Imprint of the London-based Amalgamated Press, reprinting fiction from The Boys' Friend (> Boys' Papers) in book form. The first series began in 1906, initially with 144-page volumes but for the most part extending to only 120 pages (70-75,000 words). The second series, running from 1925 to 1940, seems to consist wholly of Chapbooks (less than 100pp) using very small print so that a 96-page example might contain some 60,000 words of text. Contributors with entries in this encyclopedia include Lester Bidston writing as Paul Hotspur, Ladbroke Black, Stacey Blake, Rupert Drake, Maurice Everard, Dagney Hayward and Murray Roberts (> Captain Justice). [SH/DRL]
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