Language: English
Published by John Wiley & Sons, UK, 1991
ISBN 10: 0471928747 ISBN 13: 9780471928744
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 12.26
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Very good condition, laminated cover which is sun faded on spine and fore edge of front board, clear bright and tight. Used.
Condition: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, June 8 (weekend SALE item)* 208 pp., hardcover, ex library, else text and binding clean and tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
Published by Cap'n Wag, Inc./ Dow Periodicals, Waukegan, Illinois, USA., 1941
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. R.E Dell Cover & Art; Interior Cartoons By; Hagglund, Jay Jackson, D.C. Root, Walt Munson, Lyle Starrett, Emmy G., Harvey Johnson, Hindmarch, Ian Dickson, Hynes (illustrator). TRUE FIRST Edition COMICS Format Thus. CAP'N WAG Volume 1 #2; ( Explosion of Military Mirth; April 15 1941; Wartime Humor, Jokes & Cartoons Magazine); World War 2 - WWII /// weight = 100 grams; 68 pages including covers; CONTENTS - (1) "The Private Leters of Pvt. Pratt" by Elgar Brown; (2) "The Bull is Mightier Than the Bullet"; (3) "Tanks for the Tanks" by David Henry; (4) "Darwin Join the Army" by Clair Des Voignes; (5) "The Admiral's Salute" by Cpl. John A. Patterson; (6) "Major O'Flynn Bans the Flies" by Sgt. O.S. Griggs; (7) "He Threw It In the Bag" by Pvt. W.F. Garrity; (8) "Sure Cure For Snakebite" by Pfc. James E. Stokes; (9) "Give Me a Tank!" by Sam Allard; (10) "All in the Air" by Vern Whaley; (11) " Who the Hell is Sergeant Kelsey?"; (12) "Objection Overruled!"; R.E Dell Cover & interior Art; "Dell Girls" Pinups on inside front & inside back covers by R.E Dell. ** Moderate water damage to cover, with light wrinkling, Glue & Tape repairs inside spine to cover, thus G Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Cap'n Wag, Inc./ Dow Periodicals, Waukegan, Illinois, USA., 1941
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. R.E Dell Cover & Art; Interior Cartoons By; Hagglund, Jay Jackson, D.C. Root, Walt Munson, Lyle Starrett, Emmy G., Harvey Johnson, Hindmarch, Ian Dickson, Hynes (illustrator). TRUE FIRST Edition COMICS Format Thus. CAP'N WAG Volume 1 #2; ( Explosion of Military Mirth; April 15 1941; Wartime Humor, Jokes & Cartoons Magazine); World War 2 - WWII /// weight = 100 grams; 68 pages including covers; CONTENTS - (1) "The Private Leters of Pvt. Pratt" by Elgar Brown; (2) "The Bull is Mightier Than the Bullet"; (3) "Tanks for the Tanks" by David Henry; (4) "Darwin Join the Army" by Clair Des Voignes; (5) "The Admiral's Salute" by Cpl. John A. Patterson; (6) "Major O'Flynn Bans the Flies" by Sgt. O.S. Griggs; (7) "He Threw It In the Bag" by Pvt. W.F. Garrity; (8) "Sure Cure For Snakebite" by Pfc. James E. Stokes; (9) "Give Me a Tank!" by Sam Allard; (10) "All in the Air" by Vern Whaley; (11) " Who the Hell is Sergeant Kelsey?"; (12) "Objection Overruled!"; R.E Dell Cover & interior Art; "Dell Girls" Pinups on inside front & inside back covers by R.E Dell. ** Moderate water damage to cover, with light wrinkling, thus G/VG Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Cap'n Wag, Inc./ Dow Periodicals, Waukegan, Illinois, USA., 1941
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. R.E Dell Cover & Art; Interior Cartoons By; Hagglund, Jay Jackson, D.C. Root, Walt Munson, Lyle Starrett, Emmy G., Harvey Johnson, Hindmarch, Ian Dickson, Hynes (illustrator). TRUE FIRST Edition COMICS Format Thus. CAP'N WAG Volume 1 #2; ( Explosion of Military Mirth; April 15 1941; Wartime Humor, Jokes & Cartoons Magazine); World War 2 - WWII /// weight = 100 grams; 68 pages including covers; CONTENTS - (1) "The Private Leters of Pvt. Pratt" by Elgar Brown; (2) "The Bull is Mightier Than the Bullet"; (3) "Tanks for the Tanks" by David Henry; (4) "Darwin Join the Army" by Clair Des Voignes; (5) "The Admiral's Salute" by Cpl. John A. Patterson; (6) "Major O'Flynn Bans the Flies" by Sgt. O.S. Griggs; (7) "He Threw It In the Bag" by Pvt. W.F. Garrity; (8) "Sure Cure For Snakebite" by Pfc. James E. Stokes; (9) "Give Me a Tank!" by Sam Allard; (10) "All in the Air" by Vern Whaley; (11) " Who the Hell is Sergeant Kelsey?"; (12) "Objection Overruled!"; R.E Dell Cover & interior Art; "Dell Girls" Pinups on inside front & inside back covers by R.E Dell. ** Moderate water damage to cover, with light wrinkling, thus G/VG Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by International New Company, New York, 1918
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 85, 16 [ads] pages. Many black and white reproductions of photos. Features: "As I ran for the cliff a shell struck the truck just behind me, blowing it to pieces" - Arthur H. Griswold on the horrors of Gallipoli; Capturing Wild Elephants Alive, by St. Nihal Singh - including *amazing* photos of the Maharajah of Mysore's hunt; Tales of the Service - part VI - my smuggler-catching adventures, by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired customs and excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Behind the Scenes in Russia - part II - Robert Wilton reports on the war in Russia with many excellent photos including a German propaganda sheet (in Russian) which blames England for the war; Queer Fixes - trapped by rattlers, and 'twixt bear and rapids; In Unknown British Guiana - part II - many great photos; The Hold-up at the "Gem" - a tale from Lordsburg, New Mexico; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - part VI, by Fanny Bullock Markman and William Hunter Workman - with many super photos; How "Big Walsh" Held His Own - a mining experience in Bolivia; The Carrier-Pigeon in Wartime - many excellent photos; German Raids on the Cables - the first true account of Germany's daring efforts to cut Britain's underseas cable systems, with photos; The Falling Bucket - adventure involving a Bolivian silver mine; The Quaintest Horse-Race in the World - the annual Palio of Siena, Italy; Amazing photos of Mooseback riding in Rainy Lake, Ontario! Sewer cleaning with an alligator in Fort Meade, Florida. Wonderful full-page WWI ad by AT&T with caption "How Belgium Stemmed the Tide". Clean, tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this fascinating issue. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by George Newnes Limited, New York, 1918
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Peddie, Tom; Soper, George; Reynolds, Warwick; Robinson,H.T.; Prater, E.; Gillett, Frank; (illustrator). First Edition. 85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine, September 1918 Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton, British War Correspondents, Eastern Front, The Man-Eating Tigers, Rengarih, Bear Hunting, British Columbia, Water-Wheels, Hama, Syria, The Dalton Gang, Condon Ba.