Layng Charles (33 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Light wear. Nice color. Large size. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Schoenherr illustrating "Take the Reason Prisoner" (short novel) by John J. McGuire. Includes "Pleasant Journey" by Richard F. Thieme; "Interview" by Frank A. Javor; "Problem of Command" by Christopher Anvil; "Where I Wasn't Going" (pt. 2 of 2) by Walt & Leigh Richmond. Science Fact: "Seagoing 'Space' Ships" by Charles Layng. Readers' Departments: "Brass Tacks"; "The Editor's Page: UFO"; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schyler Miller. Illustrated by George Schelling, Leo Summers, and John Schoenherr.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shows minor wear.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. LXXII (72), No. 3. Bedsheet-sized. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Schoenherr illustrating "Take the Reason Prisoner" (short novel) by John J. McGuire. Includes "Pleasant Journey" by Richard F. Thieme; "Interview" by Frank A. Javor; "Problem of Command" by Christopher Anvil; "Where I Wasn't Going" (pt. 2 of 2) by Walt & Leigh Richmond. Science Fact: "Seagoing 'Space' Ships" by Charles Layng. Readers' Departments: "Brass Tacks"; "The Editor's Page: UFO"; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schyler Miller. Illustrated by George Schelling, Leo Summers, and John Schoenherr. Stress; rear hinge area stress tear; staple wear; small bits of something (minor) stuck to cover. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. shows minor wear, tear, soiling.

single_issue_magazine. Condition: Good-. GOOD-. White illustrated Pulp Magazine, bagged for protection with a stiff backing board, small chips to spine, many small brown and gray stains to covers, folds to bottom corner of back cover, some creases to covers, inner pages are brown but not brittle. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. LXXII (72), No. 3. Bedsheet-sized. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Schoenherr illustrating "Take the Reason Prisoner" (short novel) by John J. McGuire. Includes "Pleasant Journey" by Richard F. Thieme; "Interview" by Frank A. Javor; "Problem of Command" by Christopher Anvil; "Where I Wasn't Going" (pt. 2 of 2) by Walt & Leigh Richmond. Science Fact: "Seagoing 'Space' Ships" by Charles Layng. Readers' Departments: "Brass Tacks"; "The Editor's Page: UFO"; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schyler Miller. Illustrated by George Schelling, Leo Summers, and John Schoenherr. Would be very nice but previous owner has shaded in face on cover with [pencil. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. LXXII (72), No. 3. Bedsheet-sized. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Schoenherr illustrating "Take the Reason Prisoner" (short novel) by John J. McGuire. Includes "Pleasant Journey" by Richard F. Thieme; "Interview" by Frank A. Javor; "Problem of Command" by Christopher Anvil; "Where I Wasn't Going" (pt. 2 of 2) by Walt & Leigh Richmond. Science Fact: "Seagoing 'Space' Ships" by Charles Layng. Readers' Departments: "Brass Tacks"; "The Editor's Page: UFO"; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schyler Miller. Illustrated by George Schelling, Leo Summers, and John Schoenherr. Minor tears at spine heel; small stains at upper froredge corner of last 3-4 pps. Book.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Monarch Who Wouldn't Go Mad. Book.

very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Sewn binding, internally in very good condition, cover has some marks and a little wear, and a previous owner's name stamped on the front.

Condition: VG+/VG- (see notes). 1st US. 8vo. 251pp. Several 1/4" chips and tears, some edgewear to DJ.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. LXXII (72), No. 3. Bedsheet-sized. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Schoenherr illustrating "Take the Reason Prisoner" (short novel) by John J. McGuire. Includes "Pleasant Journey" by Richard F. Thieme; "Interview" by Frank A. Javor; "Problem of Command" by Christopher Anvil; "Where I Wasn't Going" (pt. 2 of 2) by Walt & Leigh Richmond. Science Fact: "Seagoing 'Space' Ships" by Charles Layng. Readers' Departments: "Brass Tacks"; "The Editor's Page: UFO"; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schyler Miller. Illustrated by George Schelling, Leo Summers, and John Schoenherr. Tanning; minor creasing. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. LXXII (72), No. 3. Bedsheet-sized. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by Schoenherr illustrating "Take the Reason Prisoner" (short novel) by John J. McGuire. Includes "Pleasant Journey" by Richard F. Thieme; "Interview" by Frank A. Javor; "Problem of Command" by Christopher Anvil; "Where I Wasn't Going" (pt. 2 of 2) by Walt & Leigh Richmond. Science Fact: "Seagoing 'Space' Ships" by Charles Layng. Readers' Departments: "Brass Tacks"; "The Editor's Page: UFO"; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schyler Miller. Illustrated by George Schelling, Leo Summers, and John Schoenherr. Short corner tear at lower foredge; minor soiling. Book.

very good - fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 252 pages; with bibliography in rear of book; foreword by author in front; Pages tight; slight yellowing; page edges cut roughly; no markings; Front and back inside blank pages foxed; minor page wear; Faded brown hard cover with gild lettering on cover; minor spots on cover; minor shelf wear. Content headings include: Rejoice-a son is born; the World and 1848; Princes two; Russia and Prussia; An Emperor in love; Franzi loses Lombardy; Fanzi loses a wife and another war; Emperor and King; Paramours; Banks of the Miljacka; Last Days, etc. A RARE VINTAGE BIOGRAPHY!

