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<p>[QUOTE="BoudiccaJones, post: 509608, member: 5592"]I really want Spacewrecks: Ghostships and Derelicts of Space by Stewart Cowley...can get it on eBay but I am far too tight to pay for it. Not terribly expensive ( £50 or so) but even if I were rich, I couldn't pay that. Not my usual cup of tea but I had it as a child and loved the drawings. I hope it's still in my attic somewhere.</p><p>I also want The Hell-Fire Club by Daniel Mannix. Used to have that too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have spent a lot of my time as an adult trying to find books used to have,and what they were even called... found Miss Bones by Joan Fleming eventually. This took me literally years to find,the longest part was trying to remember bits of it so I could find it at all. I just knew there was a severed head in it,discarded into a cabbage shop thing and a Mr. Walpurgis. So glad to find it at last. </p><p><br /></p><p>I read a book as a child about some siblings,one was a character called Pinks and the children survived a flood. That's all I can remember so not keen on my chances of finding it actually.</p><p>Scoolgirl Jen at the Abbey! Easy to find on eBay too but again, far too tight to pay that, I wanna pay car boot prices...much more my comfort level.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BoudiccaJones, post: 509608, member: 5592"]I really want Spacewrecks: Ghostships and Derelicts of Space by Stewart Cowley...can get it on eBay but I am far too tight to pay for it. Not terribly expensive ( £50 or so) but even if I were rich, I couldn't pay that. Not my usual cup of tea but I had it as a child and loved the drawings. I hope it's still in my attic somewhere. I also want The Hell-Fire Club by Daniel Mannix. Used to have that too. I have spent a lot of my time as an adult trying to find books used to have,and what they were even called... found Miss Bones by Joan Fleming eventually. This took me literally years to find,the longest part was trying to remember bits of it so I could find it at all. I just knew there was a severed head in it,discarded into a cabbage shop thing and a Mr. Walpurgis. So glad to find it at last. I read a book as a child about some siblings,one was a character called Pinks and the children survived a flood. That's all I can remember so not keen on my chances of finding it actually. Scoolgirl Jen at the Abbey! Easy to find on eBay too but again, far too tight to pay that, I wanna pay car boot prices...much more my comfort level.[/QUOTE]
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