Language: English
Published by ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, NY, 1973
ISBN 10: 0856700487 ISBN 13: 9780856700484
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. CLEAN COPY!
Published by New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1968
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 96pp, printed wrappers. Includes a dialogue between Eldridge Cleaver and Cecil Brown, writing by Nat Hentoff et al. Unmarked copy, light general wear. Not Signed.
Published by The Science Fiction Foundation, Dagenham, Essex, 1979
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketOriginal Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Contains an editorial by Edwards, The Profession of Science Fiction XV by Lem, New Worlds: A Personal History by Moorcock, An Assessment of Brian Stableford's novels by Pringle, Notes Towards a Sociology of Science Fiction by Stableford, A Closer Look at Close Encounters by Disch, Myth, Symbol and Dialectic in the Novels of Olaf Stapledon by K.V. Bailey and the reviews include Gloriana by Moorcock and two books by Brian W. Aldiss and Involution Ocean by Bruce Sterling. There is a trace of a price in pencil on the first page but otherwise near Fine. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.
US$ 34.89
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Add to basketCondition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed with edge-wear. Page edges browning. Loss to title page and front plate. 300mm x 230mm (12" x 9"). 832pp. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. Red illustrated hardback cloth cover.
Published by Signet, New American Library, 1970
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 22.15
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Add to basket8vo. Unpaginated. Black and white covers. Black page edge. Illustrated throughout in black and white. First printing February 1970. good plus, with a crease along spine and a 2cm tear to corner of front cover at the hinge.
Language: English
Published by Hugh M. Hefner, Chicago, 1968
Seller: La Social. Galería y Libros, Barcelona, B, Spain
First Edition
Tapa blanda. Condition: Muy bien. Primera edición. John D. Mac Doald; Isaac Bachevis Singer; Ken W. Purdy; William Wiser; Robert L. Green; Daniel Mannix; Gerald Cleaver; J. G. Ballard; Len Deighton; Alan Westin; Thomas Mario; Jules feiffer. MUY BUEN ejemplar. 226pp.
Published by The Amalgamated Press Ltd., London, 1931
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 34.32
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Worn red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Corners are bumped and well rubbed, covers are lightly marked. Rear cover has the remains of six South African Christmas stamps (1957) stuck on. Spine ends are well worn, cloth over both front and rear joints is split. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the fold out frontis 'Pacific Type Express Locomotive' and many more black and white illustrations. Binding is split at contents page, all pages are still bound in. Front cover is loose but still attached. Binding is otherwise sound. Pages are lightly foxed at edges and paper is a little darkened, pages otherwise clean, coloured plates are bright. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124029. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd, London and Glasgow
Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
US$ 27.69
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Add to basketPictorial Board/Cloth Spine. Condition: Good Grubby Boards. No Jacket. Artists H.M Brock,Reginald Cleaver,D.C Eyles & Others (illustrator). Undated Circa 1930. Decorated Pictorial Boards show a man on a horse riding through a tea plantation.AND NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please Email for further details Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Signed "To Leslie from Auntie Sarah". Hardback.
Published by Published by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London First Edition . 1937., 1937
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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First Edition
US$ 17.31
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Add to basketFirst edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back and front. Thick 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains colour frontispiece, 288 pp. From the private library and estate of Frank Williams. Spotting to the closed text block edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with just a little rubbing to the tips and edges, not price clipped, 4/-. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.
Published by Published by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London First Edition . 1937., 1937
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Add to basketFirst edition hard back binding in publisher's original Wedgwood blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains monochrome frontispiece, 128 + 8 pp. From the private library and estate of Frank Williams. A little age tanning to the thick paper. Good condition book in Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with small chips to the spine ends and corners. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.
Published by Amalgamated Press Ltd., London, 1937
Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Chums Annual from Britain for the year 1936-1937. 412 pages : illustrations, 4 color plates (including frontispiece) ; 32 cm. Many authors, numerous illustrations. Interior pages are browned as usual. Unmarked - no inscriptions. Tight, square binding. Red cloth with bold image of a cowboy to the front, is clean and bright showing almost no wear. A well above-average copy. More information available including images. Oversized weighing 1.775kg. Inquire for postal rates to your locations - variious pacakaging, speed and other options available - ALL at our cost.
