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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Vol 32 # 2 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1958.Contains stories by Cyril Hare (Sermon in Bags), Bret Harte (What Happened at the Fonda), Frederick Nebel (Pity the Poor Underdog), George Harmon Coxe (Two Minute Alibi), C S Forester - Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (That Old Computer), Ellery Queen (The Motive: First of Two Parts), Anthony Boucher - William Anthony Parker White (Best Mysteries of the Month), and others. Light wear at the edges with browning to the margins of the pages. A very good copy. Emsh - Edmund Alexander Emshwiller (cover) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: acceptable. Dust jacket is worn. Pages are sunned. Item has water damage. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 10, No. 6. Edited by Antthony Boucher. Cover art by Dick Shelton for "The Asa Rule" by Jay Williams. Includes "The Man Who Came Early" (novelet) by Poul Anderson; "Star Slugger" by William Morrison; "The Ship" by William Nolan & Charles Fritch; "The Planets Are Not Enough" (article) by Arthur C. Clarke; "Genius of the Species" by R. Bretnor; "The Science Screen" (department) by Charles Beaumont; "Payment Anticipated" by C. S. Forester; "Bottle Babe" by Stuart Palmer; "Recommended Reading" by Anthony Boucher; "All on a Golden Afternoon" (novelet) by Robert Bloch; 'Bright Destruction" (verse) by Winona McClintic; "Index". Tanning; creasing; marks on front and rear; minor tears. Magazine.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 10, No. 6. Edited by Antthony Boucher. Cover art by Dick Shelton for "The Asa Rule" by Jay Williams. Includes "The Man Who Came Early" (novelet) by Poul Anderson; "Star Slugger" by William Morrison; "The Ship" by William Nolan & Charles Fritch; "The Planets Are Not Enough" (article) by Arthur C. Clarke; "Genius of the Species" by R. Bretnor; "The Science Screen" (department) by Charles Beaumont; "Payment Anticipated" by C. S. Forester; "Bottle Babe" by Stuart Palmer; "Recommended Reading" by Anthony Boucher; "All on a Golden Afternoon" (novelet) by Robert Bloch; 'Bright Destruction" (verse) by Winona McClintic; "Index". Tanning; minor rubbing. Magazine.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. A clean, unmarked copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: good+. Dust Jacket Condition: good+. 1st Edition. 341pp; text clean, previous owner book plate on front ep, date stamped on back ep, hinges darkened; 7.75" tall; slight darkening to edges of green cover; shelf wear & moisture stain to bottom front corner of color il'd dj in new protective mylar. William Barss, dj (illustrator). Hardcover (dj).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. A clean, unmarked copy with a small rear panel crease, in a Mylar magazine sleeve.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 286, No. 6. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Chandler H. Whipple.] Cover art by Rudolph Belarski for "The Tattooed Sheep" (novelet) by Richard Wormser. Includes "Island in the Sky" (classic SF novelet) by Arthur Leo Zagat; "Young Doctor Kildare" (pt. 1 of 3) by Max Brand; "Sharks for Breakfast" by Charles Tenney Jackson; "Flying Colours" (pt. 3 of 6; Hornblower series) by C. S. Forester; "Men of Daring: Carey Harrison - Doom-Dodger" (True Story in Pictures) by Stookie Allen; "The Thirty-nine Steps" (pt. 2 of 3) by John Buchan; "Legends of the Legionaries" (picture feature) by W. A. Windas; "Mr. Primrose Goes to the Devil" by William P. Templeton. Features: "The Bell of Loneliness" by Eric Sharpe; "Argonotes"; "Looking Ahead!" Creasing; heavy edgewear with standard short tears and minor losses; pan marks on rear; stress. Book. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 286, No. 6. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Chandler H. Whipple.] Cover art by Rudolph Belarski for "The Tattooed Sheep" (novelet) by Richard Wormser. Includes "Island in the Sky" (classic SF novelet) by Arthur Leo Zagat; "Young Doctor Kildare" (pt. 1 of 3) by Max Brand; "Sharks for Breakfast" by Charles Tenney Jackson; "Flying Colours" (pt. 3 of 6; Hornblower series) by C. S. Forester; "Men of Daring: Carey Harrison - Doom-Dodger" (True Story in Pictures) by Stookie Allen; "The Thirty-nine Steps" (pt. 2 of 3) by John Buchan; "Legends of the Legionaries" (picture feature) by W. A. Windas; "Mr. Primrose Goes to the Devil" by William P. Templeton. Features: "The Bell of Loneliness" by Eric Sharpe; "Argonotes"; "Looking Ahead!" Small foredge chips; minor glue-repairs to spine ends; early pages hinges are cracking. Book. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 285, No. 2. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Chandler H. Whipple.] Cover art by Emmett Watson for "Two Hours to Go" (pt. 1 of 6) by Theodore Roscoe. Includes "Bluebeard's Closet" by H. Bedford-Jones; "River Pig" by Robert E. Pinkerton; "Men of Daring: Captain McKinley - Protean Bird-Man" (True Story in Pictures) by Stookie Allen; "Death Had a Pencil" by Richard Sale; "Beat to Quarters" (Hornblower- pt. 4 of 6) by C. S. Forester; "Legends of the Legionaries" (Picture Ftory) by W. A. Windas; "For Divers Reasons" by William E. Barrett; "Weasel, Weasel" by Frank Richardson Pierce; "It's Hard to Die" (conclusion) by Wlater Ripperger. Features: "Bon Voyage for Hitch-hikers" by Eric Sharpe; "Argonotes"; "Looking Ahead!" A little bent from poor stacking; creasing; foxing. Book.…

