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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 11, 2013 1:50:59 GMT
The list as it currently stands of numbered Digits (any help filling gaps would be much appreciated) This is crying out for an article in Paperback Fanatic, or a stand alone illustrated bibliography.
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Post by junkmonkey on Apr 19, 2013 8:55:49 GMT
The D was duly added thanks, Craig. Do you have a copy?
An article in Paperback Fanatic? Not sure I know enough to write it - this is more like a huge jigsaw puzzle with well hidden pieces that I come back to from time to time. I'll get it finished one day.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Apr 19, 2013 10:13:59 GMT
The D was duly added thanks, Craig. Do you have a copy? An article in Paperback Fanatic? Not sure I know enough to write it - this is more like a huge jigsaw puzzle with well hidden pieces that I come back to from time to time. I'll get it finished one day. Sadly, if I have any of the Digits they are buried under an increasingly large pile of books. I'm almost glad I stopped collecting Badgers and Digits about thirty years ago. I would have ended up trying to get them all....
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Post by junkmonkey on Apr 20, 2013 19:05:44 GMT
Tell me about it. I'm constantly fighting the urge. The only thing I'm consistently allowing myself to be completist about is Pre-ISBN Penguins (of all sorts: Penguins, Penguin Classics, Penguin Hansard, Puffins, Pelicans - and for all I know Guinea Fowl and Lesser Spotted Grebes). And I have to actually physically find them myself in a shop not buy them on-line (which is cheating).
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Apr 21, 2013 10:06:49 GMT
Tell me about it. I'm constantly fighting the urge. The only thing I'm consistently allowing myself to be completist about is Pre-ISBN Penguins (of all sorts: Penguins, Penguin Classics, Penguin Hansard, Puffins, Pelicans - and for all I know Guinea Fowl and Lesser Spotted Grebes). And I have to actually physically find them myself in a shop not buy them on-line (which is cheating). The problem I'm finding now is that the urge resurges just when you're not expecting it. My brother collected the penguin classics for ages until it got beyond his control but I bet he falls victim to it again. I've sold collections twice in my life (the first time the badgers and digits went) and now I just discovered I had to have all of the Gregory Kern FATE books. I've also noticed the creeping urge to get the nel Burroughs' books has resurfaced - I stopped collecting the paperbacks when I was about 16/7 and thought I had recovered. But no, now I am scouring bookshops and barely passing up ridiculously expensive editions I could have had for a song years ago. until I see them all in number order, lining my shelves (where they will be untouched for a decade) I won't be a happy bunny.
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Post by junkmonkey on Apr 21, 2013 22:49:59 GMT
I only have 2, 4, 5 and 6 of the FATE books. Luckily for me I live in a very small village in the middle of the Highlands; book-buying opportunities are easy to avoid.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Apr 22, 2013 7:10:07 GMT
I only have 2, 4, 5 and 6 of the FATE books. Luckily for me I live in a very small village in the middle of the Highlands; book-buying opportunities are easy to avoid. I can maybe explain why you are only up to 6. The rest of the series (in English) was only published in the USA. A discovery I fortunately made after checking out hundreds of book shops over a number of years. (Good old internet) The books are almost impossible to obtain in the UK but normally priced in the USA
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2013 18:59:13 GMT
Some additions D270 BELSON - Joseph Schrieber R929 DREAM OF DEATH - Elleston Trevor R756 HELL'S BONFIRE - H.E. Newton There is also a Wagon Wheel imprint, from the same company. W231 THE RETURN OF THE RANCHO - Russ Hardy W296 THE SHERIFF OF EUCLID - Andrew De Guise W310 REVENGE RIDES HARD - Tom Raven W318 BLOOD IN THE DUST - Lewis Brant Here is example of book with Wagon Wheel decal:
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Post by junkmonkey on Feb 16, 2014 23:24:25 GMT
Thanks for those, Mains. That's another couple of holes filled... I must post up the latest version of the list. EDIT: 17/1/'14 I've updated the list: vaultofevil.proboards.com/post/37559
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Post by junkmonkey on Feb 18, 2014 0:47:41 GMT
I discovered tonight Brown Watson also seem to have had a (short lived?) crime imprint too: Special Mystery Breath of Suspicion by the_junk_monkey, on Flickr I've only tracked down these so far: SM6 Danger by My Side Chesham R SM7 Date With the Departed Thorne E.P SM8 Day of Judgement Mackenzie N SM9 Death Let Loose Desmond H SM10 The Stolen Necklace Daniel R as yet to find numbers for these: Breath of Suspicion by Hugh Desmond It Happened at Night by Roland Daniel Murder at the "Red Cockatoo" by Anthony Parsons Lady With a Gun by E P Thorne
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Post by jamesdoig on Feb 18, 2014 19:37:51 GMT
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Post by rayvintagepaperbacks on Aug 7, 2014 20:23:30 GMT
Brown Watson publishers have been my downfall for the last twenty five years and having come across this site and noteing an interest from some members I thought I should share a little. From 1945-1957 Brown Watson published many books in various genres these are known as the Non Series. A series of Magazine Anthologies were published between 1947-1949, Approx 16. Digit Books were published between 1958-1967 the first 154 maybe more had No Number, the numbering started at D139 April 1958 to number R982, 1967. From No.D139 to R887 these all carried the Digit Logo, from R888 to R974 many of the books make no mention of Digit and do not carry the Logo but the numbering continues. From No.R975 to R982 numbering appears to continue but published with the Sabre Logo. Dureing their publishing era Brown Watson published as Sabre Books and Instructive Arts. Other Imprints they published were: Long Loop Western 1958-1960, Popular Reading 1959-1960 Special Mystery 1960 Conflict World War II in Pictures 1961-1966 Wagon Wheel Western 1959-1969 Western Pocket Library 1964-1965 Romance Picture Library 1964-1966 Romance Pocket Library 1964-1966 Hope this helps Have Fun.
