Henry lysing (26 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good.

Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. Secret Writing: An Introduction to Cryptograms, Ciphers and Codes. Book.

paperback. Condición: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.…

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 132 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.31 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN . B0008BTSKE Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Slight wear to corners and edges; minor browning and stains on front endpapers and title page; slight browning and dustsoiling throughout; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Good condition. Dustjacket with slight wear to corners and edges; slight dustsoiling and browning over all; Good to Very Good condition. No Signature.…

Magazine. Condición: Good. First Edition. The front cover has a large price in crayon at the top right corner, some surface creasing and some ragged tearing along the bottom edge which also affects the bottom edges of the first third of the magazine. The spine has some surface chipping and there is some light discolouration to the rear cover. Pages browned around the edges with rusty marks around the staples but otherwise unmarked. Contains 'Death in the Harbor' by Tinsley, 'Boarders, Way!' by Prescott, 'An Elephant Never Forgets' by Burtis, 'Not for Forty Bucks' by Donnel, 'Murder from the Country' by Carr, 'The Sword of Satsuma' by Hartmann and 'Codes' by Lysing. One large illustration at the beginning of the first story - by Newton Aldred if I am reading the signature correctly. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Aldred, Newton (ilustrador).…

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: wraps. Vol. XXXIIII, No. 5, May 1940. This is a good original Street & Smith pulp magazine. The Shadow, May 1, 1940. The spine has a translucent tape cover which makes it nearly illegible. Small chip at the bottom corner of the front cover. Otherwise a VG copy. Graves Gladney (ilustrador). …

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: wraps. Vol. XXXVI, No. 4, Jan 1941. This is a good original Street & Smith pulp magazine. The Shadow, January 15, 1941. A crease in the front cover. Missing a third of page 113/114 (the last page before the rear cover). Graves Gladney (ilustrador).…

Magazine. Condición: Good. First Edition. The front cover has a three inch closed tear at the top left corner along the spine. The spine has a little surface chipping at the top and bottom. There is some light discolouration to the rear cover which has some chipping along the top edge. Pages browned around the edges with rusty marks around the staples but otherwise unmarked. Contains 'The Endowment Murders' by Vickers, 'Footprints of Death' by Webb, 'Murder of a Lady' by Treat, 'She Walks in Terror' by Salz, 'Contract with Death' by Reilly, 'House of Clay' by Hoover, 'Busy Signal' by Dennis, Victoria by Hartmann and 'Codes' by Lysing. One large illustration at the beginning of the first story. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.…

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: wraps. Vol. XLIV, No. 2, Dec 1942. This is an original Street & Smith pulp magazine. The Shadow, December 15, 1942. There is a black tape repair to about a third of the spine, otherwise a VG copy. George Rozen (ilustrador).

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - If you enjoy solving brain teasers, here is the king of puzzles to test your mettle. Cryptograms, the deciphering of messages in code, are more fun-and more exciting-than solving cross word puzzles.Secret Writing is an authoritative popular work for the beginner as well as the advanced enthusiast, explaining the principles underlying the construction and deciphering of all types of cryptograms, ciphers and codes in use today. Numerous problems and teasers are presented, and the key to their solution suggested.More than a pastime book, the author relates the dramatic story behind many of the codes which are divulged. Cryptograms have long been used in peace and war. They are today in universal use in conveying secret intelligence.Here is a fascinating pastime, and one that is all at once leaping into popularity, which offers the puzzle enthusiast many hours of absorbing fun.Secret Writing was published in 1936. The author was a long-time editor and writer for pulp magazines and contributed a cryptography column to The Shadow magazine.…

Soft cover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with short closed separation on the rear spinefold.and light additional wear.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: wraps. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1, June 1941. This is a VG, original Street & Smith pulp magazine. The Shadow, June 1941. Graves Gladney (ilustrador).

Wraps. Condición: Very Good-. Vol. XXXVII, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Edited by John L. Nanovic.] Cover art by Graves Gladney for "Mansion of Crime" (novel) by Maxwell Grant. Includes "Hook McGuire's Rat Poison" by George Allan Moffatt. Features "The Shadow Club"; "Codes" by Henry Lysing; "Highlights on the Shadow" (what's ahead); "The Pulse of the Nation" (letters). Uncredited illustrations. Creasing; stress; edge and corner nicks, scuffs and wear; tape at spine ends; mild tanning. Magazine.…

