Brett J Henry (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of two novellas, one republished short story and six short stories. Featured are novellas - Brett Halliday Death is My Payoff, Jerry Jacobson the Abraxas Affair. Republished story Ben Hecht the Fabulous Laundryman. The six short stories collected are: Betty Ren Wright D-Day Minus One, Edward D. Hoch Siege Perilous, Leonard J. Guardino I, Osco Brono, Am Back, Gary Brandner The Eraser, Carl Henry Rathjen Barrels of Clues, Bill Wallace the Fixer. Slight spine slant. Light reading crease. Light rubbing to the surface of the front cover. Light edge wear. In good condition.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 16, No 1, pp. 90-99, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Soft cover. Condition: Good / Very Good. First Collected Edition, PBO thus.. **FEATURES AND NOVELETES (1) Death Is My Payoff by Brett Halliday (2) The Fabulous Laundryman by Ben Hecht (3) The Abraxas Affair by Jerry Jacobson **SHORT STORIES (1) D-Day Minus One by Betty Ren Wright (2) Siege Perilous by Edward D. Hoch (3) I, Osco Brono, Am Back by Leonard J. Guardino (4) The Eraser by Gary Bradner (5) Barrels Of Clues by Carl Henry Rathjen (6) The Fixer by Bill Wallace >> Cover scuffing; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. GGA - {Good Girl Art) Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: GOOD, Decent Reading Copy. ARGOSY Men Adventure Magazine Volume 353, #2; (August/1961; Popular Publications;) Photo front cover; Bruce Pendleton; Cougar art by Jonas Bros; 148 pages including covers; Writers: Brett Halliday; Sonny Liston/ Barney Nagler; Don Duffy; Douglas J. Ingells.; Frank Bez & Bill Kobrin of Globe.; Morton Yarmon; Marshall Lang.; Cliff Arquette with Jack Zanger.; James Merriam Moore; Merle Constiner; Kenneth R, Morgan; Marshall Lang; Robert F. Kelley; Howard A. Schneider; Pete Kuhlhoff; James Rikhoff; Hal Butler; Alfred Sheinwold; Thorp McClusky.;; Leo Guild. Interior Artists: Lou Feck; Lou Glanzman; Henry Syverson; John Groth; Contents; BOOK BONUS - ** "The Careless Corpse" by Brett Halliday.; ARTICLES - ** "'Patterson is Scared of Me!'" by Sonny Liston as told to Barney Nagler. For 2 years, the man ring experts have repeatedly called the leading heavyweight contender has stood by and watched the champ take on as flea bitten a collection of pugs as ever hit the canvas. Now, he breaks his long silence and sayings.; ** "King of the Treasure Hunters" by Don Duffy. All it takes to find buried treasure is a little skill and a lot of patience, says Frank Fish. After digging holes for 30 years and never coming up empty-handed, he should know.; ** "The Inboard-Outboard" by Douglas J. Ingells.; ** "Games with Dames in a Pool" photos by Frank Bez & Bill Kobrin of Globe. Are you one of those purists who think that the basic function of a swimming pool is to provide a place for practicing the dog paddle or the Australian crawl? Then you're not in the swim, Jack. Today's pools are built for fun and there are more kicks than a trudge on in these grown-up bathtub toys for modern pool plungers.; ** "The Hidden Costs of Buying a House" by Morton Yarmon. Lawyer's Fee + Title Search + Financing Costs + all those other Little 'Extras' = The hidden costs of buying a house.; ** "The No-Sweat Guide to Eating Pigeon" by Marshall Lang.; ** "Charlie Weaver's Grand Tour of the Civil War Battlefields" by Cliff Arquette with Jack Zanger. Doffing his steel-rimmed specs and battered fedora, the man behind Jack Paar's favorite fool reveals himself as a gold mine of information on what to see, where to stay and how to save when you drive through those historic battlegrounds.; FICTION - ** "Hell Over Laos" by James Merriam Moore, art by Lou Feck. Laos was in flames, and in that bloody, steaming jungle hid a broken and dying pilot guarding a cargo the Reds would give their birthright to get.; ** "Murder Inn" by Merle Constiner, art by Lou Glanzman. Life in Lusty, brawling frontier America was dirt-cheap especially when it could be traded for a fortune in gold.; ** "The No-Sweat Guide to Eating Abroad" by Kenneth R, Morgan, art by Henry Syverson. If you'd like like your next trip to the Continent to be free of such local disorders as gluey gullet (England), scorched stomach (Spain) and that strange affliction known as the Bavarian belch, better digest. ** "The Rise and Fall of a Clay Pigeon" by Marshall Lang. Jack 'legs' Diamond soaked up more lead from his fellow goons than a carnival shooting gallery. But it took a blonde follies filly to spell out the last chapter .; PICTURE STORIES - ** "The Timber Jumpers" by Robert F. Kelley. Thrills and spills abound in American steeplechase races ad it takes a highly trained horse and a fearless rider to run those rugged courses in grand style.; ** "Old Canvas-Back" by Howard A. Schneider.; MAN OF THE HOUSE - ** "Special Report on America's Favorite Guns" by Pete Kuhlhoff.; ** "Grand American" by James Rikhoff, art by John Groth. Late in August, the town of Vandalia, Ohio, resembling a cross between a campers' convention and a Bedouin village, will brace itself against the roar of almost two million exploding shot shells - all parts of the world's top event for shotgun buffs -; FEATURES - ** "Boxing's Bloodiest Battle" by Hal Butler.; ** "It's in the Cards" by Alfred Sheinwold.; ** "Whacky Wagers" by Thorp McClusky.; ** "Vine. Interior Artists: Lou Feck; Lou Glanzman; Henry Syverson; John Groth; (illustrator). Book. …

First Edition. [Second World War Poetry] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.90 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the blue and white dust-jacket designed by Foss, priced at 7/6. Cloth spine faded, with toning to jacket spine. Rubbing and light chipping to jacket edges, with several large closed tears. Rare with the jacket. Very good.…