Baxter Eric G (7 results)
Language: English
Published by Warwickshire Local History Society, Leamington Spa 1980
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Large octavo paperback. xii, 104 pp. Black & white illustrations. Very Good +condition. No inscriptions.
More images- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: NEW. Limited Illustrated edition. NEW, Laksa Media Groups, 2023, 642 pages,This special limited Kickstarter edition of the book is adorned by interior artwork consisting of 19th century naturalist Ernst Haeckel's beautiful and mesmerizing illustrations of life on Earth. -- Life B…eyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays is a joint partnership between European Astrobiology Institute (EAI) and Laksa Media Groups, Canada. The anthology addresses strange new worlds here on Earth and beyond ours. Each story is accompanied by a companion essay (written by scientists working on the origins of life, habitability and life detection) about the science behind the world that the authors have included in their stories. 54 Original SF Stories and Science Essays from leading science fiction authors and scientists on alien life here and beyond. Twenty-two brilliant SF authors of various backgrounds and perspectives will transport you to the strangest places on our own planet as well as far beyond it in the galaxy and create worlds that can be filled with fantastic stories and also reflect our understanding and speculation of such places. Each story is followed by a short popular science essay exploring the fantastic and yet really imaginable topic introduced in the story, be it life in Titan's hydrocarbon seas, strange carbon planets, conundrums presented by the Fermi Paradox and so much more. We're delighted that so many wonderful authors of science fiction, both long-famous and just coming into the spotlight, have agreed to contribute a story to Life Beyond Us. We're proud to include works by Mary Robinette Kowal, Peter Watts, Premee Mohamed, Gregory Benford, Tobias S. Buckell, Julie E. Czerneda, Malka Older, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Rich Larson, DA Xiaolin Spires, Stephen Baxter, Geoffrey A. Landis, Eric Choi, Bogi Takács, Eugen Bacon, Tessa Fisher, Arula Ratnakar, Lucie Luka?ovi?ová, G. David Nordley, Tomá Petrásek, Valentin Ivanov and Simone Heller. Twenty-two brilliant SF authors of various backgrounds and perspectives will transport you to the strangest places on our own planet as well as far beyond it in the galaxy and create worlds that can be filled with fantastic stories and also reflect our understanding and speculation of such places. Each story is followed by a short popular science essay exploring the fantastic and yet really imaginable topic introduced in the story, be it life in Titan's hydrocarbon seas, strange carbon planets, conundrums presented by the Fermi Paradox and so much more. Like all readers, we're tired of SF that just endlessly lectures, and rest assured that Life Beyond Us will contain stories that are first of all brilliant stories full of lifelike characters, able to make you hold your breath until you reach the last sentence. This special limited Kickstarter edition of the book is adorned by interior artwork consisting of 19th century naturalist Ernst Haeckel's beautiful and mesmerizing illustrations of life on Earth, often stranger than most aliens we can imagine. Ernst Haeckel (illustrator).
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 1 January, 1940 - The Case Against Pacifism, by leading Canadian Christian Claris Edwin Silcox
Bunce, Frank; Paterson, Jack; Freeman; Devery; Breyfogle, Wm. A.; Edwards, Frederick; Silcox, Claris Edwin; Baxter, A. Beverley; Edwards, Frederick; Laskier, John; Ashbery, Henry; Campbell, Helen G.
Published by The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto 1940
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Periodical
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 40 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for International Trucks shows a truck about dump coal at a home; Wings of Hazard - Part 1 of 5 of a serial; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 1 - In the Air - article with many photos of the R.C.A.F. at work; None but a Woman (fiction); The…Case Against Pacifism, by Rev. C.E. Silcox, General Secretary of the Christian Social Council of Canada; Never Say "No" (fiction); Ambitious Hamilton, Ontario Makes the Grade - article with photos; The Pedlar (fiction); Buick ad; Hey Taxi! - a taxi driver's opinions on passengers, other drivers, tipping, and what have you; Hinds hand cream ad featuring "Honey"; Dressing up simple dishes - with recipes; nice colour ad for Pontiac cars; Coke ad on back cover shows aviator drinking a cold one. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Malcolm, Scott: Cover Photo; McCrea Harold; Overman, Charles; Aldwinckle, Eric; Price, Norman; Beaven, Frank; Von Riegen, Wm. (illustrator).
