From the Penny Dreadful to the Ha'penny Dreadfuller: A Bibliographic History of the British Boys' Periodical 1762-1950

This book tells, for the first time, the full history of the British boys' periodical, from its origins in the second half of the 18th century to its decline after the Second World War. Beginning with educational and religious magazines, it follows the trail through the violent and sensational 'penny blood' which thrived between around 1830 and 1870, to early...