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Publicado por Ashgate, 1998
ISBN 10: 1855218879ISBN 13: 9781855218871
Librería: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Reino Unido
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Condición: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9781855218871.
Publicado por McCall Corporation, USA., 1951
Librería: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good +. John Fulton - Wraparound Painted Cover Ilustrador. BLUE BOOK - March 1951 MAGAZINE Vol. 92, No.5 THREE SHORT NOVEL - (1) "Dark Rolinda" by Peter B. Kyne (A fine story of racetrack life by the author of 'Cappy Ricks.'); (2)"The Shadowed Face of Luna" by Donovan Fitzpatrick (A fight to the moon involves stranger perils than control of a space-ship.); (3)"The Storm-Bound Herd" by Stephen Payne (A novel of cownboy life by a Western who knows a lot about it.); EIGHT SHORT STORIES - (1)"Six Hours to Dixie" by Wilbur S. Peacock (Drama aboard a Mississippi boat of which Sam Clemens was the pilot.); (2)"The Unpremenditated Wizard" by Nelson Bond (Black magic pervades this fantasy by the author of 'Conqueror's Isle.'); (3)"Flame Across the Night" by Robert J. McCaig (Shooting trouble when the storm brought down the charged wires.); (4)"Last Man In" by Joel Reeve (A talisman joins Officer Murphy and two friends in trouble.); (5)"Combined Command" by John F. Wallace (Should the skippper have stopped the troopship to save castaways?); (6)"The Faithful" by Owen Cameron (He had to deal with a girl who believed an escaped murderer innocent.); (7)"The Flare" by John Cloagett (The author knows what it's like to be caught in a P.T. boat by a flare.); (8)"The Last Day of My Life" by Allan Vaughan Elston (There are few basic plots for a story; this one comes close to novelty.); STORIES OF FACT AND EXPERIENCE - (1) "War Gods of the Orient" by William Ashley Anderson (For 2500 years the Chinese have been schooled in warfare by the precepts of two ancient masters of deceit and strategy.); (2)"Wanted: Job for Experienced St. Bernard" by Ib Melchior & Will Sparks (Modern roads have reduced his usefulness; will he move to Tibet?); (3)"I Fly into Typhoons" by As told to Ken Kantor, by first Lt. Dodson Graybeal; (It is routine for this weather pilot to dare the utmost in storms.); (4)"A Forgotten Air Race" by C. Lester Walker (No one completed this 1911 aire race across the continent within the time limit, but one stubborn pilot did finish the journey.); (5)"Arms and the Woman - IX" by Fairfax Downey (Bridget Divers - Union Cavalrywoman); (6)"The Cruise of the Maggie Murphy" by John J. Ryan (We have here abridged a forthcoming book about two boys who voyaged to Alaska in a home-made boat to make their fortune salmon Fishing.); >>> Beautiful painted Wraparound cover art by John Fulton, part of the Series "Men of America" Theme covers; MARK TWAIN with Riverboat (the Lincloln of our Literature) Wraparound Painted Cover. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Book.
Publicado por The International News Company, New York, 1927
Librería: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Libro Original o primera edición
Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Good. Holloway, Cyril; Illingworth, L.G.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Cleaver, Reginald; Prater, Ernest; Potts, Leonard; Vedder, S.H.; Soper, G.; York, W.G. Ilustrador. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Ning Wo Pays His Debt - The Chinese servant of a Chief of Police in a Malay state settles a score with an enemy who killed his brother; My Sea-Trip - Peter Carden's amusing experience as a 'horseman' aboard a cargo-steamer; Photo of a Mariamma goddess in India, used to ward off epidemics; Photo and brief write-up of a marine fruit market in Bangkok, the "Venice of the East"; Passages With Pachyderms - exciting encounters with these great beasts, as told by Captain C. Lestock Reid; Dead Man's Treasure - A consulting engineer for the Cyclops M. and M. Company of Montida USA makes strange discoveries on a prospecting trip; Through Spain in Disguise - Part III - A continuation of the adventures and misadventures of Count and Countess Malmignati who travelled through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars, singing and dancing for a living; Zaki and Zomo - The Dog and Pony who both lost their lives while serving Captain J.F.J. Fitzpatrick in battle against the Germans; On Foot Through South America - G.C. Thompson and his two young sons travlled all over South America in search of work for four years; The Tale of the Toheroa - The curious shellfish found only in New Zealand - with photos; On the Trail of the "Thirstland Trekkers" - Part I - Colonel Deneys Reitz describes his exploration of mysterious terra incognita in what was formerly known as German South-West Africa - with many interesting photos; Timothy Murphy's "Donkey" - Great story about a logging donkey-engine at Calfton's logging outfit on Myrtle Island on the British Columbia Coast; The Mine Under the Creek - A brush with death when a mine floods in the Gulf country of Australia; The Chrissie C. Thomey's" Last Voyage - A gallant old Arctic schooner is lost through a most unlikely mischance - with photo; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part V - The amazing voyage of several young men from Shanghai to Copenhagen - article with nice photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue.
Publicado por The International News Company, New York, 1925
Librería: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Libro Original o primera edición
Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Very Good. Wood, Stanley L.; Carruthers, G.P.; Gillett, F.; Somerfield, T.; Soper, G.; Bird, L. Pern; Gillett, F.; Lane, Harry; Wightman, W.E. Ilustrador. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Terrorists - High-powered motor cars confront U.S. authorities with a new problem of desperadoes racing about the countryside, robbing and murdering almost with impunity - a report from Iowa and Kansas; Murchison's Mine - A lost mine is re-discovered beneath the noses of claim-jumpers at Chillagoe in North Queensland - with photos; In Search of the Lost Oases - Part II of a wonderful expedition across the Sahara from Sollum to El Obeid through much unexplored territory - with many interesting photos; A "Cant. Mag." On Trek - a humorous tale; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part II of G.M. Dyott's adventure in the upper Amazon after he was abandoned by his guide; "On Safari" - F. Ratcliffe Holmes describes the joys and sorrows of life on the march in the heart of Africa - with nice photos; The Passing of the Texas Rangers - A brief account of some of the activities of the Rangers by Alistair Paterson, a man who knew them well; Kruger's Millions - A tale about hidden treasure; The Hut in the Jungle - Chinese detective Ning Wo solves the mystery of a series of apparently purposeless murders on the Malay Peninsula; Revolution A La Mode - An amusing description of a comic opera revolution in a South American Republic; Photo of two Roitscheggen, or "Smoke Men" of the Lotschenthal Valley in Switzerland; Thompson's "Tapu" - A cunning Maori seeks revenge on a white debt collector; Big Game Fishing in New Zealand - Nicely photo-illustrated article on the fighting giants caught in the beautiful Bay of Islands off the New Zealand coast. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.