Brown Rex M (8 results)

Condition: New. In English.

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The June 1953 issue of Verdict, vol 1 # 1, a mystery digest from the mid 1950s. GGA cover. Contents include part 1 of 5 of Fer-de-Lance, the first Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout, Trouble is My Business, a novella by Raymond Chandler, A Glass of Milk (A Peter Chambers Mystery) by Henry Kane, His Heart Could Break (A John J Malone Mystery) by Craig Rice (Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig), Don't Look Behind You, by Fredric Brown, Marihuana and a Pistol by Chester M Himes, and others. Rubbing to the right spine hinge. Celo tape repair at the bottom of the spine. Light creases to the edges of the covers. A good to very good copy. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The August 1953 issue of the British edition of Verdict, vol 1 # 1, a mystery digest from the mid 1950s. GGA cover. Contents include part 1 of 5 of Fer-de-Lance, the first Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout (Note - Verdict ceased publication in the US with the September issue. Consequently part 5 of this serial was never published. There was a British edition of the magazine that continued publication. However, I have not seen part 5 in that edition either.), Trouble is My Business, a novella by Raymond Chandler, A Glass of Milk, a Peter Chambers Mystery by Henry Kane, His Heart Could Break, a John J Malone Mystery by Craig Rice (Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig), Don't Look Behind You, a short story by Fredric Brown, Marihuana and a Pistol a short story by Chester M Himes, and others. Light wear to the edges of the covers. Rubbing to the spine. The binding starting to separate at page 76/77 but still holding together. Light browning to the pages. A good to very good copy.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

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Soft cover. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The June, July, August & September 1953 issues of Verdict, vol 1 #s1 - 4, a mystery digest from the mid 1950s. GGA covers. Contents include parts 1 - 4 of 5 of Fer-de-Lance, the first Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout (Note - Verdict ceased publication in the US with the September issue. Consequently part 5 of this serial was never published. There was a British edition of the magazine that continued publication. However, I have not seen part 5 in that edition either.), Trouble is My Business and Bay City Blues, novellas by Raymond Chandler, A Glass of Milk, a Peter Chambers Mystery and Kudos From the Kid, A Peter Chambers novelette by Henry Kane, His Heart Could Break, The Dead Mr Duck and Motive, John J Malone short stories by Craig Rice (Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig), Don't Look Behind You and The Amazing Dip, short stories by Fredric Brown, Marihuana and a Pistol by Chester M Himes, All at Once, No Alice and You Take Ballistics, short stories by Cornell Woolrich, The Man Who Lost His Head and No Escape, short stories ,by Bruno Fischer, Homecoming by Dorothy B Hughes, Suicide and Keeper of the Killed, a Johnny Liddell novelette by Frank Kane, Big Boy Blues by Damon Runyon, QL.696.C9, a Nick Noble short story by Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), Three O'Clock by William Irish (Cornell Woolrich), Dead Man by James M Cain, Material Witness by George Harmon Coxe, Vicious Circle by Evan Hunter (Salvatore Albert Lombino, Ed McBain), and others. Condition issues include: June - Light creases to the bottom right of the front cover; July - Light rubbing to the covers, light round, red stamp (appears to be Italian) at the top right of the back cover; August - roughness to the fore edge and some rubbing and light creases to the front cover, small loss a various spots along the spine; September - roughness to the fore edge of the front cover and some rubbing at the bottom of the spine, small loss at the bottom margin of the back cover (it looks like a varmint chewed on it) that diminishes and fades out by page 100. Note: Frank Kane is listed as an author on the front cover of the July issue but it doesn't have a story by him. A good to very good and hard to assemble set of the complete run of this title's issues with stories and installments by prominent and collectible authors.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 44 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of Quebec winter dance party; Nice half-page colour-photo ad for Sovereign Potters features their Pagoda design; 3/4-page RCAF recruits radio, radar and electronics trainees; 1/4-page ad for Canadian Pacific's White Empress; Canada Must Arm for Peace - Hanson W. Baldwin suggests Canada's role in the prevention of WW III - major photo-illustrated article; Fighter's Wife (boxing short story); George Drew and Louis St. Laurent Step into the political arena - photo-illustrated article; A Family for Pam (short story); If you want to be a Barbara Ann Scott (figures skater) - the rules that have helped her win five international titles, with photo of her trainer, Sheldon W. Galbraith; Outline of Good Intentions (short story); Schoolhouse in the Snow (short story); J.Arthur Rank ad features photo of actor John Mills; Bermuda on a Budget - photo-illustrated travel article on how Irene Marx and Maida Skene did it; Photo of soloist Frosia Gregory in ad for Campana's Italian Balm; Photo-illustrated interior design article; Classy one-page colour Heinz ad features painting by R. York Wilson of tomatoes being harvested by hand into bushel baskets for transit to Leamington for processing; Party recipes; Nice half-page colour Quick Quaker Oats ad features little boy dreaming of being a hockey player; World Sayings; O'Keefe's colour ad on back cover features painting by Rex Wood of old seaman telling tales to young boys; and more. Several middle leaves loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Masson, Henri (cover); Wilson, Ron York; Scott, John; Wood, Rex; Wilson, R. York (illustrator).…