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I was never a regular buyer, but usually had a look at the contents, and bought it if there was an author I was interested in. I also went on a couple of back-issue binges over the years. It was always gratifying to see how many fantasy, science fiction and horror authors the magazine covered. But not all for the bad, either. I loved hunting through booklists for titles I wanted, but love far more being able to quickly search multiple booksellers and find all the available copies and editions of the book I want. I never used that part of the magazine anyway.

Puffin Books. See all - filter options. It's worth bearing in mind that sellers listing magazines can get things wrong - or perhaps list an issue in, say 'Collectables' rather than as a magazine. No trading, but very useful for narrowing down content. A seller mayazine is not familiar with 'official' collectors' terms such as 'mint' and 'fair' should stick to everyday language.

Thousands of children have read series books and hundreds of adults remember them and collect them today. As these collectors found each other, they began to produce newsletters and magazines to share information about their books and to trade them. Some of these publications were produced on slick paper and contained photos of scarce series books, while others were typewritten and photocopied. These magazines contain articles which describe series, identify scarce books, reprint scarce articles from other sources, identify ghostwriters and pseudonyms used, and give biographical information about the authors and illustrators of series books. In short, they are a gold mine of information for both new and seasoned collectors and researchers.

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I remember tearing out the posters to cover my walls and singing along really girlie to the songs. For example: Popworld Pulp closed after 2 issues in and So London had just 3 in the same year; women's glossy weekly Riva had just 7 issues in ; men's monthly Club ran to 21 issues; pin-up monthly Span published issues Don't use sttock pictures or someone else's image - that is not what you are selling. After all, but such copes are worth close to nothing.

One Ebay seller was auctioning a complete set of pop monthly Rave February to September : 'This collection was purchased monthly magxzine my wife and lovingly stored, for her to look back on her teenage years. Tell as many people as possible about this. It's a Word table of about 5MB. Paul scullion says:.

Note: Make sure your bookmarks are visible. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2. For example, if you are selling a copy of Queen:? Comprehensive as it may seem, it just cannot replace that feeling of holding the yellow-squared leaves of paper and colleector through halftone images.

It could save their lives. Boxes under the bed or a cupboard are a perfect location, shielded from sunlight and safe from water. So my advice:.