The Gem (Library) [1907]
Total Issues: 1711
The first title in what was to become known as the Companion Papers
group at A.P. which included the Gem's younger sibling, The Magnet
Library. Contained complete school stories of 20,000 words and serials
(65,000 words).
Incorporates: Nelson Lee Library from 19-Aug-1933
Issues & Index Sources
15-Feb-1908 – 28-Dec-1918, as The Gem Library | | |
4-Jan-1919 – 20-Mar-1920, as The Gem | | |
27-Mar-1920 – 4-Nov-1922, as The Gem Library | | |
11-Nov-1922 – 3-Apr-1926, as The Gem Library of School and Sporting Stories | | |
10-Apr-1926 – 13-Apr-1929, as The Gem Library | | |
20-Apr-1929 – 30-Dec-1939, as The Gem | | |
#incorporated into The Triumph
Publishers
Amalgamated Press, Fleetway House
Editors
1907 – 1911: Percy Griffith
1911 – 1916: Herbert A. Hinton
1916 – 1919: John Nix Pentelow
1919 – 1921: Herbert A. Hinton
1921 – 1936: C.M. Down
1936 – 1940: Arthur Aldcroft [under C.M. Down]
1908 – 1911: Herbert A. Hinton [Assistant Editor]
1911 – 1914: C.M. Down [Assistant Editor]
1914 – 1917: G.R. Samways [Assistant Editor]
c. 1918 – 1920: Stanley Austin [Assistant Editor]
1919 – 1921: G.R. Samways [Assistant Editor]
c. 1921: Frederick K. Adams [Assistant Editor]
in 1920s: Noel Wood-Smith [Assistant Editor]
?: Arthur Aldcroft [Assistant Editor]
1933 – 1936: Reginald S. Taylor [Assistant Editor]
1936 – 1939: R.C. Hewitt [Assistant Editor]
Formats
small tabloid
Prices
16-Mar-1907 – 8-Feb-1908: ½d except for double number 37 at 1d
15-Feb-1908 – ?: 1d except double numbers 41, 93, 145, 197, 250, 302, 407, 458, 511 at 2d; 1½d from 529; 2d from 770 (Nov 1922).
Pagecounts
20pp (16-Mar-1907 - 8-Feb-1908)
Frequency
weekly (every Wednesday / Thursday)
Related Sites
Friardale
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