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Routledge's Christmas Annual

Country: UK

An annual which published some supernatural tales by Amelia B. Edwards and others. The issues varied between story collections and novels and were somewhat erratically numbered/named/dated. Issues known are:

- Christmas 1867, dated 1866, titled "Mixed Sweets" - Christmas 1867, dated 1867, titled "On the Cards" - Christmas 1868, dated 1868, titled "First Class" - Christmas 1869, dated 1869, no title - Christmas 1870, dated 1870, no title - Christmas 1871, dated 1872, no title - Christmas 1872, dated 1873, no title - Christmas 1873, dated 1873, no title - Christmas 1876, dated 1876, no title - Christmas 1879, dated 1879, no title

Issues & Index Sources: 1866 – 1879?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Routledge
Frequency:   annual
Online Sources:   Online Books

Rover

Country: UK
Total Issues: 2481

Boys' story paper. Incorporates: Wizard from 23-Nov-1963 Incorporated into Wizard (comic). Further Reading: The Rover Index by Colin Morgan (Golden Fun, 1982).

Issues & Index Sources

4-Mar-1922 – 14-Jan-1961

21-Jan-1961 – 12-Oct-1963, as Rover and Adventure

19-Oct-1963 – 16-Nov-1963, as Rover

23-Nov-1963 – 9-Aug-1969, as Rover and Wizard:

Story Paper Index

(sample issues only)

16-Aug-1969 – 13-Jan-1973, as Rover

Publishers

D.C. Thomson, 12 Fetter Lane, London E.C.4

Editors

  c. 1922: R.D. Low
  c. 1940: John Low
  1924 – 1928: William Blaine [Assistant Editor]

Prices

2d; 3d from 1369

Pagecounts

28pp; 20pp; 16pp; 12pp

Frequency

weekly; fortnightly



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Rovering

Country: UK
Total Issues: 54+6=60

"Described as "for young British Manhood". It was edited by A.L. Haydon of the Boy's Own Paper. It had similar stories and articles to those which appeared in The Scout." (W.O.G. Lofts)

The final issue announced "Owing to decreased circulation during the summer months, the publisher has decided to suspend publication of any further issues of Rovering. The competition in this number is cancelled."

Issues & Index Sources

22-Mar-1924 – 28-Mar-1925

4-Apr-1925 – 9-May-1925

Publishers

The Religious Tract Society, 4 Bouverie St., London EC4

Editors

A.L. Haydon; G.R. Pocklington from #54

Frequency

weekly

The Rover's Log

Country: UK
Total Issues: 59

Issues & Index Sources:  11-Mar-1872 – 12-Apr-1873

Publishers:   W.L. & G. Emmett (Note: Gifford gives Charles Fox)
Pagecounts:   12pp
Frequency:   weekly

The Rovers of the Sea

Country: UK
Total Issues: 61

Issues & Index Sources:  11-Mar-1872 – 28-Apr-1873

Publishers:   E.J. Brett
Pagecounts:   8pp
Frequency:   weekly

The Royal Magazine

Country: UK
Total Issues: 385+18+31+6+51=491

The first issue states that the initial print order for The Royal was one million copies, the total of which weighed nearly 300 tons and stood nearly 5 miles high. Published first stories by William Hope Hodgson (1904) and Sax Rohmer (1905); other authors include Baroness Orczy, M.P. Shiel.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1898 – Nov-1930:

FictionMags Index

(Missing: Nov-1928 - Mar-1929; Dec-1929 - Apr-1930)

Dec-1930 – May-1932, as The New Royal Magazine:

FictionMags Index

Jun-1932 – Dec-1934, as The Royal Pictorial:

FictionMags Index

Jan-1935 – Jun-1935, as The Royal Screen Pictorial

Jul-1935 – Sep-1939, as The Screen Pictorial

Publishers

C. Arthur Pearson, London

Editors

  Nov-1898 – Apr-1901: Peter Keary
  May-1901 – Dec-1911: Percy Everett
  Jan-1912 – Jun-1927: F.E. Baily
  Jul-1927 – May-1932: R. Stuart Macrae
  Jun-1932 – Dec-1934: John Reed Wade
  Jan-1935 – 1937: William J. Makin
  1937 – Sep-1939: David Chancellor

Formats

Nov-1898 – Nov-1930: standard on coated stock (Strand imitation)
Dec-1930 – Sep-1939: large flat slick

Frequency

monthly

Related Sites

Wikipedia

Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers

Online Sources

Online Books



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The Royal Novelette

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources:  1898?

Publishers:   Harry Shurey
Editors:   Charles Shurey
Formats:   large tabloid (folio)

Royal Series [1898]

Country: US
Total Issues: 125

Issues & Index Sources:  1898

Publishers:   George Munro
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Royal Series [1900]

Country: US
Total Issues: 145

Issues & Index Sources:  1900 – 1910

Publishers:   Royal
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Royal Series [1910]

Country: US
Total Issues: 127

Issues & Index Sources:  1910 – 1920

Publishers:   Ottenheimer
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Royal Series [1910]

Country: US
Total Issues: 127

Issues & Index Sources:  1910 – 1920

Publishers:   White
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Ruby

Country: UK
Total Issues: 20

Issues & Index Sources

20-Jan-1923 – 2-Jun-1923

#incorporated into Schoolgirls' Weekly

Publishers

Amalgamated Press

Frequency

weekly

Ruby Library

Country: UK
Total Issues: 26

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1932 – Jul-1933

Publishers:   Amalgamated Press
Editors:   Ernest L. McKeag
Formats:   6½" x 4½"
Prices:   2d
Pagecounts:   64pp+
Frequency:   2 per month

Rugby Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 17

Issues & Index Sources:  4-May-1892 – 31-Aug-1892: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Seaside Publishing Co., 142-144 Worth St., New York, NY
Formats:   7¼ x 4¼" and 6 1/8 x 4 3/8"
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   200-250
Frequency:   weekly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Rugged

Country: US
Total Issues: 4+

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1957 – Aug-1957?: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)

Mentioned in: It's a Man's World



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Rugged Men

Country: US
Total Issues: 3+10+4+5=22

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1956 – Aug-1956

Nov-1957 – Mar-1959

Apr-1959 – Sep-1959, as Spur

Oct-1960 – Jun-1961, as Rugged Men:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers

Stanley Publications

Mentioned in: It's a Man's World



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