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 285, No. 2. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Chandler H. Whipple.] Cover art by Emmett Watson for "Two Hours to Go" (pt. 1 of 6) by Theodore Roscoe. Includes "Bluebeard's Closet" by H. Bedford-Jones; "River Pig" by Robert E. Pinkerton; "Men of Daring: Captain McKinley - Protean Bird-Man" (True Story in Pictures) by Stookie Allen; "Death Had a Pencil" by Richard Sale; "Beat to Quarters" (Hornblower- pt. 4 of 6) by C. S. Forester; "Legends of the Legionaries" (Picture Ftory) by W. A. Windas; "For Divers Reasons" by William E. Barrett; "Weasel, Weasel" by Frank Richardson Pierce; "It's Hard to Die" (conclusion) by Wlater Ripperger. Features: "Bon Voyage for Hitch-hikers" by Eric Sharpe; "Argonotes"; "Looking Ahead!" Less than average wear and tear to edges; mild tanning. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 341 pages. First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by William Barss. The story of a British officer in World War I who comes home on a short leave and falls in love. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy. Barss, William (illustrator).…

Stapled. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The May 24 & 31 & June 7 & 14, 1941 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably parts 3 - 6 of 7 of The Body in the Library, a Miss Marple mystery by Agatha Christie, The Tall Men, a short story by William Faulkner (5/31), and That's a Woman for You!, a short story by Erle Stanley Gardner (5/31). Other fiction includes The Good Picker, a short story by Steven Vincent Benet (5/24), parts 4 - 6 of 6 (conclusion) of The Captain from Connecticut, a novel by C S Forester set at the tail end of the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 (5/24, 5/31 & 6/7), part 1 of 8 of Silver Spoon (6/14), a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland, and others. Articles include Me and Shakespeare, an article by boxing champion Gene Tunney on how the classics helped him win (5/24), two sports articles in the 6/7 issue - one on golf by Gene Sarazen, and another on Billy Conn's preparation for his heavyweight title fight with Joe Louis, and Showdown in the Pacific, an article by Edgar Snow before Pearl Harbor talking about the inevitability of war with Japan (5/31). Cover art by John Hyde Phillips (5/24 - Sweep it Under the Rug - ethnic), Sgt. Edward A. Lane (5/31 - Air Force Photographers), Rauschert J. Karll (6/7 - Not a Keeper) & T Patston (6/14 - June Bride, 1941). Condition issues include: 5/24 - missing back cover, stains at the bottom left of pages 117 - 120 & small spots on a few other pages; 5/31 - wear to the covers including chips, closed tears, top right corner chip to the front cover, and wear at the spine; 6/7 - wear at the edges of the front cover with some closed tears at the spine; and 6/14 - light wear. A nice set with serial installments and short stories by a prominent & collectible authors plus numerous ads and articles that display the atmosphere around the beginnings of WW II. . Covers by John Hyde Phillips, Sgt. Edward A. Lane, Rauschert J. Karl & T Patston (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 188 pages. Fiction: Football Punk - That's Me; The Stalking of Sheila; The Champ's Last Fight; The Misfit; Novelette - High Stakes, Mr. Hornblower; The Killer Wore a Badge - part 2 of 6 by Thomas Walsh; Ruler of the Range - part 4 of 6 by Peter Dawson. Features: Inside Eisenhower's Headquarters - SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe); I'm a Doctor - And I'm Human; The Cities of America - Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange; I Was Stalin's Prisoner - part 4 of 6; The Woes of an All-American - Vic Janowicz of Ohio State; The Sinister Doings at the United Nations - Trygve Lie and Communist penetration of UN staff; What Good Can Come Out of Korea?; Cruel Beauty of the Caribbean - the Negro Republic of Haiti - article with color photos. Ads include: Nice color-photo Nash Airflyte car ad inside front cover; Thompson Products of Cleveland; Great two-page color ad for the Crosley Shelvador fridge; nice one-page color ad for Everhot electric blankets; *Beautiful* two-page color-photo ad for Packard cars featuring famous decorator Mrs. Dorothy Draper and the new Packard Patrician '400' for 1952; Strombert-Carlson ad; Yellow-Bole pipe ad; General Tire; Very nice one-page color Campbell's Soup ad; Fisher Body; Telechron clock timers; 1952 De Soto ad; Image of Betty Crocker endorsing the General Mills Tru-Heat clothes iron; Nice one-page color ad for Dodge job-rated trucks; Ford cars; Seth Thomas watches; Sunbeam Mixmaster; Old Golds cigarettes; Lederle; Aunt Jemima half-page color ad; *Wonderful* one-page color ad for the movie 'Two Tickets to Broadway' presented by Howard Hughes; Life undergarments for women; Multi-Facet Company of New York; Borden's Starlac milk; Nice two-page color photo ad for GoodYear tires; Flexees bras; Hertz auto rental; Cream of Wheat; Honeywell Controls - with photo in submarine; Nice one-page color-photo ad for International Trucks featuring the Metro Body; Great TWA color one-page ad; "Meet Corliss Archer"; Schick 20 shaver; Raytheon television; Nice color one-page ad for United Air Lines; Nice one-page color Canada Dry ad with Pilgrim theme; Nice one-page color ad for the U.S. Army; Dormeyer appliances; Life Savers; Color Capehart-Farnsworth Radio ad; Scary one-page two-color ad for Lumbermens insurance called 'Teenicide' shows teens getting into car; Botany 500; Howard Zink seat covers; REO Trucks - one-page color ad shows truck emerging from mountain; Edgeworth and Holiday pipe tobacco ad features two sexy dames; Whirlpool appliances; Sunwest prune juice; Schrafft's chocolates; Sessions clock sets; Planters mixed nuts; Buck Skein Joe coats; Disston chain saws; Rice-Stix shirts; Cosco stools; Major General William F. Dean, Medal of Honor recipient featured in U.S. Savings Bond ad; Western Electric telephones; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features color image of comedienne Ann Sothern. Average wear. Moderate external soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Saturday Evening Post, November 17, 1951 - Inside Eisenhower's Headquarters / I Was Stalin's Prisoner Football Punk - That's Me; The Stalking of Sheila; The Champ's Last Fight; The Misfit; Novelette - High Stakes, Mr. Hornblower; The Killer Wore a Ba. Illustrated by Hughes (cover); Ludekens, Fred; Arnold, Harriet; Garland,George; Saltzman, Harry; Riley, Ken; Bomberger, Bruce; Prins, Ben;Smith, William A.; Von Schmidt, Harold; (illustrator). …