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 March, 1940 - Cover Photo of Air Vice-Marshal G.M. Croil, A.F.C.
McFarlane, Leslie; Thomas, Martha Banning; Higson, Kit; Annixter, Paul; Baxter, A. Beverley; King, Mackenzie; Manion, R.J.; Woodsworth, J.S.; Blackmore, J.H.; Edwards, Frederick; Dustan, Gordon; Cochrane, H.G.; McKnight, F. W.; Shipley,Nan; Ashbery,H
Published by The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto 1940
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 68 pages. Features: Fantastic two-colour full-page photo ad for International Trac-Tractor roadbuilding equipment; Wakeville Awake! - Part 1 of a serial by Leslie McFarlane; Parker Pen ad; The Stars Hang High (fiction); Lord Tweedsmuir's Vision of a New World; Mackenzie King…, R.J. Manion, J.S. Woodsworth and John Blackmore comment on the nation's war effort; Five Wee Wimmen - another Donald Mackellen story (fiction); Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 6 - Pay and Records - article with photos; Bats in the Belfry - Dr. Harold B. Hitchcock studies bats - photo sequence; Feud on High Plateau (fiction); Gordon Dunstan's Quiz #12; Hudson Six ad; Frigidaire Fridge ad; War on the Parasite - the new institute of Parasitology at Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec; Rare article and photos of hockey on Cape Breton - the Glace Bay Miners, North Sydney Vics and Sydney Millionaires - with photos of McGibbon,k Squarebriggs, Larabie, Clifton, Craig and Bill Hannon, Van Daele, Langille and Bill Gill - very rare!; GMC Truck (van) ad; Plymouth ad; Dodge car ad; Dodge truck ad; Sensational colour photo centerfold ad for Studebaker cars; Interesting drawn ad for Kleenex attempts to convince readers to adopt the Kleenex habit (it seems to have worked); Photo ad for Tangee make-up "Will He Kiss You Tonight?"; Cartoon strip-style ad for Hinds hand cream featuring beauty advisor "Honey"; Nice Fargo truck ad features photo of a Charlottetown, P.E.I. unit with snowplow mounted on front; Skis for Planes - the Elliott brothers' workshop in Sioux Lookoutk, Ontario - article with photo; *Fantastic* two-page election ad for "Fighting Bob" Manion takes aim at Mackenzie King; Ford V-8 ad inside back cover; Nice colour ad for canned lobster on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue. Kells, H.F.; Aldwinckle, Eric; Coleman, Ralph Pallen; Evans, Treyer; Nelson, G. Patrick (illustrator).
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 January, 1940 - Skiing Brings Business Success to the Laurentians
Sangster, Margaret E.; Craig, Lawrence; Tibbett, F.M.; Bunce, Frank; Edwards, Frederick; Baxter, A. Beverley; Roberts, Leslie; Woolfenden, John R.; Golden, L.L.L; Campbell, Helen G.
Published by The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto 1940
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 48 pages. Features: Nice colour photo ad for Oldsmobile cars inside front cover; Fargo truck ad; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 2 - The New Army - particle with photos; Interesting comments on the war from London by Beverley Baxter; Road's End (fiction); The Pertinacious Po…le - a short story about hockey involving a Polish fellow; White Gold - The grand business success skiiing has brought to the Laurentians - article with photos; The Stowaway (fiction); Moving Quebec to Idaho - article and photos of movie "Northwest Passage"; Frank Cyril James - new Principal at McGill University - photo and article; Wings of Hazard (fiction) part 2 of 5); Dodge car ad; Plymouth car ad; Ontario Premier M.F. Hepburn is pictured in a war solidarity ad sponsored by the Automotive Industries of Canada; Red Horner, Syl Apps and Gordie Drillon are featured in an Alka-Seltzer ad; Dodge Truck ad; Army Grub, New Style - interesting article and photos on cooking for the Canadian Army; colour ad inside back cover by the Department of Fisheries encourages Canadians to eat fish. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Please note: page 6/7 missing - It appears to have been an ad. A worthy vintage copy. Aldwinckle, Eric (Cover Art); Michael; Overman, Charles; Aldwinckle, Eric; Sarnoff, Arthur; McCrea, Harold; Brown, Bo; Roth, Ben (illustrator).
