Sam Shook (4 results)

Hard cover 1st Ed., bds and dustwrapper completely enclosed in protective film, almost VG, contents clean and tight, ex-lib, so usual markings, stamps etc., pp131 Includes chapters entitled What's My Name To Me; Remembering Names and How To Be Better At It; Given Names: How You Got Yours; A Mini History of Naming; First Names; Middle Names; Last Names; Nicnames; Name Changing; Your Name and The Law; Star Names; Pen Names; Criminal and Code Names; Humorous Handles.

Editions Black Coat Press / Rivière Blanche - Anticipation - Fiction n° 99 de 2017. In-12 broché de 321 pages au format 12,5 x 20,5 cm. Couverture illustrée par Gino Starace. Dos carré. Plats et intérieur parfaits. Préface de Jean-Marc Lofficier. Le Sâr Dubnotal, imaginé par Norbert Sevestre, fut publié sous la forme de vingt fascicules à Paris en 1909-1910 par A. Eichler. Il fut l'un des premiers détectives de l'occulte de la littérature populaire. Ce recueil contient quatre longues nouvelles rédigées par des auteurs anglo-saxons désireux de rendre hommage à ce grand précurseur des super-héros magiciens tels Doctor Strange. Le Grand Psychagogue y affronte tour à tour le Comte Dracula ( inédit ), plusieurs horreurs lovecraftiennes, un diabolique Loup-Garou ( aux côtés de Harry Dickson) et une sorcière engendrée par le Grand Dieu Pan, et le satanique nécromant, Herr Doktor Von Meyer. Edition originale. Livre neuf.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Chase, Francis (cover); Schmidt, Al; Leydenfrost, A.; Shook, Euclid; Pennington, Harry Jr.; Hill, Homer; Beall, C.C.; Knopf-Pix, Hans; Kling, Wendell; Downes, Willard; (illustrator). First Edition. 94 pages. Fiction: June the Giant Killer; Thanks for the Party; The Way it Ended; This Character Sawyer; The Long Denial; Penitence. Articles: Atomic Test Case - what may happen at Bikini; The Drys Try Again - trying to bring back prohibition; Queen of the Quickies - Ann Corio, stripeuse of burlycue; California's Elephant Boy, Early Warren; Niagara - The World's Greatest Splash; Texas Shooter Ad Toepperwein; The Young Idea in Art - awards for high school students; Nash car ad; Photo of Chief Pilot Jack Jefford, of Alaska's Civil Aeronautics Administration, with King Chris, his DC-3; Nice Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover features tobacco farmer; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Mitchell, Michael; Mink, David; Shook, Euclid; Berman, Sam;Dwyer, James; Koskinen, Harry; Patterson, Robert; Darrow, Whitney Jr.; (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles: My 4-Year War with the Reds (part 1) - Brig. General Frank Howley warns "The Russians are international gangsters who will destroy us if they can" - with photos; Lustron - the House That Lots of Jack Built - Carl Strandlund's company received $50 million from the government to build masses of steel-enamel homes in his Columbus, Ohio factory; Jean Peters - The Girl Who Didn't go After Hollywood - article with super full-page color photo; Those Explosive Nobel Prizes (part 1 of 2); World's Most Robbed Bank - State Bank of Rangeville, VA has been robbed 490-odd times since 1945 - it's a dummy created by the F.B.I. on the Quantico Marine Corps base at Quantico, VA; Slide, Fujimura, Slide! - Baseball in Japan is as popular as ever - article with excellent photos, especially the shot of 'emancipated' women appearing in public at games; Letter Found on a Lady's Desk; Lineman of the Year? - Notre Dame's giant end Leon Hart - article with nice color photo. Fiction: The Equatorial Man; The Difficult Age; Saturday Date; Courtesy of the Road; Bootlegger's Treasure (part 3 of 4). Includes these nice vintage ads: Zenith entertainment products; Elgin watches; Packard Cars; Hamilton watches; Pall Mall cigarettes; Chevrolet cars; Dupont antifreeze (nice cartoon illustrations); Auto-Lite ad features nice photo of Ida Lupino; Schlitz beer; Pendleton shirts; Budweiser; Congress playing cards - featuring Mme. Schiaparelli and "Gogo" Berenson; Brunswick bowling products; Camel cigarettes (back cover) - featuring auto-racing champion Bill Holland. Covers loosening from staples. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, November 5, 1949.