.

Have most of the fills for 300 to 391.  got 4 in the post so if they survive royal mail the only one i can't find is   
334 The Teddy-Boy Mystery.

plus a few past 391.  is there a cut of number past 403 you don't want uploading.

got lot of the fills for 50-100.  need 56-58,75,79,84 (82,97-99 in post, cross fingers)

plus 21,31,41 below 50.

plus 111,154, 186, 204, 208, 219, 222,282,283,292

hopefully we can complete most of series 3, 4?.  filling the first 50 might be difficult? 

series 1 and 2 i think will be a pipe dream.  there's a bunch of later series 2 on abebooks but to expensive for me at 25 plus nearly 5 quid p&p?

also have super detective lib 68 SB diamond hunt if that ok to upload?

will try and post a bunch every week.

also being ocr'ing the nelson lee library to create epubs.  to make them easier to read as lot of text can difficult to read on some of the scans. 

have done a first past proof on first series: no. 4 to 55,57 and the st franks stories 111 - 146.
if anyone's interested.

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paw broon

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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2017, 03:14:48 PM »

Nice stuff Paul.  We'd all look forward to having the UJ and SBL stories.  The Super Detective Library is interesting.  Unfortunately, we're not sure how far up the '50's to go with these AP books. So put it to the bottom of the pile for now, please.
It's a Sexton Blake story with art by Oliver Passingham and you can see examples of his work, this time on Lesley Shane, here:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=2498
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hoover

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Re: Sexton Blake upload
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2017, 04:40:12 PM »

I have The Teddy Boy Mystery and I'll attempt to scan it when I get a new scanner sorted out.  I'm not really interested in the fourth series as l stopped buying them once W Howard Baker took over.

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paulSB8787

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« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2017, 10:45:46 AM »

Thanks hoover.

Just paid to much for a new scanner my self so i could scan A3 or larger.  a fujitsu sv600.  slowing working out to get better scans with its 2 different modes.

As been born in 1970s its all historic fiction to me.  One of the advantages for me of Sexton Blake is the wide range in difference of story telling over its 80ish years of publication.   But I can see it would have been a bit of a shock at the time to long time readers.

Just wish some of series 1 and series 2 of SBL were easier to get hold of.  Who now how may copies of each survive, i'm guessing due there nature most were chucked after they had been read, and WWII would seen most existing copies recycled.

Have completed scanning the series 2 I have except for a bound volume starting with 390 - Death in the Jungle plus 4 or 5 more. (do have another copy of 389.) Still working on the best way to scan the rest.  Done few attempts of 390.  last attempt was good enough to get a good OCR pass in abbyy finereader with its page edit trick to straighten pages.  Love Gwyn Evans stuff, the mention of tiffin at the start reminded me of Carry on up the Khyber.

Going to start on the series 2 WWII area next.

Will try to upload some more tonight or tomorrow.

Paul.
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paw broon

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« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2017, 05:00:28 PM »

Just added a Portuguese translation of an old Roland Davies drawn Blake strip.  Anyone interested can find it here:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=68360
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paulSB8787

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Re: Sexton Blake upload
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2017, 06:58:10 PM »

Just uploaded:

from series 2:

Sexton Blake Library S2 389 - The Pleasure Cruise Murder by Warwick Jardine (Francis Warwick)
Sexton Blake Library S2 390 - Death in the Jungle by Gwyn Evans (from a bound volume. missing cover)
Sexton Blake Library S2 647 - The Mystery of the Dead Man's Wallet by J. G. Brandon with Hon. R. S. V. Purvale.


series 3 1949 fill:
Sexton Blake Library S3 186 - The Case of the African Trader by Rex Hardinge


and 3 UJs:

from 1908:
Union Jack 0242 - Sexton Blake's Double Event   Anon. (Norman Goddard)

and 1924 and 1927:
Union Jack 1084 - The Strange Case of the Runaway Surgeon   Anon. (Jack Lewis) with Leon Kestrel
Union Jack 1222 - The Lightning-Flash Mystery!   Anon. (Edwy Searles Brooks) with Waldo the Wonder-Man


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paw broon

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Re: Sexton Blake upload
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2017, 07:22:08 PM »

Good stuff, a Waldo story ;D
Now, if you happen to stumble on any Dixon Hawke stories with Marko the Miracle Man..............
I'm a Nelson Lee fan so ESB stories are fine by me.
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paulSB8787

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Re: Sexton Blake upload
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2017, 01:31:10 AM »

Talking of ESB:

Most of his tales in SOL were just reprints, but according the list on friardale there were 3 originals. friardale has two of them no. 4 and 120.

I have just uploaded the third no. 27, although my copy is missing a physical page containing p. 55 and 56 but it is better than not having a copy.

