Morris Captain A (4 results)

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Leslie-Judge, 1912. First edition. 8vo. Three-quarter leather over marble boards. Rough-cut pp. 122 pp., frontispiece illustration in brown. Fading to spine. Very good. Brants, Jess. Emily (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. TRUE FIRST EDITION THUS. INVENTORY OS >>> COLLIER'S Magazine 1943: AUGUST 14 ** Navy Cross Winner Chief Shipfitter George D. Etcell, painted cover by C.C. (Cecil Calvert) BEALL (1892-1970) BACK COVER AD = Chesterfield; SERIAL = "Seven Sins" part 7 by Sax Rohmer - "Corner of Heaven" part 2 by Kathleen Norris; SHORT STORY = "It isn't Just Us" by Victoria Lincoln - "Reno Interlude" byEthel Loban - "Like a Soldier" by John Wells - "Going Up ?" by Seth Babits; ARTICLES = "Unite for Peace Now !" by Carl A. Hatch; "The Americas - Partners in Enterprise" by Eric A. Johnston; "Blasting a Road to Rome" by Frank Gervasi; "Our Ariel Spies - Britain's Focus Cat" by Captain Arthur Gordon of the Eighth U.S. Air Force; "How to Force a Beachhead" by Hanson W. Baldwin; "The Swedes Make the Best of It" by Therese Bonney; "Front and Center - Medals Ceremony" by Frank D. Morris; "Murder she Says - Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison" by Jerry D. Lewis; ** ** 240 Grams; 3" Tear with Magic Tape Repair inside, Partial Mailing Label at lower right cover >> Creasing to magazine; moisture damage to lower left of magazine; Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. painted cover by C.C. (Cecil Calvert) BEALL (1892-1970) (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. x pp ( including Publishers catalogue, preface and contents ) + 151 pp + illustrations and foldg plates. Signature of previous owner ( Captain J Walker ? ) on front cover, small ink blot on rear cover. Very good soft cover in publishers illustrated original grey card. Inscribed No Value.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. 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. 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). …