Half Calf Leather. Condition: Poor. First Edition. Volume III, twelve issues complete (Sep 1831-Aug 1832) of this monthly magazine. Original half calf leather with slightly raised bands and black label. Leather is much chipped to the bottom of the spine and it is lacking a 3/4 inch section. The front board is off and the back board has been inexpertly reinforced. Marbled boards and endpages. frontispiece has been glued to title page affecting readablity of title page and the text description of the frontispiece plate. Lacking most of the two fold out horse genealogies. Generaly light foxing throughout. One plate torn in half but complete. Lacking plate for the fifth month. Otherwise complete. READING COPY only. We have the first FIVE YEARS of American Turf Register for sale. Photos of each volume is available upon request. The "American Turf Register" is one of the most versatile of the early American sporting magazines, with several important contributions by Frank Forester (i. e., Henry W. Herbert). Henry William Herbert (pen name Frank Forester) (April 3, 1807 - May 17, 1858), was an English novelist and writer on sport. He is best known for his works on sport, published under the pseudonym of Frank Forester. These include: * The Field Sports of the United States and British Provinces (1849) * Frank Forester and his Friends (1849) * The Fish and Fishing of the United States (1850) * The Young Sportsman's Complete Manual (1852) * The Horse and Horsemanship in the United States and British Provinces of North America (1858). He eventually committed suicide in New York. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated (illustrator). Hardcover.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Features: Food is a Weapon - is the British blockade sabotaging the democratic cause?; Wilderness Defense - delayed and censored printing of a color-photo illustrated article on the development of certain defense projects in the northwest, and measures to protect northwest timber from incendiaries; We Learn the Hard Way - looking the facts about our Pacific war in the face; It's Tough To Take Your Shoes Off - What Made Lefty Grove One of the Greatest Baseball Pitchers of them all?; Postmarked London - Little-known facts about England in Wartime. Short Stories: Dawn Attack; Sleight-of-Heart; Sometimes Talking Helps; "This Week's Bargain". Also includes Murder in the OPM (part 1 of 6) and Sugarfoot (part 7 of 8). Great color-illustrated back cover Coke ad features lovely server at soda fountain serving two servicemen. 88 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this wonderful WWII-era issue.; Cover Photo; Folio. Illustrated by Arnold, Rudy (illustrator). …

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1823 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 390 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 390 Language: English.…

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1823. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 390, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 390 390.…