Schoolboys' Own Library 027 - The River House Rivals


Look like there was Marko story in Adventure which finished in no. 1200.  which just falls within the gap of missing issues on this site. 1150 - 1214.  1200 text is here:
http://www.britishcomics.20m.com/hawke.htm


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hoover

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Re: Sexton Blake upload
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2017, 06:35:47 PM »

I've uploaded a compilation of Marko the Miracle Man from the Adventure.  Knowing how keen D C Thomson were to re-use their material it is quite possibly a repeat from pre-war.

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paulSB8787

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Re: Sexton Blake upload
« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2017, 05:30:48 PM »

Just uploaded:

4 more series 3 fills.

Sexton Blake Library S3 204 - The Madman of the Marshes - Warwick Jardine (Francis Warwick)
Sexton Blake Library S3 208 - The Mystery of the Haunted Square - John Drummond (J. N. Chance)
Sexton Blake Library S3 219 - The Case of the Naval Defaulter - Walter Tyrer
Sexton Blake Library S3 222 - The Case of L.A.C. Dickson - John Drummond (J. N. Chance)


did this upload work or did I mess it up?
Schoolboys' Own Library 027 - The River House Rivals

some more series 2 next.

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paulSB8787

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Re: Sexton Blake upload
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2017, 09:27:47 AM »

Some more:

some might be a bit rough!

4 series 1:

Sexton Blake Library S1 208 - The Case of the Cultured Pearls   Anon. (John W. Bobin)
Sexton Blake Library S1 315 - The Secret of the Carpathians   Anon. (H. H. Clifford Gibbons)
Sexton Blake Library S1 330 - The Vanished Million      Anon. (W. W. Sayer)
Sexton Blake Library S1 335 - The Loot of the Nana Sahib   Anon. (H. Gregory Hill)


4 series 2:

Sexton Blake Library S2 056 - The Mystery of Bullen Point   Anon. (R. C. Armour)
Sexton Blake Library S2 085 - The Rogues' Republic      Anon. (G. H. Teed)
Sexton Blake Library S2 191 - The Great 'Tote' Fraud      Anon. (John W. Bobin)
Sexton Blake Library S2 224 - The Crook of Marsden Manor   Anon. (G. H. Teed)


Thanks hoover for the 3 Sexton Blakes and the Dixon Hawke.

Have just got 2 more Dixon Hawke's 509 and 520 just today.

Also now have in series 3: 97-125 minus 107.  Plus all the missing Rex Hardringe and Anthony Parsons from 130 - 165. plus 149.

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« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2017, 04:19:13 AM »

4 more series 2:

Sexton Blake Library S2 238 - The 'Talkie' Murder Mystery   Anon. (Walter Shute)
Sexton Blake Library S2 273 - The Legacy of Fear      Anthony Skene (George N. Philips)
Sexton Blake Library S2 293 - The House of Curtains      G. H. Teed
Sexton Blake Library S2 345 - Green Mask         Anthony Skene (George N. Philips)


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wendyer

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« Reply #16 on: June 10, 2017, 08:43:20 PM »


Thanks Paul for all the Sexton Blake Posts. I Love them and cant get enought of them. Keep them coming,
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paulSB8787

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« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2017, 08:15:24 PM »

Just uploaded 5 more series 2 from the mid 1930s.


Sexton Blake Library S2 418 - Missing Men         Anthony Skene (George N. Philips)
Sexton Blake Library S2 461 - The Case of the Gangster's Moll   J. G. Brandon
Sexton Blake Library S2 538 - The Man With the Glaring Eyes   Allan Blair (William J. Bayfield)
Sexton Blake Library S2 543 - The Seaside Cafe Crime      Warwick Jardine (Francis Warwick)
Sexton Blake Library S2 550 - The Trail of the White Turban   Coutts Brisbane (R. C. Armour)




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« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2017, 03:44:17 AM »


Just uploaded:

from 1939:

Dixon Hawke Library 509 - Death on the wing.  + Who Stole the Idol of Doom?
Dixon Hawke Library 520 - The Threat of the Tattooed Spy + The Peril of the Orange Pips.



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« Reply #19 on: June 29, 2017, 05:20:28 AM »

uploaded:

Sexton Blake Library S2 639 - The Mystery of the Missing Constable - Allan Blair (William J. Bayfield)
Sexton Blake Library S2 640 - The Case of the Disguised Apache - G. H. Teed
Sexton Blake Library S2 644 - The Mystery of the Film City - G. H. Teed
Sexton Blake Library S2 648 - The Suspected Six   - Hedley Scott

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Re: Sexton Blake upload
« Reply #20 on: July 08, 2017, 06:32:00 AM »

Have uploaded 4 more:

Sexton Blake Library S2 649 - The Secret At Sixty-Six Fathoms - Stanton Hope
Sexton Blake Library S2 651 - The Secret of the Snows    - Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons)
Sexton Blake Library S2 655 - The Case of the Kidnapped Prisoner - Allan Blair (William J. Bayfield)
Sexton Blake Library S2 656 - The Fatal Fortune - Andrew Murray

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