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Post by rayvintagepaperbacks on Aug 8, 2014 18:37:08 GMT
A few numbers missing from Digit list: D167 - Burridge P., The Hills Shall Hide Us R233 - Mason Todd, Passport to Shame G265 - Kuprin Alexandre, Yama, The Pit G476 - Hurst Fannie, Lummox R708 - Marks Lee, Japanese Bushido R889 - Levinson Maurice, The Desperate Passion of Henry Knopf.
I am seeking the Titles & Author to the following. R699 R786 R893 R894 R896 R909 R923 R928 R943
Any HELP would be appreciated.
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Post by jamesdoig on Aug 9, 2014 12:16:04 GMT
Talking of Digit, this thing was originally published by Digit as Space-Train, here reprinted by Bob Ewington Books as The Claw. It must be the worst novel I've read, and this cover is pretty dire too. Mike Glyce lives with his mum on a farm and is an inventor in his spare time. In the barn out back he's invented a new type of rocket-propelled train, and has even laid train tracks to test it. All this inventing leaves him in need of a relaxing night out, so he goes off to a dance at the local village. There he meets the beautiful Alice, who happens to be the daughter of a rich industrialist. Mike sees his chance and resolves to seek his financial backing. There's also an Admiral Bender, a local land owner who is a friend of Mike's mum, and a tramp who appears at the door one day who "removes his battered Trilby to reveal a high, intelligent forehead." He turns out to be a brilliant atomic physicist who has given up weapon-making for "the pleasures of the open road". The farrago of nonsense continues with Alice's dad, Bernard Demers, agreeing to fund the project and the train reaching speeds of 3000mph. Alice dumps Mike, accusing him of chatting her up to get to her dad. There's some brilliantly conceived prose: "A-Alice!" finally ejaculated Mike, standing up and taking the tray from her. "Alice, you look very ill. W-what made you come in here, and - here! you've brought in some beer!". Mike becomes famous after the successful test of the train on the Admiral's property after spending a night laying tracks (the Government having refused to host a test on the national rail). The Prime Minister, Opposition leader and various other politicians and celebrities turn up for the inaugural official run, however disaster strikes when the train leaves the tracks and roars off into space, much to the horror of the terrified onlookers. Alice feels terrible about dumping Mike and confides in his mum that she actually loves him. In turn Mike's mum is propositioned by both Admiral Bender and Demers. Up in space the rocket-propelled train with Prime Minister et al on board is menaced by giant space crabs. The train falls back to the earth, the bits of crab shell on the nose of the train breaking the fall. Everyone survives and lives happily ever after!
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Aug 9, 2014 16:20:16 GMT
Talking of Digit, this thing was originally published by Digit as Space-Train, here reprinted by Bob Ewington Books as The Claw. It must be the worst novel I've read, and this cover is pretty dire too. Mike Glyce lives with his mum on a farm and is an inventor in his spare time. In the barn out back he's invented a new type of rocket-propelled train, and has even laid train tracks to test it. All this inventing leaves him in need of a relaxing night out, so he goes off to a dance at the local village. There he meets the beautiful Alice, who happens to be the daughter of a rich industrialist. Mike sees his chance and resolves to seek his financial backing. There's also an Admiral Bender, a local land owner who is a friend of Mike's mum, and a tramp who appears at the door one day who "removes his battered Trilby to reveal a high, intelligent forehead." He turns out to be a brilliant atomic physicist who has given up weapon-making for "the pleasures of the open road". The farrago of nonsense continues with Alice's dad, Bernard Demers, agreeing to fund the project and the train reaching speeds of 3000mph. Alice falls out with Mike, accusing him of chatting her up to get to her dad. There's some brilliantly conceived prose: "A-Alice!" finally ejaculated Mike, standing up and taking the try from her. "Alice, you look very ill. W-what made you come in here, and - here! you've brought in some beer!". Mike becomes famous after the successful test of the train on the Admiral's property after spending a night laying tracks (the Government having refused to host a test on the national rail). The Prime Minister, Opposition leader and various other politicians and celebrities turn up for the inaugural official run, however disaster strikes when the train leaves the tracks and roars off into space, much to the horror of the terrified onlookers. Alice feels terrible about dumping Mike and confides in his mum that she actually loves him. In turn Mike's mum is propositioned by both Admiral Bender and Demers. Up in space the rocket-propelled train with Prime Minister et al on board is menaced by giant space crabs. The train falls back to the earth, the bits of crab shell on the nose of the train breaking the fall. Everyone survives and lives happily ever after! I refuse to believe something like this exists. Although if it had been written in the 19th century, it would probably count as classic science fiction.
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