Bruce Mcalester (8 results)

trade paper. Condition: Good. Color Paper Wrapper, Heavy Edge Wear, Full Lengh Novel By Lieut. Scott Coffin "Flying Coffin", Other Stories By; George Bruce, Arch Whitehouse, H. Ralph Goller, Hugh James, Owen Atkinson, Ship Of The Month "Northrop Xft-1", Binding Solid Nothing Loose, Several Insect Holes, Contents Clean, Paper Aging, Over 15 Years Book Selling Experience, Buy With Confidence.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Acceptable. original wraps show moderate wear, tear, chipping. pages are tanned and brittle.

Magazine. Condition: Fair. B&W Illustrations; This magazine is in Fair condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The magazine front cover is included, but detatched, and is lacking the spine and rear cover. The text pages are generally clean, though noticeably toned. There are several smallish tears to the edges of her text pages. Included are: Wings of Treason by LIeut. Scott Morgan, Bombs with Wings by Robert Sidney Bowen, Pastry Doughboys by Joe Archibald, The Payoff Metteau Miles, Furtive Skies by Arthur J. Burks, and more. "Borrowing one of the nicknames given to Charles Lindbergh following his nonstop flight from New York to Paris, Standard Magazines released THE LONE EAGLE. Telling the heroic adventures of Air Intelligence Agent John Masters, "the world's greatest Sky Fighter, " the pulp debuted in the late summer of 1933. "Masters showed a natural affinity for a stuttering machine-gun and as his natural proficiency increased, he built up a dark and terrible reputation about his name. He became the 'Lone Eagle' of the skies . . . He showed an indomitable courage and a dynamic driving power, in pushing to a successful conclusion his secret missions. Many men feared him, many hated himan occasional one loved him. "Those words, written by F. E. Rechnitzer, appeared in "No Man's Air, " the lead novel in the first issue of the new hero pulp. A former World War I Allied pilot and prisoner-of-war, Rechnitzer is believed to have written many of the adventures of The Lone Eagle, hidden behind the "Lt. Scott Morgan" house name; Robert Sidney Bowen probably contributed most of the later novels. In all, 75 tales of "the world's greatest Sky Fighter" would appear through the spring of 1943, when the magazine would fly off into the sunset as THE AMERICAN EAGLE." (from Pulpfest).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Poor. First Edition. This is the 80 page UK edition - it excludes some of the illustrations and content from the US edition and doesn't include the story by Burks. The front and back covers and the spine are all completely missing. Contains 'Shadow of the Swastika' (illustrated) by Archibald, 'Spook Spad' and 'Plane Jane' by Archibald, 'That Kind of Pilot' (illustrated) by Bowen, 'Killer Ace' by Goodis, 'The LEA Flying Course' (illustrated) by McAlester and a feature, 'The Story of the Cover (uncredited). The pages are browned with some spotting and staining to the first and last pages and some light edge wear. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. XVII, no. 1. Pulp magazine. Edited by Lieut. Edward McCrae. Cover art by Eugene M. Franzden for "The Tough Don't Pray" (novel) by Frederick C. Painton. Includes "Born to Fly" (novelette) by George Bruce; "Blunder Flight" by F. E. Rechnitzer; "Traitor Patrol" by Peter Barrett; "Ace killer" by Bruce McAlester; "Hellion's Wings" by Robert Sidney Bowen. Special Flying Features: "Caterpillar Club - Story of Lieut. Norman R. Nurnett"; "Famous Sky Fighter" (illustrations"; "The Ships on the Cover" by Eugene M. Frandzen; "Scrambled Ships'; "Learn to Fly" by Lieut. Jay D. Blaufox; "Ack Emma's Brain-teaser"; "Library of War Planes"; "Tarmac Talk" by Eddie McCrae. Illustrated by Franzden. A little over 2" lost at spine head; 1/2" loss at heel; creasing; a little soiling, first page. Book.…

Octavo, single issue, cover by Eugene Franzden, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Air war adventures. "Terror of the Skies" by Lt. Scott Morgan. Clear tape to spine ends, some cover creases, a good to very good copy. (23626).

Paperback. First Edition. St Marys Books is proud to present this December 1933 edition of The Lone Eagle Fighting Ace Bound in its original bright yellow paper covers this paperback periodical features a vibrant illustration of an aeroplane dogfight on its cover by Eugene M Franozeh Inside one finds 130 pages of text supplemented by black ink diagrams supplementing this series of original pulp fiction novels by several notable authors including Lieut Scott Morgan and Arthur J Burks This copy is in good condition there is some minor bumping and tearing to the edges and corners and the interior pages have slightly yellowed however the survival of this scarce paperback edition nevertheless remains remarkable The Lone Eagle Fighting Ace is looking for a new home and would make for the perfect gift for any aviation enthusiastnbsp. Eugene M Franozeh (illustrator). book.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. UK Edition. Contains 'High Ramparts' by Morgan; 'Wings of Sand' by Bowen; 'Bird Feud!' by Archibald; 'Murder's so Sorry' by Donovan; 'The L.E.A. Flying Course' by McAlester and 'The Story of the Cover' by Blaufox. Illustrations at the start of two of the stories. There are no credited artists. Chipping at the top and bottom of the spine which is rolled. There is a small tear to the first page and the pages are browned with a little spotting at the back but are otherwise generally unmarked. The staples are rusted through and some of the pages are now loose. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.…