" BABBACOMBE" LEE - THE MAN THEY COULDN'T HANG - The Life Story Of John Lee - Told By Himself

August 1992

1992

1908

USA Edition

1985

Published August 1992 by:

Musikfolk Limited, Byfleet, Surrey Price £7.00 With Foreword by Dave Swarbrick ISBN 0 9519906 0 8.

Reproduction of the original autobiography of John Lee published first in the Sunday newspaper " Lloyd's Weekly News" in five parts on 29/12/1907 (Issue 3397), 05/01/1908 (Issue 3398), 12/01/1908 (Issue 3399), 19/01/1908 (Issue 3400) and 26/01/1908 (Issue 3401) just after John Lee came out of prison and republished in booklet form at 17 and 18 Henrietta Street, London WC in 1908. Also published in the USA by Arthur Westbrook Co. Cleveland in 1908. This new edition had a few extra photos and a new foreword. Another Edition Published in November 1985 by Devon Books (A Division of A.Wheeler & Co Ltd, Exeter, Devon) with a new introduction - 104 Pages in softback Price £2.95 ISBN 0 86114-760-X Front cover of this new edition shows the " John Lee File" that Dave Swarbrick found in a junk shop that had inspired the writing of the Fairport Convention " Babbacombe Lee" album. The file contained John Lee's own copies of the newspaper articles and was bound by him, signed and dated January 30th, 1908. Also See: " Money For Old Rope" : The Continuing Story Of John Lee

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