Published by The Amalgamated Press Ltd., London, 1931
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Bright red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Corners are lightly bumped and worn. Spine is faded, slight wear to spine ends, hand written '1931' at base of spine. Split in cloth over rear external joint extends from bottom of spine to about half way up. Covers are still firmly attached, binding is sound. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the fold out frontis 'Pacific Type Express Locomotive' and many more black and white illustrations. Pages are clean and crisp but paper is a little darkened, plates are clean and bright. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08121024050. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.
Seller: The Spoken Word, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Third Millennium Publishing Ltd in 2013, here is the first hardback printing of FITZWILLIAM: The First 150 Years of a Cambridge College edited by John Cleaver and Catharine Walston. Maroon cloth binding, gilt spine lettering, 192 sensationally illustrated pages the book is in very good condition with some minor bumping to the edges of the boards. The dust jacket is very good with some light rubbing to the edges and spine. The book is heavy and therefore additional postage MUST be applied to areas OUTSIDE the UK as follows: Europe £5, Rest of the World £7. UK postage is as quoted and will be tracked for this item.
Published by The Amalgamated Press Ltd., London, 1930
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Bright red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Spine is slightly sun faded and rear cover is lightly marked. Corners are lightly bumped and worn, wear to spine ends. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the frontis 'Prehistoric Dirt Track Race' and many more black and white illustrations. Front free end-paper is missing. Block edge is a little speckled, occasional light foxing to edges of some pages. Pages are otherwise clean and crisp but paper is a little darkened, plates are clean and bright. Binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124027. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.
Language: English
Published by Albany, California: Chaosium Inc., 1989
ISBN 10: 0933635389 ISBN 13: 9780933635388
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Tom Sullivan; Sean Schoomaker; John B. Monroe; Greg Stafford (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. "Chaosium Publication 2321. Published 1989." stated. Fine 172 page 10 7/8 inch by 8 3/8 inch wraps/paperback. Onlly trivial, if any signs of age/wear/previous use.
Published by Puffin, London, 1947
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1947 Puffin Picture Book (No 75) Paperback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Near fine clean tight binding binding with pictorial covers. Wonderful cover design & illustration as shown.
Published by Red Mountain Tribe, Berkeley, CA, 1969
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Newspaper. 32p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, articles, reviews, news, opinion, events, ads, comix, very good on newsprint. Cover stories on People's Park. Eldridge Cleaver exclusive statement on the Weathermen. Bobby Seale "On Ice." Dave Sheridan full-cover cartoon Official US Government Peace Festival (behind barbed wire fence!) John Sinclair. A lot of Black Panther news. Gay Liberation pages. CIA Funds Rock Festival.
Published by The Amalgamated Press, London, 1937
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Bright red illustrated covers. Slight wear to corners and spine ends, rear cover is a little scratched. Contains all 4 listed colour plates including the frontis 'Pirate Prize' and many more black and white illustrations. Pages, plates and end-papers are clean and crisp. Binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124034. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.
Published by Third Millenium, 2013, 2013
Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United Kingdom
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Add to basket1st edn. 4to. Original silver lettered maroon cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 192, illus throughout with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions).
Cloth. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reginald Cleaver (illustrator). First Edition. A perfectly serviceable copy of the 1932 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG- (spotting along the panels, mild ofsetting at the endsheets) in a bright, VG example of the uncommon fragile dustjacket, with wear and several small closed tears along the edges, and mild chipping at the spine crown. Still though, handsome in its original pictorial dustjacket. 12mo, with 8 halftone illustrations by Reginald Cleaver.
