Rawlings Frank (14 results)

Magazine. First edition. Fine magazine with light signs of handling. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. The December 30, 2001, issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine, their annual in memoriam issue for people of note who passed away that year, with individual biographical essays: Richard B. Woodward on Louis Faurer with a photo of Faurer by Robert Frank and one of Frank by Faurer; James Gleick on Claude Shannon, the father of information theory, with a large portrait by Henri Cartier-Bresson; Paul Berman on Milan Hlavsa with a large portrait by Antonin Kratochvil; Ann Patchett on Eudora Welty and Dale Earnhardt with a large portrait of Welty by Rollie McKenna and another by Jill Krementz; Robert Plunket on Anne Morrow Lindbergh with a large portrait by Leonard McCombe; Amy M. Spindler on Audrey Withers, editor of British Vogue during WWII, with a portrait by John Rawlings; Tony Kushner on Nixon's shrink, Arnold Hutschnecker; Frank Rich on Perry Como and Troy Donohue; Colin Harrison on Robert Ludlum; Mark Jacobson on Joey Ramone, Abe Beame, and Carroll O'Connor; and much more. Staple-bound magazine; 58 pages; color and b&w reproductions throughout; 9.5 x 11.5 inches.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good+. Digest paperback. Front cover has reading crease and a short tear on the outer mid-edge and another on the lower inner edge. Some light bumping to edges and corners. Spine slightly turned, binding solid. Pages lightly yellowed from age.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Hercules Publishing Corp.,1944. Paperback.Scarce. Cover has moderate shelfwear, crease on back cover, spine lines, tiny tears at spine ends. Pages are clean and unmarked, toned. Binding is tight. Very nice copy.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

First paperback edition. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. This is based on the short novel "Calling the Ghost" in the pulp magazine THE GHOST, SUPER DETECTIVE (January, 1940) which was the first appearance of the Ghost, magician detective George Chance. In the book versions revised by Fleming-Roberts the hero pulp trappings were abandoned with George Chance just being a magician with the detecting as a hobby. First published in hardcover with the revisions by Gateway in 1942, it was revised again for this paperback publication. The author was reportedly not happy with either and used a pseudonym. Light wear to lower corners, small closed tear at lower left corner at spine, reading crease, spine leaned, a very good or slightly better copy. (24541).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. Fine Condition. 268 pages 156 illustrations in color. Edited by Mary E. Frank and Blake de Maria. Bibliography. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Paperback as issued, abt fine with slight stain at top page edges.(VV2/2).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 280 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 7.75 x 5.25", cloth, 256pp, covers rubbed, spine browned, extremities bumped and fraying, spine a little cocked, pp toned, front flap from missing dustjacket tipped-in on inside front cover, some removal marks inside rear cover (ex-library?). FIRST EDITION (NAP). SCARCE title. …

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: The Downfall of Prince Mike - Prince Michael Romanoff, America's leading imposter, is now an honest businessman; The Citadel - American Epic - article with nice color photos of this military college; Good-by, Bootleggers - the pact that halted Pennsylvania's anthracite (coal) war; What Does Russia Want? - Will the Soviets help us fight the Japanese?; How to be Healthy Though Shipwrecked - how to make ends meet on a South East isle; Major General Lloyd R. Fredendall - the hero of Oran is a solitaire devotee; Soldiers Get Service! - the story and pictures of the Army's Special Services; I Saw Hitler's 1923 Putsch; Mrs. America Takes Up Home Nursing - how to make the best of the doctor shortage. Stories: The Sands Street Blues The Road to Tripoli; Auld Acquaintance; Lady Bountiful (part 3 of 4); Jungle Harvest (conclusion). Nice one-page color-illustrated ad for White trucks shows shipbuilding scene. Half-page two-color Royal Crown Cola ad features three photos of Dorothy Lamour. One-page black and white photo ad for the Hudson Motor Car Company features H.A. Kluge, Louis Gortz, Miss Victoria Greteman, and Frank M. Archer. Many more ads with military themes. 112 pages. Complete and unmarked with moderate wear. A pleasing example of this excelllent vintage issue.; Cover Illustration; Folio. Illustrated by Kaiser, Charles (illustrator).…

First Edition. "Baffling events never piled up quicker than the night George Chance, wealthy master magician, planned his honeymoon with his bride, Merry. He was ready to retire to private life, or so he thought, until his bodyguard, Joe Harper, reminded him that Harper, too, went right along on whatever honeymoon there was to be. For the urbane master magician was also an expert in the science of criminology. And for his astute and remorseless detection in the past he was not exactly in the favor of a certain Chicago business firm, whose business was murder." Uncommon title by this pulp magazine author, here writing under a pseudonym. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at flap corners, top spine end with shallow chipping, about a dime sized chip at top front panel and at lower spine end.…