[Next Project] The Final Count

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Chris Spurgeon

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Aug 10, 2026, 5:23:40 PM (12 hours ago) Aug 10
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I thought I'd proceed onto the next Bulldog Drummond book, The Final Count. (number 4 in the series).

I found a transcription online at https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20120807 , but I can't seem to find the page scans anywhere (The Internet Archive has a few pages available at https://archive.org/details/bwb_KO-918-920/ , but the majority of pages are hidden.)

Is it possible to proceed without page scans as a source of truth?


Chris Spurgeon

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Aug 10, 2026, 5:25:07 PM (12 hours ago) Aug 10
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Ironically, I can pick up an actual dead tree vintage copy of the book online for less than $20.

Alex Cabal

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Aug 10, 2026, 5:27:09 PM (12 hours ago) Aug 10
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Sure, send a link to your repo once you start!

On 8/10/26 4:23 PM, Chris Spurgeon wrote:
> I thought I'd proceed onto the next Bulldog Drummond book, /The Final
> Count. /(number 4 in the series).
>
> I found a transcription online at https://www.fadedpage.com/
> showbook.php?pid=20120807 , but I can't seem to find the page scans
> anywhere (The Internet Archive has a few pages available at https://
> archive.org/details/bwb_KO-918-920/ , but the majority of pages are hidden.)
>
> Is it possible to proceed without page scans as a source of truth?
>
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Alex Cabal

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Aug 10, 2026, 5:28:24 PM (12 hours ago) Aug 10
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We can't use those particular page scans anyway because there's no
copyright date on them. Presumably that's why IA has made them
unavailable. You'll have to find scans that list a copyright daet.

On 8/10/26 4:23 PM, Chris Spurgeon wrote:
> I thought I'd proceed onto the next Bulldog Drummond book, /The Final
> Count. /(number 4 in the series).
>
> I found a transcription online at https://www.fadedpage.com/
> showbook.php?pid=20120807 , but I can't seem to find the page scans
> anywhere (The Internet Archive has a few pages available at https://
> archive.org/details/bwb_KO-918-920/ , but the majority of pages are hidden.)
>
> Is it possible to proceed without page scans as a source of truth?
>
>

Vince

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Aug 10, 2026, 5:36:31 PM (12 hours ago) Aug 10
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Here’s one at Hathi that has both Third Round and The Final Count. Publish date is 1937, but the copyrights are 1923, 1924, 1926, so my understanding is that it’s OK.

Alex Cabal

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Aug 10, 2026, 5:38:15 PM (12 hours ago) Aug 10
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Yup, those would work, thanks Vince!

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> Here’s one <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?
> id=uva.x000470072&seq=9> at Hathi that has both /Third Round/ and /The
> Final Count/. Publish date is 1937, but the copyrights are 1923, 1924,
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Chris Spurgeon

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Aug 10, 2026, 5:48:29 PM (11 hours ago) Aug 10
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Sweet! Thanks!

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Chris Spurgeon

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Aug 10, 2026, 8:23:04 PM (9 hours ago) Aug 10
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OK, repo set up at https://github.com/chrisspurgeon/h-c-mcneile_the-final-count .

I'll be using the transcription from fadedpage at https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20120807 , and the page images from HathiTrust at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000470072&seq=323 . I'm using toolset version 4.0.3.

Alex Cabal

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Aug 10, 2026, 8:38:53 PM (9 hours ago) Aug 10
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OK, Robin will manage with Weijia reviewing.

On 8/10/26 7:23 PM, Chris Spurgeon wrote:
> OK, repo set up at https://github.com/chrisspurgeon/h-c-mcneile_the-
> final-count .
>
> I'll be using the transcription from fadedpage at https://
> www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20120807 , and the page images from
> HathiTrust at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?
> id=uva.x000470072&seq=323 . I'm using toolset version 4.0.3.
>
>
> On Monday, August 10, 2026 at 2:48:29 PM UTC-7 Chris Spurgeon wrote:
>
> Sweet! Thanks!
>
> > On Aug 10, 2026, at 2:38 PM, 'Alex Cabal' via Standard Ebooks
> <standar...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yup, those would work, thanks Vince!
> >
> >> On 8/10/26 4:36 PM, Vince wrote:
> >> Here’s one <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt <https://
> babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt>? id=uva.x000470072&seq=9> at Hathi that
> has both /Third Round/ and /The Final Count/. Publish date is 1937,
> but the copyrights are 1923, 1924, 1926, so my understanding is that
> it’s OK.
> >>>> On Aug 10, 2026, at 4:28 PM, 'Alex Cabal' via Standard Ebooks
> <standar...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> We can't use those particular page scans anyway because there's
> no copyright date on them. Presumably that's why IA has made them
> unavailable. You'll have to find scans that list a copyright daet.
> >>>
> >>> On 8/10/26 4:23 PM, Chris Spurgeon wrote:
> >>>> I thought I'd proceed onto the next Bulldog Drummond book, /
> The Final Count. /(number 4 in the series).
> >>>> I found a transcription online at https://www.fadedpage.com/
> <https://www.fadedpage.com/> showbook.php?pid=20120807 , but I can't
> seem to find the page scans anywhere (The Internet Archive has a few
> pages available at https:// archive.org/details/bwb_KO-918-920/
> <http://archive.org/details/bwb_KO-918-920/> , but the majority of
> pages are hidden.)
> >>>> Is it possible to proceed without page scans as a source of
> truth?
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Weijia Cheng

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Aug 10, 2026, 9:06:38 PM (8 hours ago) Aug 10
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Ok, noted.
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