Published by Published by the College First Edition . Cambridge 2002., 2002
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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Add to basketFirst edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 303 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations, diagrams and photographs and colour photographs. Front cover corners lightly bruised, feint dust marking to the top edge. Very near Fine clean unopened condition book in very near Fine condition dust wrapper with tiny rubs to the corners. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Oliver Rackham.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0521818880X CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1927
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Cleaver, Reginald; ZMoorsom, F.G.; robinson, T.H.; Wightman, W.E.; Prater, Ernest; Peddie, Tom; Brock, H.M.; Holloway, Cyril; Sindall, A.; Tresilian, S.; Piffard, H.; Mills, Reginals (illustrator). First Edition. Features: Through Spain in Disguise - Part I of the story of an odd wager, by the Countess Guerrini Malmignati; The Tiger-Man of the Whynooche - locals of Chehalis and Mason counties in Washington state feared this killer; The Ghost of Ozwatini - a strange story from Natal; "Quarrelsome Mac" - a nautical story; The "Hell-On-Earth" Legion - five years with the French Foreign Legion; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Our experiment in orange-growing (with wonderful photos) - part II; Nature's Nightmares - ugly animals; Nurse Warburton's Ordeal - she became lost while tramping from Hope to Princeton, British Columbia; Hunting the Australian Buffalo - article with super photos; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part III of a trip from Shanghai to Copenhagen in a forty-foot yacht; Trial by Jury - an awkward trial in India; Tuk-Took - a little Eskimo girl, her step-mother, and her dog - with nice photos; A Dead Man's Diary - an unknown white man perishes in the African wilds, but leaves his diary; The Mystery of "Dutch Henry" who was wanted "dead or alive" by two governments; nice vintage ads. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1929
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Tresilian, S.; Holloway, Cyril; Prater, Ernest; Cleaver, Reginald; Silas, Ellis; Hall, Tom; Sindall, A.; Litchfield, G. (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part I - W.B. Seabrook's strange experiences among the nomad Bedouins - the Brethren of the Black Tents - and the weird sects of the Whirling and Howling Dervishes, all on his way to meet Mitkhal Pasha El Fayiz, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr - with photos; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part II - C.V. Warren describes a tea-planter's life in Ceylon; The Blank Space on the Map - A district officer ventures into the unexplored interior of British New Guinea; A Trip to Eskimo-Land - C.V. Tench had a memorable summer vacation steaming 2,000 miles from Waterways, Alberta to Aklavik in the Arctic Circle - with many nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part II - The continued amusing account of John Gibbons' tramp from the coast of France to Lourdes; Captured by the Liquor-Pirates - A British ship is seized and its entire cargo stolen by American prohibition-era thugs; In Search of a "Missing Link" - A trip to the Republic of Dominica to observe the world's rarest animal, a strange beast called the Solenodon Paradoxus The Strangest House in the World - "Spirit Home", built by Sarah L. Winchester in the Santa Clara Valley of California - with photos; Mistaken Identity - A Canadian trapper in the Rockies has an unpleasant ordeal; Recalled to Life - Certain castes of Hindus firmly believe that the wandering priests known as Yogis have uncanny powers in connection with snakes which can even restore the dead to life!; Sandy Haggett's Secret Mine - Seeking to retire from the strenuous goldfields to the life of a storekeeper, the author and his brother are soon enmeshed in a puzzling affair. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating issue.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1929
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Wightman, W.E.; Hiley, Francis E.; Goss, G.W.; Cleaver, Reginald; Holloway, Cyril; Thompson, Kenneth; Sherie, E.F.; Prater, Ernest; Vedder, S.H. (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Poachers - An amusing story of a chase after a wounded African elephant; The Mystery of the "Mary Clyne" - A chief officer's story of a weird and nerve-trying affair that happened on board a tramp steamer; Housekeeping in the Wilds of Bechuanaland - Vivian France explains how she set up her home a month's ox-cart journey from civilization - with nice photos ; Following the Frontier Trail - Part II - The continued adventures of Edith Ammons Kohl in Wyoming; Our Caribou Hunt - How four young Newfoundlanders went into the interior one winter to shoot caribou, and what happened to them; Pekin [Peking / Beijing] to London - Mostly By Car - Part II - A most adventurous 15,000 miles, with nautical detours around civil war in China, and floods in Siam and Burma - with nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part I - The amusing narrative of a decidedly unathletic 46-year-old Londoner who decided to tramp from the French coast to Lourdes; The Black Trackers of Australia - follow-up to "The Great Boulder Murder Case" which appeared in the prior issue; Photo of sheep being used as pack animals on the way from Tibet to the Rampur Fair; A Chinese Night's Entertainment - A lively interlude in the peaceful routine of life at a mission-station in a remote Chinese town; Buddy Assheton's Return - A tragic story from Western Canada, as told by a member of the Mounted Police; My Room-Mate - The amusing story of what happened one night at a hotel in a Queensland township; The Unmasking of Gola Singh - A member of the Indian police goes bad, creating the need for a delicate investigation; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part I - C.V. Warren travels to a tea estate in Ceylon and describes his experiences and the general routine of the tea-planter's life, with photos. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1928
