Blakeslee Don (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Very little soiling to front and back covers but there are some uneven bands of toning (age tanning) to the back cover. There is a approx. 1/2" chip out of the skin at the bottom of the spine. There is a 1/3" x 3/4" chip in the upper left corner of the front cover, a small tear in the lower left corner of the front cover and a crease in the upper right corner of the front cover. On the back cover there is a small tear in the lower left corner. Pages are clean and undamaged, though toned. The magazine will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Queen of the Valley (Reading Company)" by Frederick Blakeslee; "Big Hook--on Call 24 Hours a Day"; "Oversize Shipments" (Photographs); "So You're Going to Be a Machinist!" by Wayne Howland; "Locomotives of the New York, Susquehanna & Western"; "Indian Railways Girded for War" by N. Viswanath; True Tales of the Rails: "Lightning Slinger" by Don Francisco; True Tales of the Rails: "Buccaneering Days" by Sig Greve; Fiction: "Brass Hat (Novelette)" by John Johns; Short Hauls: "How Well Do You Know the Book?" by Peter Josserand; Short Hauls: Locomotive of the Month (Delaware & Hudson K-62); Short Hauls: "Along the Iron Pike (Odd Picture-Facts)" by Joe Easley; Short Hauls: "Development of the Locomotive (Part 4)"; Light of the Lantern (Running Gear Failures); Electric Lines (Canadian Trolley Oddities); The Callboard (Who's Who in the Railfan Crew); On the Spot (Reader's Viewpoint); Railroad Camera Club (The Switch List); and Model Trading Post.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Stern, Hugh; Leake, Gerald; Timmins, Harry; Anderson, Don (illustrator). First Edition. 76 pages. Features: Politics in Khaki - The Inside of the Canadian Army High Command - McNaughton and Crerar stepped on Monty's toes - here's the record, revealed for the first time; Childhood's No. 1 Enemy - rheumatic fever; Battle of the Peacemakers - meeting at Paris; Witch of Endor - fiction; Kate Holliday gets a Hollywood makeup makeover; It rained poison after Bikini Islands' fifth atom bomb test - with photo; Hard rock miners; Honor of the Company - fiction; Flivvers in the Sky - fly your own plane; The Good Catch - fiction; Golfing Cop - Henry Martell - article with photo; Hell's Gate is open - upgrades allow Fraser River salmon to get further upstream - article with three photos; Nice ad for Waterman's pens with cheerleader theme; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for Good Year tires features Mountie helping young lady in mountain valley; Superb Caterpillar bulldozer ad - "Boss of the Bulldozers"; Nice Fleet Aircraft ad; Nice colour photo Studebaker ad inside back cover; Fantastic painted Coke ad on back cover features partying group of young people at table; and more. Above-average wear. Covers present but detached. A worthy vintage copy.

No U.S.A.A.F. officer faced off with Luftwaffe aces more than this fighter pilot, with 1,000 combat hours and 500 operational sorties; he claimed 15.5 victories over Europe, mostly with the 4th Fighter Group of the 335th Sighter Squadron. Choice PS, heavy stock glossy 8" X 10", n.p., n.y. Fine. High-quality modern print of a WW2-era closeup showing Blakeslee in his cockpit from above; in a light area near top center he boldly signed in black fineline: "Col / Don Blakeslee / 4th Ftr Gp.".