Harry Colp (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Stapled booklet of 30 pages. This is the Ninth Edition. Overall light wear, interior is clean, covers faintly smudged.

First Exposition Press edition. Jacket fraying with two inches of jacket missing on spine. Rest of book in very good condition. No missing pages or stamps. 46 pages.

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 56. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1953 edition. 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. 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. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Language: English Pages: 56.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Exposition Press, New York. 1953. 46 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Ex-US Library of Congress item with stamp present to the FFEP and to the title page. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in brown cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Offsetting present to the front endpaper. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. WHAT was the secret of Alaska's Thomas Bay? It held fabulous wealth in gold, but, for most men, even gold wasn't enough to lure them there. Yet, brave men dared to visit its bleak shores. Some returned horror-stricken, refusing to talk about what they had seen. Some returned insane, with terror written in their eyes. Some never returned! One of the first men to come back from what was to become known as the Devil's Country was shaken and afraid. He begged his partners to stake him to a ticket to Seattle and left Alaska forever. He paid for his ticket with a piece of rich, gold-bearing quartz and a story of horror. "Swarming up the ridge toward me from the lake were the most hideous creatures . . . Their bodies covered with long, coarse hair, except where the scabs and running sores had replaced it. Each one seemed to be reaching out for me and striving to be the first to get me. The air was full of their cries, and the stench from their sores and bodies made me faint. " What were these nightmarish figures? Were they supernatural beings? Or visitors from another world? Or survivors from some prehistoric era? Whatever they were, they were vicious, soul-tormenting, body-destroying, and evil. And they were terrifying enough to come between gold- seekers and a tremendously rich strike. Harry D. Colp was one of the original partners who heard the story of Thomas Bay. As a prospector in southeastern Alaska at the turn of the century, he collected whatever information he could about the "things" of the lake. The stories have been told over and over around Sourdoughs' campfires and have become part of the legend of the gold-country. So it was with great excitement that Mr. Colp's wife discovered the original manuscript of The Strangest Story Ever Told a few years after the author's death in 1950. The devotee of the bizarre, the supernatural, and the horrible will find this book fascinating fare. It has the creeping terror, the other-worldliness, and the strange timelessness of the works of the great masters of weird tales. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st printing. Black cloth with decorated dust jacket. 46pp. This slight little book is rare. It is sought by collectors from at least two groups: Paranormal and Sasquatch/Bigfoot, plus it is of Alaska interest. It is the author's account of his experience, and other prospectors as well, entering at various times into the panhandle of Alaska wilderness area above Thomas Bay and, in one case, encountering bipedal primates that appear ready to attack. This area was known as "the Devil's Country." Some experiences involved alteration of emotions - crazy thoughts. According to the Preface, the daughter of the author published it after her mother found the manuscript. Apparently the first edition appeared in both a brown cloth and a black cloth with not recognized preference; this copy is the black cloth. The top of each board has some light scratches which are not visible unless looked at from a certain angle of light. The back cover has, also against the light, a kind of oily-looking smudge area that I can't quite identify as an actual stain, although technically it must be. The dj is unclipped and has $2.10 written in ink under the printed price of $2.00. The foot of the backstrip is chipped one-quarter (1/4") inch and there is a double pin hole size chip just a bit up the spine. Couple of minuscule chips top of back panel and edge of backstrip. This book has been reprinted several times, but is almost unprocurable in first edition and especially with the dust jacket. Considering the noted "flaws" I consider this copy "very good.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Copyright Date Is 1953, First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated With Map. (8Vo) Black Cloth, With Silver Lettering On The Spine, Shelf Wear To The Edges And To The Head And Toe Of The Spine Are Minor. Dust Jacket. Shelf Wear To The Head Of The Spin And To The Edges Are Minor, A Small Chip Out Of The Toe Of The Spine. Area Of Staining/Rippling To Rear Panel. Scarce First Edition Of This Tale Concerning Inexplicable Encounters While Prospecting In Alaska.