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Sutcliffe, Norman; Goss, G.W.; gale, W.G.; Sindall, A.W.; Moorsom, F.G.; tresilian, S.; Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, R.H.; Carruthers, G.P.; Saunderson, E.J.; Prater, Ernest; Cleaver, Reginald (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: America's Murder Gangs Unmasked - A striking revelation of the forces at work behind the "murder-gangs," or organized criminal syndicates, of New York, Chicago, and other large American cities; My Menagerie - Photo-illustrated article about D. Maule and his odd experiences with his collection of animals, acquired in the wilds of Rhodesia; "Square-Pegs" - Part III of a story which should be studied by everyone considering settling in Canada - in this case a London family purchases a prairie farm; The Crowing Cock - How two Buddhist priests unmasked a cunning thief by a clever piece of 'divination'; on the outskirts of Colombo, Ceylon; Room Forty-Nine - A dangerous experience for an Englishman in Mexico; "Kruger's" Day Out - A bold, bad baboon is unfastened by mischievous troopers in South Africa; Hunting the "Moonshiners" - Interesting stories from the officers tasked with suppressing the flow of illegal liquor in the Prohibition-era United States - with photos; Photo of communal bakery in Brittany; "Tiger" - After 11 years in Malaya William Hodge saw his first live tiger; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part I - Two city-bred sisters take up homesteading in South Dakota - with photos; Nik's Homecoming - Life and death in a remote Albanian village last August is described, with photos, by Lieut-Colonel P.T. Etherton; Mart Dayton's Grizzly - It took him a year but he finally took revenge on the bear that killed his young partner in the remote MacGregor country in British Columbia; The Bridge-Builders - Two men knowing nothing of the business take on a contract to build a bridge across an obscure river in the wilds of Africa; Fire-Walkers of Mauritius - A Photo-illustrated account of an extraordinary ceremony; In Quest of Gold - Part II - Two young Americans in search of buried treasure are forced to turn around by the dreaded Yaqui Indians. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1930
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Robinson, T.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Goss, G.W.; Inns, Kenneth; Perinni; Tresilian, S.; Holloway, Cyril; Peddie, T.H. (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Was Buried Alive - Part I - The Amazing Adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert"; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part VI (conclusion) - John Gibbons wraps up his amusing walking tour of Southern Italy; A Himalayan Marriage Market - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a quaint annual fair where all eligible girls of the district assemble to be inspected by young men with a view to marriage; Filming in the Wilds - Part III of Major C. Lestock Reid's account of his major adventures attempting to film an adventure story in the Far East, this time in Indo-China - with two photos of Angkor Wat; A Deal in Diamonds - Dr. T. Hilding Svartengren was nearly swindled out of a fortune in Paris; The Town of Ghosts - Walter F. King discovers a deserted mining camp in the High Sierras which was abandoned in haste; Wreck-Hunting - For fifty years Herbert J. Gibson of Penzance, Cornwall, has built a photographic record of the ships driven onto the local rock-bound coasts - article with many dramatic photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part I - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Ship of Mystery - The strange last voyage of a vessel to Manila where a soldier of fortune hoped to profit by the ship's cargo; Premonition - Can a man prevent his death after he has had a premonition of it?; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue.
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1927
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Wightman, W.E.; Woodville, R.Caton; Cleaver, Reginald; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth; Nicolson, W.C.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Gillett, Frank; Burns, Inder (illustrator). First Edition. Features: The Derelict; The Vengeance of Devi Chand - the revenge of a bereaved father in India; A Donkey in Spain - the author planned to take a walking trip through Spain with a donkey carrying his baggage; An Arctic Outpost - what happened to three members of the RCMP's Craig Harbour Detachment - article with photos; Through France with "Sylvabelle" - I - a yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera - article with great photos; The Netik - native 'magic' on a south sea island; Aerial photo of dozens of log booms at Vancouver, B.C.; "The White Man's Great War-Game" - II - amazing photo-illustrated article of the savages of Sura, Angas and other primitive tribes of northern Nigeria; Truffle-Hunting - a description of the industry in Italy and France - and a description of the manner in which the pigs and dogs are trained to search for them - with photos; The One-Legged Kea - a tale from the South Island of New Zealand; Behind the scenes in American crime - "a veritable hell-brew of wickedness and intrigue that has no counterpart in Europe - article with photos of Mrs. Margaret Whittemore and Richard Whittemore; Besieged by Crocodiles; The Lost Safe - a detective story; Lee Sum's Lucky Day - a 'gang-robbery' in the state of Pahang in Malaysia. Multiple pieces of red and clear tape holding covers in place. Brown tape securing fore-edges of each cover. A worthy vintage copy.
