Chambers Frederick Charles (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: FINE+, Near New. Gahan Wilson (illustrator). First Collected Edition, PBO thus!. "These not-to-be-read-alone tales will provide hours of high-quality goosebumps to the most hardened hearts." SCARCER title. Includes 11 Short stories by; Charles Birkin, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Gahan Wilson, Frederick Treves, Ambrose Bierce, William Fryer Harvey, Robert W. Chambers, Clark Ashton Smith, William Hope Hodgson, M. R. James , Ambrose Bierce; >>> Introduction by Gahan Wilson. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: FINE+, Near New. Gahan Wilson (illustrator). First Collected Edition, PBO thus!. "These not-to-be-read-alone tales will provide hours of high-quality goosebumps to the most hardened hearts." SCARCER title. Includes 11 Short stories by; Charles Birkin, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Gahan Wilson, Frederick Treves, Ambrose Bierce, William Fryer Harvey, Robert W. Chambers, Clark Ashton Smith, William Hope Hodgson, M. R. James , Ambrose Bierce; >>> Introduction by Gahan Wilson. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. 665 p. Several paginations, cover faded, part of the spine missing, bookplate, spine broken between covers and document, contents very good, postage to be determined.code 2235.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. xv, 16, 9, 16 pages. Ex-institutional library. Binding has come undone.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. xv, 16, 9 pages. Ex-institutional library.

Green Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. xvi, 27, 23, v, 95 pages, 7 plates. Ex-institutional library.

Stapled. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. John La Gatta, John E Sheridan, Jay Hyde Barnum & Edwin L Chase (covers), Frederick Chapman (If I Were You), George Clisbee, B J Rosenmeyer, Paul Meylan, John Vassos, Wallace Morgan, T D Skidmore, Charles Livingston Bull, Tenney Johnson (illustrator). First Edition. The April, May, June & July 1931 issues of The American Magazine. Fiction and articles include most notably the complete serialization, parts 1 - 4 of 4, of If I Were You, a novel by P G Wodehouse that is based on the play he wrote with Roy Bolton (precedes book publication). Other fiction and articles include parts 3 - 6 of 7 of War Paint and Rouge, a novel by Robert W Chambers, What the Man in the Street has Taught Me, an article by Heywood Broun (April), A Job You Wouldn't Want, an article by G K Chesterton (April), Of All Places, a short story by Clarence Budington Kelland (May), three articles by Archibald Rutledge - Ever Go Stale? Here's the Remedy (May), The Eagle is no Match for this Gallant Little Bird, about the Ruby Throated Hummingbird (June), & There's Magic in the Moonlight (July), parts 1 - 2 of 5 of High Summer, a novel by Booth Tarkington (June & July), In the Bag, a short story by Octavius Roy Cohen (June), The Worst Job in the World, an article by Mary Roberts Rinehart (July), Are You Afraid of the Unexpected?, an article by M K Wisehart on designer Norman Bel Geddes and his vision for the future, with a reference to his designs for the 1933 Century of Progress Chicago World's Fair, Daughter of the Skies, an article by Bruce Gould on pioneering female aviator Ruth Nichols, and others. Condition issues include: April - light edge wear to the front cover; small loss at the top & bottom of the spine; and small soil spot to the back cover; May - light edge wear to the front cover; light wear to the spine with small loss at the top; and light soil to the back cover; June - light edge wear to the front cover; closed tears at the top (.5") and bottom (1.5") of the spine; and light soil to the back cover; and July - light edge wear and soling to the front cover is missing; small loss to the bottom of the spine; light soiling to the back cover; a small chip to the bottom corner of pages 1 - 16; and pages 83 (Campbell's Soup ad)/84 (Ford ad) are missing. A very good set with the complete serialization of a P G Wodehouse novel. A heavy, oversize set that will require additional postage. Note this item plus my other listings (inventory #s 009696, 009697 & 009698) comprise the complete serialization of High Summer.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Tchetchet (Cover); Simplink A.N.; Watrous, J.; Vincentini;Lyford, Phil; Berry, Phil; La Salle, Charles (illustrator). First Edition. 54 pages. Features: Attractive cover illustration of lady in swimwear; Let's Have Direct Relief for Our Real Forgotten Man - Editorial against high real estate taxes; Death Looks for Cinderella (part 1); Is Father Coughlin Anti-Semitic? - His Own Answer - article with photo; Country Club Scandal (short story); I Was a Showman Too - Volatile Ex-New York Mayor James J. Walker talks of brass bands and ballyhoo; Hearts in Danger (fiction); How to Win Sick Friends and Influence Them - flowers are lovely but show a little originality!; The Good Earth Answers (pioneer family fiction); Purge in Hot Springs (conclusion); Matinee Today (short story); To the Ladies; Hell's Bargainers - Traitors to the Law - Sam Leibowitz exposes the method of lawyer-criminals; Rancher-Artist Augustus (Gus) Kenderdine - candidate for the Canadian Hall of Fame (article with photo); Tennis is a Dub's Game - words of cheer from champion Helen Hull Jacobs; Toronto's Royal York Hotel is featured prominently inside back cover; Colour back cover ad for the Physical Culture Hotel, Dansville, New York. Somewhat above-average external wear. Light pencil doodling to cartoon on page 46 and art contest blank on page 51. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Liberty - Canada's Largest Weekly Magazine, August 12, 1939 - Is Father Charles E. Coughlin Anti-Semitic? cover illustration of lady in swimwear; Let's Have Direct Relief for Our Real Forgotten Man - Editorial against high real estate taxes; Death Looks.