Today's Portobello Road Bargain...

[ffutures]

...was a bound volume of The Boy's Own Paper covering October 1893 - September 1894, about 800 large pages with a lot of illustrations, for £3.00

Condition isn't wonderful - there are a lot of loose pages which have been bashed at the edges - but it seems to be complete and there are loads of illustrations, some in colour, including fold-out double plates. Even in poor condition I would have expected it to cost £20 or more, so I'm very pleased. Haven't really found anything very useful for Forgotten Futures etc. yet, but still hopeful, and even if I don't it's a nice volume.

Comments

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

Would you be interested in a 1929 encyclopedia britannica?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Not really - I don't have the space for it, and most of the more interesting Victoriana was pulled after the 1911 edition.

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. My Mum is clearing out her one and thought I'd give you a shot if interested. We have the 1911 compact edition so don't need it.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the offer, but I owned a slightly later one for many years and never seemed to use it, and I'm trying to declutter generally.

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a bit of a bargain. Well done.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I'm very pleased with it - not sure if it'll be useful, but great fun to dip into, especially sections like the "replies to questions" where you can have a lot of fun guessing what the questions were.