Published by George Newnes Limited, London, 1929
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Holloway, Cyril; Tresilian, S.; Peddie, T.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Goss, G.W.; Prater, Ernest; Williams, Fleming; Bendall, C.; Sindall, A.W. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 87-168 plus 32 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The Queer Side of Things - The Haunted Rest-House - an occult story from West Africa; In the Hands of the Bedouin - part I of Anton Hauptmann's story; Hitting the Iron Trial - part I of the author's train-hopping adventure from Vancouver, British Columbia to New York before he carried on to England; Update on the "Harpist of Alexandria", made famous in the July 1928 issue of this publication; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - part II; "Lo! The Poor Indian" - An amusing account of the ways and wiles of the Red men of British Columbia - with photos; The Taxi-Cab Murder Mystery - one of the most remarkable crimes in the annals of the West Australian Police; The Elephant-Slayer - an amusing story from Kenya colony in 1905-6; A Weighty Problem - young Captain Gillon and the vessel Saragossa; Piano Tuner Kenneth J. McCombie's Adventure; In a Hole - the author fell into a hole at a New Mexico gravel pit; "Wide World" Sequels; The "Fleet of the Lost" - great article about the old windjammers residing at Alameda, on the shores of San Francisco Bay - article with nice photos; Man and his Needs; House and Garden; Stamps of the World. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.
Published by George Newnes Limited, London, 1929
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Cleaver, Reginald; Holloway, Cyril; Inns, Kenneth; Prater, Ernest; Wigfull, W.E.; Sutcliffe, Norman; Peddie, T.H.; Peddie, T.H.; Holloway, Cyril (illustrator). First Edition. 84 pages plus 36 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part I; The Pirates of the "Ethel" - a tale of Australian piracy from 1899; The White Wanderer - my life among the Nomad Arabs - article with nice photos; The Queer Side of Things - My "Hunch" - a cowboy's plain tale of an odd adventure in Nevada; The Mystery of the "Flying Stones" - a weird story related by a South African policeman; The Judge's Joke - Judge Sawicki of Cleveland was anxious to be rid of three drunks; "Slippery Wiley" Scores Again - an illicit gold buyer in Australia; Photo and caption of a 1.5 ton monster sea turtle caught off Lowestoft, on the east coast of England!; Children of the Desert - a first-hand study of the manners and customs of the Navajo Indians - article with nice photos; Hunter's Luck on the Lion Trail - a lion-hunting story from East Africa - with nice photos; Over the Victoria Falls in a Canoe - Trooper Ramsay survived the 420' fall!; The Haunted Cabin - a queer little tale from Maroon Mountain, British Columbia; Man and his Needs; Stamps of the World. Nice full-page ad for Barney's Tobacco inside front cover. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.
Published by Home Publishing Company / National Home Monthly, Winnipeg, 1942
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Andrews, Walter (cover); Carstairs, Alan; Berger, David; Holmgren, John; Humphrey, Walter Beach (illustrator). First Edition. 44 pages. Features: Trans-Canada Telephone System ad inside front cover encourages the use of 'station-to-station' rather than 'person-to-person' calls to preserve wartime bandwidth; News digest includes 'Hitler gambles with all he has', 'Our weeks of bad news', and 'Egypts Crisis'; Soldier from the Wars Returning (short story); Air Aces - photo-illustrated article with photos of Wing Commanders John Kent, Paul Davoud, A.G. Malan, and N.R. Timmerman, plus Flt.-Lieut. H.T. Legge; Lucky He Looked In (short story); Weaving is Back - article on this resurgent art with photos of Miss Germaine Chaput and Miss Renee Beriau; What About Sport in Wartime? - article with photos of Flying Officer Duthie and Jack Dempsey with R.C.A.F. boxers in Toronto; Her Sister Had Everything (short story); Daughter of a Daughter (short story); Hollywood news and photos; Great one page orange and blue ad by the National Cash Register Company (NCR) encourages readers to purchase War Savings Stamps, with military illustration; This Man's World (short story); Odo-Ro-Do ad includes photo of Jane Macdonald; Kitchen Front article on food preserving "to help seal their doom"; Half-page Woodbury Powder ad includes photo of Rita Hayworth; So You Are Going to College - article for young ladies with photos of Marion Henry at McGill, Ruth Moxley of the U. of Manitoba, Lois Baker at the U. of Alberta, Pat Quinn at the U. of Toronto, and Jean McKinley of Queen's University; Quotes from around the world; Great National War Finance Committe ad inside back cover encourages readers to "Be a Thrift Columnist" by avoiding purchase of new clothes by combinding odd coats and trousers; Back cover colour Coke ad features hot soldier; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue.