Jack Dudley, First Edition (21 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good condition pamphlet. Spotless inside. A few small spots which may be foxing or may be light coffee or some such near the fore-edge of the front cover, otherwise clean exterior. The only other defect is that the lower left corner of the back cover is bent as are about half the pamphlet's pages in that corner. Will be bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe delivery. This issue includes: "The Lummis Centennial" by Dudley Gordon; "Varieties of Prehistoric Cultures in the Great Basin Region" by Clement W. Meighan; "A Marker Honoring Indians" by MRH; "A Two-Purpose Atlatl" by MRH; "Indigenous Concept of Nahuatl Culture" by Miguel Leon-Portilla; "An Incised Bone Artifact from Cholula, Mexico" by Hasso Von Winning;"Southeastern Indians-Life Portraits (Book Review) by MRH; "Indians of Southern California in 1888" by Jack D. Forbes; "Stuart Luther Peck, 1893-1959"; "Benjamin Ernest McCown, 1892-1959"; "Annual Meeting"; and "Notes" including "Iroquois on the Warpath"; "The Joseph Keppler Collection"; "More About the Apache Posse"; "The Russell Crane Collection"; and "Sacajawea Honored".

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This copy is in flawless As-New condition. This issue includes: "Charles F. Lummis" (photograph on front cover); "The Lummis Centennial" by Dudley Gordon; "Varieties of Prehistoric Cultures in the Great Basin Region" by Clement W. Meighan; "A Marker Honoring Indians" by Mark Raymond Harrington; "A Two-purpose Atlatl" by Mark Raymond Harrington; "Indigenous Concept of Nahuatl Culture" by Miguel Leon-Portilla; "An Incised Bone Artifact from Cholula, Mexico" by Hasso von Winning; "Southeastern Indians-Life Portraits" (book review) by Mark Raymond Harrington; "Indians of Southern California in 1888" by Jack D. Forbes; "Stuart Luther Peck, 1893-1959"; "Benjamin Ernest McCown, 1892-1959"; and "Annual Meeting". Short notes include: "Iroquois on the Warpath"; "The Joseph Keppler Collection"; "More About Apache Posse"; "The Russell Crane Collection"; and "Sacajawea Honored". It will be backed with cardboard and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Folio. 79 pages. Hardcover with a green and blue dust jacket, now in mylar. Light wear to the jacket. The book is sound and clean. Illustrated with drawings and color photographs.

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. NEAR-FINE IN NEAR-FINE, PRICE-CLIPPED DJ.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company. 1923. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], last numbered page is 960 [first numbered page is 801] plus ads at the front [but no ads at the rear], illustrated. Includes the fourth of four parts of "Cherro, Inc" by Jack Bechdolt, the first of six parts of "Without Gloves" by James B. Hendryx, the third of six parts of "Dan Barry's Daughter" by Max Brand, the second of four parts of "Pit of the Golden Dragon" by William Dudley Pelley, the fifith of six parts of "A Gentleman in Pajamas" by Charles Neville Buck, "Brother to the Snake" by Robert W. Sneddon, "The Heathen Sea Cook" by Lieutenant C. Donald Feak, "Uncowed" by Edgar Valentine Smith, "The Extroducer" by Ellis Parker Butler, the poem "In Fiaryland" by Ruth Plumly Thompson, etc. Good copy with cellophane tape across the spine ends, usual edgewear and scattered light chipping to the cover, text paper tanned. mag11.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Robbie Jack (illustrator). First Edition. Robbie Jack offers a beautiful pictorial celebration of The Edinburgh Festival.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 79 pps, hardbound, presumed 1st, 4to, F/F, like new -- no folds, no markings (except authorial signature), no soiling, no creases -- NOT EXLIB, mylar protected. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company. Softcover. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers 7 x 10", first numbered page is 641.last numbered page is 800 plus ads, illustrated. Includes the third of four parts of "Cherro, Inc" by Jack Bechdolt, the second of six parts of "Dan Barry's Daughter" by Max Brand, the first of four parts of "Pit of the Golden Dragon" by William Dudley Pelley, the fourth of six parts of "A Gentleman in Pajamas" by Charles Neville Buck, "The Acumen of Martin MacVeagh" by J. U. Giesey, "Socker Doorley Triumphs" by Chrles Francis Coe, "The Three-Eyed Man" by Ray Cummings, etc. Good copy with cellophane tape across the spine ends, edgewear to the cover, tearing and a chip to the central fore-edge of the rear cover, pages toned. mag12E.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. dust jacket worn and chipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Woodcut portrait or Mr. Gilbert by Gianna Gelmetti (illustrator). 1st Edition. An ex-library 12mo hardcover with paper Dewey Decimal spine label; manila card holder glued to RFE (this copy may have been borrowed once in 1967); Dewey number in pencil to copyright page, and all edges stamped "Niagara University Library." Gilbert's hard-to-find first book of verse. Some rub and minor fraying to top of spine, would still grade "very good" but for library trappings. No jacket. 43 pp., followed by a two-page list of titles in the "Younger Poets" series, this one (No. 58) being the last. Reduced from $300.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original crimson paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xiii] 210 printed pages of text. Spine ends very slightly curled. Very Good condition book in Good condition illustrated torn and repaired dust wrapper, not price clipped 15s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SHORT STORIES (Novella).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Lawrence, David (illustrator). 1st Edition. 11.5" book shows only slight edgewear with no creasing to spine. 155 pages are clean, tight and unmarked other than DUDLEY'S SIGNATURE ON VERSO OF FRONT COVER. This page also has a neat gift inscription. This is full of historical balck and white photos. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 192. Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered black on spine. Portrait frontispiece. Neat name label on front endpaper and press-cuttings tipped in on the rear endpaper, otherwise very good in very good dust jacket. Front inside flap of jacket pasted to front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Burnt orange cloth with gilt titles; 4to; 144pp; illustrated with maps, b/w & color photos plus drawings by David Lawrence; color photographic dust jacket. The waters of Lake Mattamuskeet and it's surrounds, "were once the province of prodigious numbers of waterfowl and superlative opportunities for those who pursued them for sport and livelihood." A near fine copy in like jacket, bearing a signed presentation in year of publication on the half title page as well as another signature & date on the front free endsheet. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition (not stated) DATED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. viii, 144 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket with color pictorial front panel; strong rubbing to panels with creasing, short tears, small chips, and edge-nicks; toning and staining to white spine and white rear panel; front flap completely missing. Green boards; spine ends lightly bumped; vibrant gilt stamped lettering to front board and spine. Foxing/toning to text block edges and endpapers; author's four-line blue ink inscription "I certify this to be an authentic | copy of my book, First Edition. | Gene Nunnery | 12-12-80" at bottom of front free endpaper; a few foxing spots to interior leaves which are otherwise clean. Page ii features large sticker affixed atop original printed copyright statement amending publisher information to Gene Nunnery of Meridian, Mississippi (the original obscured text notes the book's publication by Portal Press of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; presumably Nunnery bought out Portal's inventory to sell the book himself which technically would make this book a second issue of the first edition). Binding is firm. A very good copy in just a fair dust jacket. Features Foreword by Jack L. Dudley and Ben Rodgers Lee as well as thirty b/w illustrations by Norman C. Miller, Jr. {HuntingShelf#5} ISBN 0916620484.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 5.25" x 8" softcover book in card wraps, 43pp. Book now in protective mylar dustjacket. Unmarked and well bound. From the collection of a tobacco smoker, with attendant toning to the covers and a faint aroma of smoke to page interiors. Shelfwear otherwise mild - subtle wear to the front cover's fore-edge. Page interiors quite bright, crisp. A handsome copy of Jack Gilbert's debut collection of poetry, in very good overall condition.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Leigh, Conrad; Inns, Kenneth; Sutcliffe, Norman; Gillett, F.; Forestier, A.; Peddie, Tom; De Walton, John; Carruthers, G.P.; Board, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Cowes, Dudley S.; Carruthers, G.P.; Dewar, W. (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Paymaster's Dillemma - A story of American Army life in Manila; The "Place of the Evil Spirit" - The history of Strathcona National Park on Vancouver Island, with photos; The Blind Seer - A curious story of native "magic" in Egypt showing how a blind "wizard" undertook to discover a thief; Fighting the Dingo - The greatest menace to the prosperity of Australian sheep-farmers - with intersting photos; The Saving of Montague Smith - A West African, condemned to death, evades the death-penalty and turns his 'execution' into a roaring farce; On Patrol in Cannibal Papua - interesting leaves from the log of a Patrol Officer in primitive Papua - with fascinating photos; "Poppy" - A strange story from the wild Bushveld country of South Africa; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part III - Jack McLaren spent years settling on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula; At the End of a Rope - A tale from the oilfields of Venezuela; Two Men on a Raft - Two railroad workers try to navigate a swift stream in the Canadian Rockies on a raft; What Happened to Murphy - A young officer of the Burma Military Police sets out to find a Chinese gambling den in the jungle; Schearer's Man-Hunt - A vivid story about the dogged devotion to duty of a young "Wild Cat" (i.e. Pennsylvania State Policeman); In the Shadow of the Gallows - A timber-cruiser for the Conrad Martin Timber and Exporting Company, of San Francisco, wakes up to find his bed-fellow lying dead, stabbed in the heart with his knife; Some African Snake Stories - Patrick Bowen has been an explorer and hunter in Africa for thirty years. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this fascinating vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Holloway, Cyril; Sutcliffe, Norman; Tennant, Dudley; Wigfull, W.E.; Wightman, W.E.; De Walton, John; Sindall, A.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Holloway, Cyril; Sindall, A.W. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 169-252 plus 28 pages of ads. Features: Chink-Running - an account of the illegal smuggling of Chinese over the U.S. border from Canada via the Detroit River; Slippery Wiley's Luck - Mr. Wiley returns to the scene of his prior crime to con money from more victims in Australia; The Mysterious M'Zab - A description of a little-known country in the heart of the Sahara where, although the French are the nominal rulers, the people actually obey the edicts of a secret Government of their own - great photos; "Ning We Pulls the Strings" - A story of Colonel Mackenzie's inimitable Chinese detective; Our Gatta - a most amusing tale of a native regatta from West Africa; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record, by John H.E. Nolan (Part 3 of 3) - with several photos; Murder Paul Jaworski is permitted to read advance copy of a magazine serial before being executed for his crime; Feather's Folly - a stirring sea yarn from Newfoundland; Seeing America on Thirteen Dollars - Carl N. Taylor describes his four year adventure which began when he was sixteen; At the Eleventh Hour - Racing A Dying Prospector in the Belgian Congo to British Territory for the sake of his life insurance policy; The Human Tiger - a man planning murder in Perth Australia sees his plan go wrong; A Break in Routine - a true story from a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Small tape reinforcements to each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this engaging vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Shreve, Carl (Cover Art and more); Mathieu, Hubert;Dinsmore, E.J.; Sellen, H.E.M.; McCrea, H.W.; Summers, Dudley Gloyne (illustrator). First Edition. 64 pages. Features: Nice color/photo ad for Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat inside front cover; Great full-page ad with photos for International Trucks; Full-page photo ad for Cream of Wheat features baby; Salesmen of Death - The Truth About War Makers - "This Frankenstein monster must be smashed or it will smash civilization", by Lieut.-Col. George A. Drew - article with photos of Dr. William B. Shearer and Sir Basil Zaharoff; Backstage at Ottawa; Air-Minded - short story; The Empress of Britain - article with great photos of/in this Canadian-owned vessel which holds the record as the fastest liner plying between Europe and North America; The Fourth Bridesmaid - short story; What's Wrong with our Lacrosse? - writer mourns Canada's first defeat at the hands of the United States; The Strange Case of Dr. King - short story; The New Partner - short story; Sciene Aids the Airman - J.H. Parkin and aeronautical research at the National Research Laboratories in Ottawa - article with photos; Don't Let Her Worry - short story; Back of the Hump - a vivid pen picture of Canada's newest national park - the Riding Mountain Reserve in Manitoba - with photos; The Silver Scale - short story; Stalin's Rule is Autocratic - the world's most powerful ruler according to many; Photo and bried story of the world's richest man, The Nizam of Hyderabad; Communism and the Ukrainians - a fascinating long letter by Arthur O. Rose of Hafford, Saskatchewan; Brickbats and Bouquets; Wonderful Canadian Nationa (CN) full-page black and white photo ad promotes their Montreal to Toronto service - 334 miles in 360 minutes; The Secret of Successful Salad Dressings - article with recipes; Crossword; Consider the Lily; Bankers adopt more hopeful attitude toward foregin bonds; Colour ad for Kodak Verichrome film on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound, informative and pleasing vintage issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, August 1, 1931: Salesmen of Death - The Truth About War-Makers Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat inside front cover; Great full-page ad with photos for International Trucks; Full-page photo ad for Cream of Wheat f.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Aldwinckle, Eric (Cover Art); Michael; Overman, Charles; Summers, Dudley Gloyne; Coleman, Ralph Pallen (illustrator). First Edition. 52 pages. Features: Fantastic cover illustration of a TCA aircraft above the Rockies by Eric Aldwinckle; Gorgeous colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover shows a Cleveland, Ohio emergency mobile patrol vehicle (van); Nice full-page ad for Red Star Line and their cruises to Europe; A damning editorial of Hitler and his "Mein Kampf", quoting liberally from the book; The Woman's Place (fiction); Canada Flies - article with various Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA) photos of the company's startup; All Bets As Usual (fiction); Exit Doctor's Bills - Ontario's first voluntary health insurance association provides medical care at a cost of 5 and one third cents per day - Associated Medical Services (A.M.S.); Beverley Baxter in London writes a column on the Chamberlain-Hiterl Duel; A Drug on the Market (fiction); Gordon Dunstan's Seventh Quiz; African Holiday to Kenya's Serengeti Park; Deep Waters (fiction); Secret Pool - fishing at Yuculta Rapids; Incredible Lifebuoy soap ad features photo and cartoons of a romantic couple separated by B.O. (Body Odour!); Nice full-page two-colour ad for Moffat Electric Ranges; Colour photo ad for McLaughlin-Buick on back cover shows a little girl buying flowers; and more. Page 47/48 missing. Page 47 contained recipes. Small clipping from top of page 49 appears not to have removed any meaningful content. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice vintage issue.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1962. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket by Philip Kerr retaining original price ($3.00); [14],43pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including shallow chipping along top margins, small chip at spine crown not quite touching text, spine very slightly cocked, contemporary ownership signature of a John Watson to front free endpaper, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. The author's first work, forming part of the Yale Series of Younger Poets.