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 Febrary, 1940 - The Soldiers of French Canada / Wallace Rupert Turnbull
Mayse, Arthur; Wright, Priscilla Hovey; Payne, Stephen; Bunce, Frank; O'Leary, Dillon; Baxter, A. Beverley; Sharples, Alice; Dreskin, Nathan; Campbell, C.M.; Macpherson, J.S.B.; Ashbery, Henry; Campbell, Helen G.
Published by The Maclean Publishing Company, Toronto 1940
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Periodical
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Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 60 pages. Features: *Beautiful* colour ad for International Harvester's Diesel TracTractors inside front cover; The Dionne Quints are featured in an ad for Remington noiseless portable typewriters; Bush Job (fiction); The Wartime Prices Board - photo and article; Beverley Baxter comment…s on Finland's resistance against Bolshevism and the Imperial Russian forces; "Miz Perkins" (fiction); Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 4 - Soldiers of French Canada - article with photos; Blizzard Honeymoon (fiction); Solver of Air Riddles - The story of Wallace Rupert Turnbull, a Canadian who invented the controllable pitch propeller - article with photos; Wings of Hazard (fiction, part 4 of 5); Dodge car ad; An argument to scrap the Alaska Highway project; Ford V-8 colour ad; Dodge Truck ad; Plymouth ad; Fargo Truck ad; Nice colour photo ad for Oldsmobile; Hockey player Gordie Drillon is featured in an Alka-Seltzer ad along with Syl Apps, Red Horner and Billy Taylor; Humorous Lifebuoy soap ad used the B.O. (body odour) scare to promote sales; Hinds hand cream ad featuring "Honey" the beauty advisor; Nice photo ad for Heinz spaghetti follows the product from farm to plate; Colour photo ad for the 1940 Studebaker Champion inside back cover; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows man in suit checking his pocket watch while eating lunch. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Taylor, H. Weston (cover art); Coleman, Ralph Pallen; Michael; Aldwinckle, Eric; McCrea, Harold; Beaven, Frank; Roth, Ben (illustrator).
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, June 1, 1939 - Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA) Takes to the Air!
Davis, Elmer; Adams, Samuel Hopkins; Martyr, Weston; Williams, Ben Ames; Paterson, Jack; Edwards, Frederick; Baxter, A. Beverley; Bustan, Gordon; Gourlay, F.E.B.; Dickie, Francis; Pease, Mary Agnes; Ashbery, Henry; Campbell, Helen G.
Published by The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto 1939
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 52 pages. Features: Fantastic cover illustration of a TCA aircraft above the Rockies by Eric Aldwinckle; Gorgeous colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover shows a Cleveland, Ohio emergency mobile patrol vehicle (van); Nice full-page ad for Red Star Line and thei…r cruises to Europe; A damning editorial of Hitler and his "Mein Kampf", quoting liberally from the book; The Woman's Place (fiction); Canada Flies - article with various Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA) photos of the company's startup; All Bets As Usual (fiction); Exit Doctor's Bills - Ontario's first voluntary health insurance association provides medical care at a cost of 5 and one third cents per day - Associated Medical Services (A.M.S.); Beverley Baxter in London writes a column on the Chamberlain-Hiterl Duel; A Drug on the Market (fiction); Gordon Dunstan's Seventh Quiz; African Holiday to Kenya's Serengeti Park; Deep Waters (fiction); Secret Pool - fishing at Yuculta Rapids; Incredible Lifebuoy soap ad features photo and cartoons of a romantic couple separated by B.O. (Body Odour!); Nice full-page two-colour ad for Moffat Electric Ranges; Colour photo ad for McLaughlin-Buick on back cover shows a little girl buying flowers; and more. Page 47/48 missing. Page 47 contained recipes. Small clipping from top of page 49 appears not to have removed any meaningful content. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice vintage issue. Aldwinckle, Eric (Cover Art); Michael; Overman, Charles; Summers, Dudley Gloyne; Coleman, Ralph Pallen (illustrator).
