Lysing Henry (21 results)

This book was written to give readers clues and examples to make their own original codes, as a hobby and game. Illustrations of symbols, tables, diagrams and techniques. -- Hardcover, ex-library copy with spine letters, pocket scars, 117 pages. Condition: good-only (library flaws as noted; spine torn and darkened; a few pages a…

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual sta…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN . B0008BTSKE Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Slight wear to corners and edges; minor browning and stains on front endpapers and title page; slight browning and dustsoiling throughout; ot…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: wraps. Vol. XXXIIII, No. 5, May 1940. This is a good original Street & Smith pulp magazine. The Shadow, May 1, 1940. The spine has a translucent tape cover which makes it nearly illegible. Small chip at the bottom corner of the front cover. Otherwise a VG copy. Graves Gladney (…

Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. The front cover has a large price in crayon at the top right corner, some surface creasing and some ragged tearing along the bottom edge which also affects the bottom edges of the first third of the magazine. The spine has some surface chipping and there is some light discolouration to t…

Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. The front cover has a three inch closed tear at the top left corner along the spine. The spine has a little surface chipping at the top and bottom. There is some light discolouration to the rear cover which has some chipping along the top edge. Pages browned around the edges with rusty m…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - If you enjoy solving brain teasers, here is the king of puzzles to test your mettle. Cryptograms, the deciphering of messages in code, are more fun-and more exciting-than solving cross word puzzles.Secret Writing is an authoritative popular work for the beginner as well as the advanced enth…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing of the first edition. Association copy with mystery writer, Vincent Starrett's signature on the upper right corner of the half-title page and Starrett's personalized bookplate laid-in on the front pastedown. A shallow small moister ghost to…

First Edition. Quarto (23.5cm); original pictorial wrappers; [5],6-113,[1]pp; illus. Light wear to joints, 1cm loss to upper spine, a neat 1.5" split to lower front joint, with mild tonint and a 3/4" tear to lower edge of rear wrapper; text edges very lightly tanned, but still supple; Very Good+. Contents include the complete Sh…

First Edition. Quarto (23.5cm); original pictorial wrappers; [4],5-113,[1]pp; illus. Half centimeter loss to heel, clear tape reinforcement to spine ends, with another to lower edge of front wrapper, and another on verso of same; stress creases, a few small tears and tiny nicks, and a handful of small touch-ups to wrappers, with…

Condition: Good. NY 1936 first edition. David Kemp. Hardcover thin sm octavo. Orange cloth with black lettering. 117p. text drawings. No wear but light uneven toning on end papers. No owner marks. near Good dj, worn but intact; a few short closed tears and a few small chips on dj. DJ covered in removeable protective glassine jac…

First Edition. Quarto (23.5cm); original pictorial wrappers; [5],6-113,[1]pp; illus. Trivial wear to extremities, tanning to inner covers, with subtle yellowing to text, which is still supple; staple tips are just barely poking through rear wrapper; Near Fine. The 10th Anniversary number of The Shadow, containing the complete no…