Grant Captain Illustrations (2 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, standard pulp size. The story Ships and Men, part 2, by Bedford-Jones and Williams is graced by 3 illustrations of a nude woman by ALEX RAYMOND, famed for the comic strips Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim and Rip Kirby. These illustrations, and the ones done for the first part of the story in the January 1937 issue, are the ONLY pulp work done by Raymond (Tom Roberts: Alex Raymond His Life and Art, pp 113-116). Small splits and chipping to spine extremities, a likely unread VG+ to near fine copy. Herbert Morton Stoops (front cover), Alex Raymond (interior illustrations) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo, xxx, 31-590, [6] pages, with two maps and several illustrated plates. In Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's green cloth; spine lightly sunned, moderately soiled with faded gilt lettering. Boards show moderate shelf wear and soiling. Rubbing wear along board edges. Fore corners bumped with exposed board. Splitting at ends of joints. Chipping with loss of material to head and tail of spine, patched with tape. Text block is age toned with moderate shelf wear and dust soiling on edges. Blind stamps on front flyleaf and title page. Title page is separated from binding as a result of splitting in the gutter. Fold-out map has small tears that have been patched with tape. Shelved in Room A. 1401565. Special Collections.…