Wallace Lorne A (9 results)

Single Issue magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: Street & Smith Publications Inc. 1935. First Edition.Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], [160] pages [last numbered page is 159] [including "The Galactic Circle" by Jack Williamson, Part IV of "Twelve Eighty-Seven" by John Taine, etc], illustrated. Good only copy old cellophane tape to the spine area, shallow chipping to the spine ends, cover creased with the usual edgewear and edge tearing, text paper lightly tanning with the inside covers tanned. See Photo mag 24. Cover art by Howard V. Brown (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. P/B 163 pages condition is very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. On September 3, 1939, almost 300 evacuees descended on the Perthshire village of Dunning (population: about 1,000) This book gathers firsthand recollections by over fifty participants in this great early drama of World War II, the mass evacuation of children to the countryside. It focuses largely on one isolated Scottish community, and includes the voices of evacuees, village residents, teachers, an evacuee mother and private evacuees as well as the stories of several evacuees sent elsewhere who eventually came to live in Dunning.163p illustrated. The book is in clean unmarked and almost as new condition. See Scans.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. XV, No. 6. Pulp magazine. [Edited by F. Orlin Tremaine.] Cover art by Howard V. Brown for "The Galactic Circle" (novel) by Jack Williamson. Includes "Rebellion" (novelette; sequel to "The Invaders") by Don A. Stuart [John W. Campbell, Jr.]; "The Son of Redmask" (novelette; sequel to "Redmask of the Outlands") by Nat Schachner; "The Upper Level Road" by Warner van Lorne; "Lost in Space" by J. Harvey Haggard; "The Star That Would Not Behave" by R. R. Winterbotham; "Man of Iron" by Ross Rocklynne; "The Phantom Dictator" by Wallace West; "Twelve Eighty-Seven" (pt. IV of V) by John Taine [Eric Temple Bell]. Letters from Forrest J. Ackerman, Donald A. Wollheim, Ramon F. Alvarez [Lester] del Rey, & Bob Tucker. Illustrated by Dold & Marchioni.Small adhesions to front on title; first three pages lack lower ends - ads and contents page losses. Otherwise pretty nice. Book.…

Softcovers, 80pp with many historic photographs of the Perthshire village. Re-issued. Little nicks at spine ends otherwise VG.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Vivid Recollections of World War II Evacuees and a Wee Scottish Village '. In seotember 1939 as watr was declared about 300 residents of glasgow were moved to safer ground at Dunning. This is that tale - in 163 pages of recollection. LEARN more about : Dorothy Young now of Blackford. Also : Bunty Laird, Black Jock, tawse, neeps, Spateston, Clydebank, Quarry Road, Dundee, Glengoner camp, reunion, sand martins, and Keltie Castle. Text assisted by one map and several b/w (family) photographs Page xiii has a glossary of Scottish terms - like loo, nit, and mod cons. Volune is clean tight and bright. P/O has marked up the Table of Contents (and elsewhere) with marginalia - think of it as research notes. Almost collectible !! Quote (p. 71) : " When we left on the evacuation train, we felt great. It was just an adventure to us. My friends were all together, and each of us had a bag of food, gas mask, a label round our neck. All in line, chattering like mad. We didn't know where ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. B/W Photographs (illustrator). …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Magazine. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Octavo. 158pp. Perfect bound in wrappers. A couple small tears and stamp on front cover, very good. This issue features stories from Jack Williamson, John W. Campbell, Jr. (as Don A. Stuart), Nat Schachner, Warner Van Lorne, J. Harvey Haggard, R.R. Winterbotham, Ross Rocklynne, Wallace West, John Taine, and letters from Lester del Rey (as by Ramon F. Alvarez del Rey), Donald A. Wollheim, and Forrest J. Ackerman. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. previous owner's name written on front flyleaf.

First edition. Unpaginated. Preface; introduction; 73 photographs (1 per page with accompanying descriptive text); map. Pictorial landscape-format soft covers. No inscriptions. Fine.