1868 YOUNG MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN DIME NOVEL PENNY DREADF BRACEBRIDGE HEMYNG, EDWIN BRETT, Start Price USD 2,800.00 Current Price USD 2,800.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, October 22, 2008 End Time Friday, November 21, 2008 Location Lebanon, Maine See more about '1868 YOUNG MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN DIME NOVEL PENNY DREADF' Description                                                           THESE ARE ORGINALS... NOT  REPRINTS !!                    28 VOLUMES OF THE YOUNG MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN           Edwin J Brett Publishing.        A Very Scarce Story Paper     Large 11" x 8 1/2" 01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,11,12,14,16,19,20,21,22,23,25,31,32,34,35,36,37,38,40,42             These are very scarce/rare early 1880's Edwin J Brett Publications. I have been told that these perhaps surpase the volumes held by the Museum Of England in London. Many Many stories about Jack Haraway, Ned Nimble, Gallant Jack and many others. ( I will try to list others later in the week.) Quite frankly if you know the series you know the value. Great investment !! The papers are in  very good condition with minimal wear. I . The illustrated covers inside the volumes are all very clear and generally blemish free.       This, the companion periodical to “The Boys of England,” was first published by Mr. E. J. Brett on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1868.  The opening serials were “The Night Guard; or, The Secret of the Five Masks,” by Vane Ireton St. John, “Allan Lyndoch,” and “Christmas on a Whale,” by Captain Mayne Reid, “Fred Frolic:  His Life and Adventures,” by the author of “Chevy Chase,” followed in No. 2.  “The Planter Pirate,” by Captain Mayne Reid, began in No. 15, “The Black Tower of Linden; or, The Foster Brother’s Revenge,” in No. 20.  “Was He the Man? A Secret of Twenty Years,” by Percy B. St. John, No. 46; “The Rightful Heir,” by Vane St. John, No. 49; “Satan Free:  a Story of Old Calaban,” by James Greenwood, No. 60; “Night Shade, the Poacher,” by Percy B. St. John, No. 69, May 21, 1869.  “By the Queen’s Command; or, The Mystery of the Seventh Stair,” by Vane St. John, in No. 86, Vol. 3, who followed with “The Headsman of Old London Bridge” in No. 131.   In No. 219, Vol. 9, March 25, 1872, appeared “The Scapegrace of the School; or, Adventures of Dick Lightheart,” by the author of “Jack Harkaway” (Bracebridge Hemyng), followed by “The Scapegrace at Sea” in No. 260 and “The Scapegrace in London” in No. 294, Vol. 12, 1873.  It is remarkable that from No. 240, Aug. 19, 1872 to No. 333, June 1, 1874, the issues of “The Young Men of Great Britain” bear no dates. With “The Scapegrace” series the custom of giving names of authors disappeared.    The other popular serials which appeared in this period were “Gilbert the Wrestler; or, The Freebooter of the Forest,” “Manning the Navy; or the Wooden Walls of Old England,” “The King’s Scholar; or, the Bluecoats of Old London,” “Jack O’Lantern; or, the Imp of the School,” “Madcap Tom; or, The Diamond Diggers,” “The Boy Monte Christo; or, Back from Death,” “Pat O’Connor’s Schooldays; or, the Boys of the Shannon,” “Frank the Hunter,” “Wreckers and Smugglers; or, the Secret of the Red Stone,” “Out with Captain Cook; or, Every inch a Sailor,” “Luckless Bob; or, the London Lackpenny,” “Paul Brandon,” “Hot Codlin, the King of the Clowns,” “Joe Jolliboy’s Schooldays,” “Three Dashing Hussars; or, Where Glory leads the Way,” “Falconbridge; or, For England and the Right,” “Ned Nimble’s Schooldays,” in No. 595, Vol. 24, June 16, 1879, followed by “Ned Nimble among the Indians,” in No. 650, Vol. 26, July 5, 1880, “Ned Nimble among the Mormons,” in No. 656, “Ned Nimble among the Pirates,” in No. 679, Vol. 28, Jan 4, 1881.  “Ned Nimble amongst the Chinese,” No. 726, Vol. 29, and “Ned Nimble amongst the Bushrangers of Australia,” in No. 753, Vol. 31,  June 26, 1882. Amongst the remaining serials may be mentioned “Bob Briefless,” “Schooldays of Old Westminster,” “Pembroke, the Conqueror of Ireland,” “Hal, the Young Harlequin,” “Luke Limpet; or, the Boy who could never do Right,” “Sir Rufus the Rover,” “The Six Swordsmen,” “The Wolf of the Sea; or, the Pirates of the Iron Hand,” “The Path to Victory; or, the Streets of London and Green Shades of England,” “Lion Jack,” and “Eagle Sam; or, the Secret of the Safe,” and many others. The first series of “The Young Men of Great Britain” ends with No. 1056, Vol. 42, April 16, 1888.  The new series ran to 62 numbers, making 1118 numbers in all, and on July 1, 1889, the title was changed as a supplement to “The Boys of the Empire,” No. 74, Vol. 3, being the last number under this title, and thus ends this splendid old favourite periodical.    Bracebridge Hemyng is supposed to have written the Ned Nimble series, but there is no authentic record of this. A re-issue of “The Boys of England and Young Men of Great Britain” was published about ten years after the originals had appeared.  The re-issue was in all respects, with the exception of the Correspondence and Advertisement pages, the same as the original, the numbers, volumes, and paging following accurately, the dates only being different. As showing the popularity and present scarcity of the volumes containing the first portions of the “Jack Harkaway” series, it is interesting to know that even the British Museum does not possess all the volumes.     Future issues of Boys of England to be listed are issues #29 through #51. Check back with us soon !!!   The book is one of the many items that we will be offering over the next few months from a collectors estate sale and others. Once these are gone how long before you will see them come up again. Once a collector buys them they go right back into a vault somewhere. 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