Leo Whitaker (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the eleventh issue of Espionage Magazine. Featured are 12 short stories The F.B.I. by Rose M. Poole, The Red Boxes by Leo Whitaker, Churchkill by Chuck Meyer, Betrayal by K.L. Jones, Trouble in Tinseltown by William Schoell, Last Time Out by Rolle R. Rand, A Spy is Born by Gene KoKayKo, Black Light by Bill Knox, Puff the Magic Dragon by Michael W. Masters, Hello Again by David P. Grady, Holy War by Frank Laffitte, Who Dares Tell The President? By Charles Naccarato. Light age toning to the pages. In near fine condition.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 45, no. 3. Edited by Charles E. Fritch. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Three Strikes - You're Dead!" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "Run, Rabbit Run" (novelet) by Clayton Matthews & Leo Whitaker; "Operation Good Samaritan" (novelet) by Dan J. Marlowe; "The Hands That Feeds" by Steve Schlich; "Guilt Trip" by Paul Powlesland; "The Long ball" by Robert Chesmore; "Neatness Doesn't Count" by Michael Stephenson; "The Mummy Buyer" by Joe R. Lansdale. Features: "Mike Shayne Mystery Makers"; "Mike's Mail"; "The Shadow; A Golden Age Pulp hero as seen through teh eyes of. . ." Michael Avallone & Frank Hamilton; "Mike Shamus" (cartoon strip) by Fred Fredericks; "Stiff Competition" (book reviews) by John Ball. Stress; creasing; lean. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 45, no. 3. Edited by Charles E. Fritch. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Three Strikes - You're Dead!" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "Run, Rabbit Run" (novelet) by Clayton Matthews & Leo Whitaker; "Operation Good Samaritan" (novelet) by Dan J. Marlowe; "The Hands That Feeds" by Steve Schlich; "Guilt Trip" by Paul Powlesland; "The Long ball" by Robert Chesmore; "Neatness Doesn't Count" by Michael Stephenson; "The Mummy Buyer" by Joe R. Lansdale. Features: "Mike Shayne Mystery Makers"; "Mike's Mail"; "The Shadow; A Golden Age Pulp hero as seen through teh eyes of. . ." Michael Avallone & Frank Hamilton; "Mike Shamus" (cartoon strip) by Fred Fredericks; "Stiff Competition" (book reviews) by John Ball. A little stress; tanning; bumps and dings. Book.

First English edition. Foxing throughout. Ink price to the dust jacket spine. Good book in a Good dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A clean, tight copy. Minor wear and tanning. Some chips to the jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

.- Buenos Aires. 1966. Editorial Escuela . 18x10 cm. 1 tomo. 126 pgs. Ilustrado. Rústica editorial . Buen estado. . .

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Whitaker, W.G.; Bates, Leo; Soper, G.; Gillett, F.; Robinson, T.H.; Wood, Stanley L.; Lane, Harry; Crombie, Chas; Tennant, Dudley (illustrator). First Edition. Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Witherell Kidnapping case - Mrs. Gladys Witherell was kidnapped for several days - article with photos of victim and perpetrators; Bad Man Louis - a tale from what is now Glacier National Park in Montana; The Justice of the North - The North-West Mounted Police set out in search of two Eskimos - Sinnisiak and Uluksak - who killed Catholic priests in Canada's north; The Cowboys of the Camargue - a description of the life and cowboys of Frances's Camargue; Through Central America on Horseback - Part I - Eugene Cunningham describes his trip by horseback south from San Jose, Costa Rica - with photos; The Wreck of the "Angola" - the horrible tale of 42 days afloat between China and the Philippines; The River of Mystery - the largely unknown Orange River of South Africa; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone - VI - the author finds himself hired as a Montana ranch hand; Photo and brief writeup of Turkey farm of Mr. M.A. Stutsman in Barstow, California; Two Boys in the Foreign Legion - young men choose to escape from the French Foreign Legion in the African desert, pursued by Arabs; Photo and brief write-up of "The Joshua Tree", the world's largest Yucca tree in southern California; The Buried Cities of Asia Minor - II - investigating the cities of Carchemish and Jerablus, on the Euphrates; The Cowboy Outlaw - Kid Curry terrorized the western states; Odds and Ends - Hungarian barber and Egyptian fisherman at work; nice vintage ads. Average wear. Bits of external tape secure spine. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Bates, Leo; Coller, H.; Nicolson, W.C.; Whitaker, W.G.; Small, A.G.; Verpilleux, E.; Soper, G.; Elock, H.; Wood, Stanley L. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 90-176 plus 16 pages of ads. Features: The Slacker - a young Californian deserts the Army and his lady to flee to Mexico where great misery follows, but he eventually atones; The Mysterious Witch Doctors of Siberia - disguised as a Russian peasant, the author penetrated into little-known Siberia to investigate the uncanny doings of the native Shamans - article with photos; My Island of Dreams - Part II - the adventures of Amateur Robinson Crusoe, J.W. Frings (with photos); Through Central America on Horseback - Part V - riding through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador, and Guatemala - story with photos of earthquake damage in Guatemala City; Mountain Mysteries - the strange story of Mr. Crump who was lost for 18 days in the Lakeland crags, plus other cases of mysterious disappearances; Cheating Death - John Edwin Hogg recounts his most harrowing experience; A Bear-Hunt in Lousiana - interesting and successful hunt in the Louisiana Marsh - with photos; My Burglar - a Singapore encounter with a Chinese burglar, stripped naked and greased from head to foot, with fish-hooks in his pigtail and a double-edged sword between his teeth; The Rajah's Lift - the tragic story of a home-made hydraulic lift; The New Moon - information in a diary saves the lives of two men; A Man's Luck - Part III of Hjalmar Hutzebeck's story of life and love in the Far North; Photo and brief write-up of the world's most northerly police post; Photo of the smallest business house in the world in Duncan, Oklahoma; 'House of Gold' built by a wealthy miner in the California's Mojave Desert; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Back cover almost loose. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Elcock, Howard; Holloway, W.H.; Wood, Stanley L.; Rogers, Stanley; Robinson, T.H.; Gillett, F.; Whitaker, W.G. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Sorcerer of Nerac - The disappearance of a young farmer leads to the discovery of an amazing tragedy of superstition, leading to Frenchman Pierre Faget, the stoop-shouldered old wizard of Nerac, being sent to prison for trial; Our Crocodile Hunt - a Lake Nyassa tale involving a brush fire, a crocodile hunt, and the Kaiser's elephant gun - a lifetime of excitement in a few hours; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part II - the most mysterious one-man robberies to ever take place in America; At the Back of Beyond - photo-illustrated account of some experiences in remote Chitral; The Mutiny of the Athol - a very exciting story of the old whaling days in the Pacific, obtained from the ship's original log; Trailing the Gun-Runners - Part IV - conclusion of this thrilling story of adventure in the turbulent negro Republic of Dominica; P.M. Clarke - Correspondent - the story of an odd character whose pretty exterior concealed plenty of pluck and inexhaustible energy; "Honeymoon Island" - Photo-illustrated feature on idyllic Norfolk Island, originally a convict settlement, in the lonely Pacific; Through the East by Air - Part II - The memorable adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline, who were commissioned to make paintings of scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia for the National War Museum; The Banker's Bet - the tale of a cautious banker, an unwary Scandinavian, and two clever rogues; Photo of "The Peanut Office" and its Nantucket, MA proprietor; and more. 86 pages plus 8 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.