Captain Frank (493 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Later Printing. Aviator Series Volume 1. 165 pages. Pencil notes on front pastedown and ffep. Shelf wear to fair dust jacket with open tear at top of spine. Dust jacket in mylar.

decorated Cloth - Wear. Condition: Good- Used. Light front hinge crack - yet tight. A good history with color plates and lots of B/W photos. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Octavo hardback. Very Good, no jacket. Typical Saalfield of the era. Binding is tight, pages brittle and toned, a slight lean, nicks to a few page corners. No marks or writing, however.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 8pp article, printed in double columns, illustrated with 7 photographs, and a full-page plate by Leigh, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Cosmopolitan, Volume XLIII, No. 4, August, 1907. The author was Commander of the Octopus. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. Light gauge paper, pictorial printed wraps, sized about 11 x 15 1/2 inches, profusely illustrated including an abundance of advertisements. Overall a clean, bright copy with light toning around edges, and a one inch closed tear at bottom of front wrap. Contributors include Rose Gaston Parker (An Aunt To James, complete), Captain Frank H. Shaw (Bluebeard's Chamber, part II of II), Baroness Pereira (The Blind Man Of Kultieze, complete), L. G. Moberly (Christina, chapters VIII), Ellen Leys (The Wiles Of A Woman, chapters XX - XXI), Charles Bryant Howard (The Colby Girls, complete), and St. George Rathborne (Carried By Storm, chapters XXI - XXII). From 1869 - 1942, over 70 years, Augusta, Maine was America's mail - order magazine publishing capital with some seventeen titles published there and circulation at its height reaching an estimated three million copies. Magazines were mailed to subscribers nation - wide, and the sheer volume of sales led to the opening of a new post office in January, 1890. The major publications targeted women, particularly women in rural areas, but some also included articles and stories of interest to men and children. Farm and literary magazines were other types published in Augusta. The primary focus for the majority of the magazines was family and home life, and content included down - home advice on family life, decorating, business (raising chickens, for example), personal care, health, fashion, and the latest trends. Reading material included poetry, romantic fiction, short stories, and editorials, but most prominently the magazines offered opportunity (and encouragement) for women to buy the various and sundry items advertised. Contests and competitions were part of the allure, and subscription rates were very cheap (and often not even collected) as the magazines were supported well by the advertisements. The major publishers, E. C. Allen, P. O. Vickery and John F. Hill (who later became Governor of Maine), and William H. Gannett all became very wealthy. Publications included Good Stories, Happy Hours, Hearth and Home, American Woman, Needlecraft, and Farm World, all by Vickery - Hill Publishing Company, Comfort, by Gannett, which was the most successful of the magazines, Fireside Magazine, Peoples Illustrated Journal, the Illustrated Family Herald, Thrifty Farmer, Farming World, National Farmer, Golden Moments, Sunshine, Daughters Of America, and Practical Housekeeper, all by Allen, and later Gannett who took over Allen's publications in 1891. Some of the magazines including the present number were oversized, newpaper - style, and printed in quadruple columns, on cheap paper that did not hold up over time and use, thus, copies are relatively scarce, especially the early issues. Worldcat / OCLC locates only 5 repositories. See Zuckerman, A History Of Popular Women's Magazines In The United States, 1792 - 1995.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. Light gauge paper, pictorial printed wraps, sized about 11 x 15 1/2 inches, profusely illustrated including an abundance of advertisements. Overall a clean, bright copy with light toning around edges, and a 1 x 1.5 inch piece missing near top of front wrap. Contributors include Tom Gallon (The Buying Of Barbara Angel, complete), W. T. Fernandez (Stay-Eyes, complete), Mrs. Helen Combes (Honeymoon Cottage, complete), Captain Frank H. Shaw (Bluebeard's Chamber, part I of II), L. G. Moberly (Christina, chapters VII - VII), Ellen Leys (The Wiles Of A Woman, chapters XVIII - XIX), and St. George Rathborne (Carried By Storm, chapters XIX - XX). From 1869 - 1942, over 70 years, Augusta, Maine was America's mail - order magazine publishing capital with some seventeen titles published there and circulation at its height reaching an estimated three million copies. Magazines were mailed to subscribers nation - wide, and the sheer volume of sales led to the opening of a new post office in January, 1890. The major publications targeted women, particularly women in rural areas, but some also included articles and stories of interest to men and children. Farm and literary magazines were other types published in Augusta. The primary focus for the majority of the magazines was family and home life, and content included down - home advice on family life, decorating, business (raising chickens, for example), personal care, health, fashion, and the latest trends. Reading material included poetry, romantic fiction, short stories, and editorials, but most prominently the magazines offered opportunity (and encouragement) for women to buy the various and sundry items advertised. Contests and competitions were part of the allure, and subscription rates were very cheap (and often not even collected) as the magazines were supported well by the advertisements. The major publishers, E. C. Allen, P. O. Vickery and John F. Hill (who later became Governor of Maine), and William H. Gannett all became very wealthy. Publications included Good Stories, Happy Hours, Hearth and Home, American Woman, Needlecraft, and Farm World, all by Vickery - Hill Publishing Company, Comfort, by Gannett, which was the most successful of the magazines, Fireside Magazine, Peoples Illustrated Journal, the Illustrated Family Herald, Thrifty Farmer, Farming World, National Farmer, Golden Moments, Sunshine, Daughters Of America, and Practical Housekeeper, all by Allen, and later Gannett who took over Allen's publications in 1891. Some of the magazines including the present number were oversized, newpaper - style, and printed in quadruple columns, on cheap paper that did not hold up over time and use, thus, copies are relatively scarce, especially the early issues. Worldcat / OCLC locates only 5 repositories. See Zuckerman, A History Of Popular Women's Magazines In The United States, 1792 - 1995.