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Monarch Who Wouldn't Go Mad. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. Presumed first edition (no statement and no mention of additional printings). Hardcover in crossword designed paper covered boards. 121 pp. with formerly sealed section at rear displaying puzzle solutions. Collection of 50 unusual crosword puzzles, fewer than half of which are filled out in this copy. Very good (as above) and with a small light stain on the front cover. In the uncommon dust wrapper, duplicating the cover design, very good with some toning and minor chipping to the spine ends.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Gray and black boards depicting a crossword. Black lettering along the spine and on the front board. FIRST EDITION. Only puzzle No. 1 "The Liberty Bell" has been completed in pencil. Page 111 shows a broken red seal which reveals the answers starting on page 112. The lower corners are bumped, otherwise the book is in extremely good condition. The DJ shows the same design as the boards and has a half-inch tear, chips and endwear to the spine. Mr. Layng's " puzzles will be noted, not only for their brilliancy and smoothness, but also for their unusually artistic designs - a welcome relief from the conventional solid block idea, which was the first development of the primitive acrostic." 121 pages. Very Good in Good, but Torn and Chipped DJ.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Condition: New.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 132. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1925 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 132.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 256. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1934 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 256.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Wood, Stanley, L.; Elcock, Howard; Abbey, S.; Woodville, R. Caton; De Walton, John; Prater, Ernest; Reynolds, Warwick; Woodville, R. Caton; York, W.G.; Somerfield, T. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Hunting of Gonzales - An adventure of Senor Ramon Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Adrift on an Ice-Floe - Lieut. Commander Fitzhugh Green provides a photo-illustrated account of the amazing fashion in which a primitive Eskimo extricated himself from a predicament which would assuredly spelt death for a white man; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part II - Winifred S. Blackman's photo-illustrated account of the three winters she spent with the local people of Upper Egypt; Fraser's Price - The tale of an angered railroad engineer; The Three Angleteers - Part V (conclusion) of the trouble and adventures of three English wanderers in Constantinople and Athens; "Remember the Mortons" - A stirring story of an episode in the Matabele rebellion of 1895; Salvage Extraordinary - An Indian planter's account of an odd affair on the Brahmaputra River in Assam, including photo of five elephants pushing a stranded steamer; The Head-Hunters of Sepik - Part III - Beatrice Grimshaw explored the Sepik River of New Guinea and dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; Where Everyone is Wealthy - The Osage Indians of Oklahoma come up with the strangest ways to divest themselves of their wealth earned from local oil - article with photos; "Grip" and I - Part III - Count Nils Cronstedt spares a condemned bull-terrier which rewards him by saving him multiple times while he served in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; "Old White Face" - Allen Borders of Montana relates a terrifying cougar experience; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part III - The story of a British officer's remarkable journey - disguised as an Oriental - across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives; "Captain Jed" - a tale of the whalers of New Bedford, MA, involving the "Cap'n Jed" and the "Wanderer" - very few men have ever fought a 'right' whale single-handed and lived to tell the tale; Python and Lion in Nyassaland - after visiting a witch-doctor for poisoning the author is attacked first by a great python, then a lion!; Photo of a Manchurian man 7 feet and 3 inches tall; Photo of a veritable forest of masts at Lowestoft, the Suffolk fishing port, during the height of herring season; and more. 88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Verpilleux; Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Woodville, R. Caton; Cleaver, Reginald; Elcock, Howard; Wood, Stanley L. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Kidnapped by the "Gavilleros"- the British administrator of a large sugar estate on the West Indian island of Santo Domingo is kidnapped; An Island Paradise - photo-illustrated article on the 'progress, civilized, and thoroughly lovable people' of Fiji; Looking Backwards - 25th Birthday of this publication; An Adventure With a Mad Buffalo; Jimmy's Reformation - Jimmy Boncelek used to be the terror of Stigler, Oklahoma; Seeking the Copper Mountain - photo-illustrated account of an eventful journey through the little-known province of Veraguas, part of the Republic of Panama; A Woman in Unknown Albania - Part II - Rose Wilder Lane describes her adventures among the remote northern mountains, a picturesque country where the tribal blood-feud still flourishes - article with photos; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part V - a tramp with a donkey cart, avoiding all modern luxuries; The Tobacco Smugglers of the Belgian Border - photo-illustrated report; A Soldier of Fortune - Part II - remarkable personal narrative smuggled from a man presently incarcerated in a French prison; Splitting the Herd - A cowboy adventure from the Texas plains; Photos of Chinese cave temple at Gunong Rapat in the federated Malay States; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1925 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 132 Language: English Pages: 132.

Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 156.