Going Clayton (5 results)

Hardcover. 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: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st printing ; xii pages, 21., 179 pages plates, portraits 22 cm OCLC 1299619 ; LCCN 44009216 LC UH100 .G6 Dewey 355.424 ; red cloth with white lettering ; in chipped dustjacket ; 32 photographic plates of dogs in training and in battlefield conditions ; detailed histories of the exploits of several dogs, with names of handlers and locations of incidents of war ; Contents: By man's side -- Dogs for defense, inc -- K-9 corps -- Chips -- East and West -- K-9 heroes all -- Devil dogs -- Bougainville -- Andy -- Caesar -- Rolo -- Two Jacks -- Liney -- Kuno, Rex, Otto -- Coast Guard -- 4-F's -- Global tailwaggers -- Russian, English, Swiss -- Postwar ; slight foxing ; VG. Book.…

hardcover. 1st. 8vo, 179 pp., Spine of dust jacket rubbed, partly obscuring the title, Introduction by Lowell Thomas; first printing of the first edition Nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket. Illus. with photos (illustrator).

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Acceptable dust jacket. Inscribed by author on front endpage. (Dogs, Military History).

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: The Terrible Williamsons - this elusive clan preys on suckers; Red Alarm in the Middle East; He Always Says 'We'll Win" - Stanford Coach Chuck Taylor; Hunters Never Had it So Good; Duke of the Disc Dealers; Inside the Asylum - part 4 - psychiatrist at work; The Secret of Shining Brook - part 1 of 8; The Guns of Navarone - part 6 of 8. Short Stories: A Sporting Proposition; The Sensible Type; The Fix is On; Breakup. Ads: Magnavox Videorama - the world's finest television; Beautiful two-page ad for the (orange) 1957 ('57) Chevrolet (Chevy); International TD-24 crawler-dozer; Two-page color ad for International dump trucks; Campbell's Soup; General Electric TVs; Texaco gas stations; Hotpoint TVs; Jell-o; Acme Cowboy Boots; Caterpillar; Hertz - 2-page ad featuring the '57 Chevy; Lifesavers; Browning shotguns; Remington Rand calculators and adding machines; Detroit Diesel - with mining illustration; Eaton Tandem Axles ad features trucker Gerald E. Riddle of Gary, Indiana; Mack Trucks - two color page ad featuring a petroleum well-drilling scene; Hart Schaffner & Marx; Ford Trucks ad mentions Mickey Adley, Clarence Landwig and Clyde Freeman; Color-photo Coke ad on back cover features formally dressed couples. 144 pages. Small address label on front cover, otherwise complete, intact and unmarked with average wear. A sound example of this wonderful vintage issue which features many great color ads. ; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Saturday Evening Post, October 27, 1956 - Sam Goody is Duke of the Disc Dealers Terrible Williamsons - this elusive clan preys on suckers; Red Alarm in the Middle East; He Always Says 'We'll Win" - Stanford Coach Chuck Taylor; Hunters Never Had it S. Illustrated by Falter, John (cover); Caplin, Harvey; Riley, Ken; D'Andrea,Bernard; Whitmore, Coby; Giavis, Ted (illustrator). …