Wraps. Condición: Good to Very Good-. Vol. XX, No. 1. [Edited by John L. Nanovic.] Cover art is uncredited for "The Seven Drops of Blood" (novel) by Maxwell Grant [Walter B. Gibson]. Includes "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan; "Fur Will Fly" by Roswell Brown; "Duty Comes First" by Avin H. Johnston; "Codes" by Henry Lysing; "Murder in a Bowling Alley" by George Allan Moffatt; "The Shadow Club"; "The Pulse of the Nation". Illustrations by Edd Cartier and others. Standard wear anbd tear at edges abnd corner with small losses; tape at upper and lower spine ends. Magazine. …

Hardcover. dj. First Edition. 265pp. Cloth. The authoritative story of J. Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Name on front free endpaper else fine in very good+ dustjacket with a stain on the inside. ; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing of the first edition. Association copy with mystery writer, Vincent Starrett's signature on the upper right corner of the half-title page and Starrett's personalized bookplate laid-in on the front pastedown. A shallow small moister ghost to upper edge of front cover, toning to pastedowns (primarily along hinge), and light toning to page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to spine/cover margins, paper loss to corners and spine ends, primarily foot of spine, tape to verso of spine folds, and light moister ghosts to lower mid spine, else fine. A solid copy. Vincent Starrett (Association) (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…

Wraps. Condición: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. XXI, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Edited by John L. Nanovic.] Cover art is uncredited [George Rozen] for "Death Token" (novel) by Maxwell Grant. Includes "Men of the Law" by Laurence Donovan; "Codes" (feature) by Henry Lysing; "A Bowling Ball Never Lies" by George Allan Moffatt; "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan; "Drag 'Em Out" by Norman A. Daniels; "The Shadow Club"; "The Pulse of the Nation". Illustrations by Edd Cartier and others. Losses to spine, about 30%. at ends and here and there; rear cover glued on at hinge; standard wear and tear to overlaps; tanning. Magazine.…

8vo Hardcover. Condición: Good. 117p. Text is unmarked with a mild patina and scattered foxing. Red cloth boards with black lettering are deeply toned on upper edges and spine. Binding is sound with hinges fully attached. Lacks a dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5", red textured cloth, 110pp, extremities a little bumped and worn, pp (especially endpapers) toned, in a well worn, creased, soiled and edge-chipped (but SCARCE) dustjacket. FIRST EDITION (NAP). One of the "Kemp Pastime Books".

First Edition. Quarto (23.5cm); original pictorial wrappers; [5],6-113,[1]pp; illus. Light wear to joints, 1cm loss to upper spine, a neat 1.5" split to lower front joint, with mild tonint and a 3/4" tear to lower edge of rear wrapper; text edges very lightly tanned, but still supple; Very Good+. Contents include the complete Shadow novel Xitli, God of Fire, with story contributions by George Allan Moffatt and Henry Lysing. Cover art by Graves Gladney. 8842. …

First Edition. Quarto (23.5cm); original pictorial wrappers; [4],5-113,[1]pp; illus. Half centimeter loss to heel, clear tape reinforcement to spine ends, with another to lower edge of front wrapper, and another on verso of same; stress creases, a few small tears and tiny nicks, and a handful of small touch-ups to wrappers, with two contemporary newsstand stamps to front cover; subtle tanning to text edges, though still supple; complete and Very Good. Contains the complete Shadow novel Crime Over Miami, with story contributions by William G. Bogart and Henry Lysing. Cover art by Graves Gladney. 8843.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condición: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. XVII, No. 2. [Edited by John L. Nanovic.] Cover art is uncredited for "The Third Shadow" (novel) by Maxwell Grant [Walter B. Gibson]. Includes "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan; "Phantom Pirate" by Rosewell Crown; "Codes" by Henry Lysing; "Dead Man's Letter" by John L. Chambliss; "The Shadow Club"; "The Pulse of the Nation". Illustrations by Lovell and others. Glue inside hinges; tanned; tears and creases; short tape inside front cover edge; small losses interanlly, most at upper foredge and corner; 1" loss at heel; brittle edges. Book. …

Condición: Good. NY 1936 first edition. David Kemp. Hardcover thin sm octavo. Orange cloth with black lettering. 117p. text drawings. No wear but light uneven toning on end papers. No owner marks. near Good dj, worn but intact; a few short closed tears and a few small chips on dj. DJ covered in removeable protective glassine jacket. Subtitled: "How to Code and decode". A Classic work on this topic. Pictures available on request.…

First Edition. Quarto (23.5cm); original pictorial wrappers; [5],6-113,[1]pp; illus. Trivial wear to extremities, tanning to inner covers, with subtle yellowing to text, which is still supple; staple tips are just barely poking through rear wrapper; Near Fine. The 10th Anniversary number of The Shadow, containing the complete novel, The Time Master, and story contributions by Stephen Gould and Henry Lysing. Cover art by Graves Gladney. 8844.…