Gibson Capt (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff orange pictorial wraps. 1st ptg.: 1982. Mild bump to top binding corner, otherwise nearly as issued. 72 pp., illus. Harry L. Rinker collection. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good Only. Redmill; (illustrator). First Edition. 80 pp. Digest format. Edge and corner wear with some tearing on the spine and a chip from the lower left of the front cover; no interior markings. This issue contains: FICTION: Troubled Waters by Alan C. Jenkins; The Case of the Missing International by Leonard Gribble; In the Straight by Eric Leyland; Biggles at School - part two of a serial by Capt. W. E. Johns. ARTICLES: The Boy Magician by Walter B. Gibson; Celestial Salvoes by Martin Thornhill; Barnstorming by David Roberts; The Bar as a Career by a Barrister-at-Law; Let's Make Something by W. P. Mathew; Swedish Boy by Olle Cronsjo; Ballistics Is a Science by Justin Atholl; Milestones by Reece Winstone; Acting the Part by Frank Newman; Is British Sport Too Commercialized by Lionel Gamlin; and Gone with the Wind by John Davies; along with all the usual features. Size: 12mo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Various (illustrator). Good+ condition in worn dust wrapper in protective cover, octavo, mid brown cloth spine with tan cloth boards, Lonsdale initial and crown in gilt on front, titles and gilt across spine, neat gift inscription dated 1962 on front free end paper, Foyles booksellers label on front end paper, one instance of marginalia - the list of winners of the Grand National stop at 1954, a previous owner has completed from 1963 to 1967. otherwise text is clean and bright and the binding firm, illustrated with a colour plate frontis piece and 69 other illustrations on plates and 5 other illustrations in text (there is a discrpancy between the dust wrapper and the number of plates called for; 334 pages including index. [QP].

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. Inventory # D500-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 6, No. 4, Issue 37, April 1953 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown Viking's Lost Colony; Magdalene Grombach; Opal Whiteley; Woman Sings in Ancient Languages; Ghost Ship, Caodaism; Mirages Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, CONTENTS; ** STORIES (1) Aunt Tishy and the Witches of Ellum Street by Sigman Byrd (2) The Ghost Ship "Seabird" by Bartnet Hyams (3) The Possessions of Magdalene Grombach by John P. Bessor (4) The Visitor by Capt. E. Fairfax-Lucy (5) Karachi Assignment by Maj. Henry F. Hansen (6) Who Is Opal Whiteley? by Alson J. Smith (7) The Possessions of Maria Talarico by Edmond P. Gibson; ** ARTICLES = (1) Lost Colonies of the Vikings by Gordon Cooper (2) The Woman Who Sings in Ancient Languages by Raymond F. Piper (3) Caodaism, the Worlds Newest Religion by Harrison Forman (4) Ghosts in the Blitz by Eliiot O Donnell (5) When the Skies Rained Blood! by Harold W. Wilkins (6) How to Develop Automatic Writing by Horace Leaf (7) The Anatomy of Mirages by Virginia Stumbough (8) Prophecies I Have Heard by Jeron King Criswell; CONDITION; VG; minor spine fraying; spine creasing PRICE = $32; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows very light wear only with creaseless covers and spine, tiny bit of chipping top and bottom spine, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents includes: Aunt Tishy and the Witches of Ellum Street, The Ghost Ship "Seabird",The Possessions of Magdalene Grombach, Karachi Assignment, Who Is Opal Whiteley? ,The Possessions of Maria Talarico , Lost Colonies of the Vikings , The Woman Who Sings in Ancient Languages, Caodaism, the Worlds Newest Religion, Ghosts in the Blitz , When the Skies Rained Blood!, How to Develop Automatic Writing ,The Anatomy of Mirages etc. 130 pages on age-toned paper with ads, b&w photos, drawings, prints. Wrapped in protective clear cover. Keywords: Haunted House, Magazine, 1950's, Metaphysics, Occult, Psychic, Phenomena, Spirits, Past Lives, Warning, Mystic, Mysticism, Ghosts, Paranormal, Raymond A. Palmer, Kenneth Arnold.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. Inventory # D500-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 6, No. 4, Issue 37, April 1953 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown Viking's Lost Colony; Magdalene Grombach; Opal Whiteley; Woman Sings in Ancient Languages; Ghost Ship, Caodaism; Mirages Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, CONTENTS; ** STORIES (1) Aunt Tishy and the Witches of Ellum Street by Sigman Byrd (2) The Ghost Ship "Seabird" by Bartnet Hyams (3) The Possessions of Magdalene Grombach by John P. Bessor (4) The Visitor by Capt. E. Fairfax-Lucy (5) Karachi Assignment by Maj. Henry F. Hansen (6) Who Is Opal Whiteley? by Alson J. Smith (7) The Possessions of Maria Talarico by Edmond P. Gibson; ** ARTICLES = (1) Lost Colonies of the Vikings by Gordon Cooper (2) The Woman Who Sings in Ancient Languages by Raymond F. Piper (3) Caodaism, the Worlds Newest Religion by Harrison Forman (4) Ghosts in the Blitz by Eliiot O Donnell (5) When the Skies Rained Blood! by Harold W. Wilkins (6) How to Develop Automatic Writing by Horace Leaf (7) The Anatomy of Mirages by Virginia Stumbough (8) Prophecies I Have Heard by Jeron King Criswell; CONDITION; VG+; minor spine fraying; PRICE = $39 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Very good. 1954, London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, pp334, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, tan cloth spine over beige boards in dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. The book has a damp stain to the front and rear boards and some of the outer edges of some illustrations. The previous owner has signed the front free page with 274 pp. The book covers the itinerary from their embarkation point in Canada, to their marches,engagements to Toronto and demobilization. The book lists the members, decorations and awards. The book is rated good minus because of the damp stain. C.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Olive green cloth binding. Tanning to endpapers . All photo illustraions of personnel present. Perfectly useable copy, binding secure, top edges lightly damp affected.