Yellow Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Clean and unmarked, minimal wear, pages yellowed. Jacket bright and colorful, wear to edges, spine a bit faded. "Aviator Series Vol. 2".

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Fading on covers, bumping on corners and spine, rubbing on edges, ex-library copy, pages yellowed, paper tape on spine. Still a rare first edition book. 1928 from the Saalfield Publishing Co. "C"obb (PM).

hard cover, first in a series, no marks in book, some edge ears in DJ, Saalfield #3211, 165 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches, very good book condition, good + dust jacket condition, juvenile fiction,

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Pickett or Pettigrew?: An Historical Essay. Book.

Hard cover. Condition: Good in good dust jacket. 206 p. illus. 23 cm. Includes Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. book is clean and tight, name in ink on ffep, jacket has some edge wear, not price clipped.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Gray cover with black lettering and design shows light edge wear but no fraying. Pages browning but no markings. First page has top edge tear.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Book #1 in the Aviation Series. Chocolate brown binding with black lettering has light wear at the corners, and some dampening and soiling on the spine and rear boards. There may be some front matter missing, and the frontpiece is pasted to the front pastedown. All reading pages are intact. 165 pgs.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Stains to boards and lower edge of leaves, does not effect text. Pages browning. Binding is tight, text is clean. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Significant damage due to wetness. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Binding is very loose. Some pages are falling out. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, OH. c1927. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. This is book #3 of 3 in the Aviator Series by Capt. Frank Cobb. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for an old price and notations in pencil on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear to head, tail, and tips; moderate toning to pages (common problem in Saalfield books due to high acid content in paper). DJ: Good; missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips; moisture staining to flap folds. Green cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine and front board. Frontispiece drawing of a pilot in a dirigible.168 pp 8vo. This book is a thrilling adventure novel that revolves around a young aviator named Lawrence Petit, who has risen from a life of poverty to become an accomplished pilot, driven by a fierce ambition to succeed and an enduring hope of discovering his origins. The story unfolds against the backdrop of World War I's aftermath, where espionage and high-stakes missions set the stage for Lawrence to undertake a dangerous journey involving a dirigible and mysterious adversaries. At the start of the novel, the atmosphere in Washington is thick with fog, adding an element of mystery as Lawrence observes planes in flight, reflecting on his own past and ambitions. The narrative quickly shifts to Lawrence's upcoming meeting with a powerful figure, Hamilton Ridgeway, who is seeking to involve him in a secret and perilous mission. The tension escalates when Lawrence discovers that he is embroiled in a conspiracy involving espionage, the transportation of sensitive documents, and a gang of elusive criminals linked to the king's jewels. As the plot progresses, the stakes become increasingly high, and Lawrence must navigate the treacherous waters of intrigue, danger, and self-discovery. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. 5th Printing. 154 pp. Now a major motion picture! A great study/work/research/reading copy! Solidly and well bound copy with moderate overall wear and use. Slightly slanted spine. Top of spine heavily damaged. Tears on fore-edge. Mild browning/foxing on page edges, not affecting text.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Red cloth boards, black lettering and illustration, light wear. Pages tanned, no markings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Libris.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.