Pentecost Ernest (23 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 13 short stories. Featured are The Man Who Shot The Werewolf by Edward D. Hoch, Kidnapping-British Style by Anthony Bloomfield, Happy Birthday, Darling by Joyce Harrington, Revival in Eastport by Jon L. Breen, Jericho and the Million-to-One Club by Hugh Pentecost, Mr. Fixit by Ernest Savage, On the Path by Ruth Rendell, The Stillness at 3:25 by Thomas Walsh, Old Man's Bargin by Carol Weiss Rosenberg, Devil's Advocate by William Bankier, Mrs. Craggs in the House of Lords by H.R.F. Keating, The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps by Bill Pronzini, Verdict of Three by Michael Gilbert. Earlier owner's name on the first page. Light edgewear. In very good condition.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 73, no. 2 (Whole No. 423). Byline cover with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Includes "The Man Who Shot the Werewolf" by Edward D. Hoch; "Kidnaping - British Style" by Anthony Bloomfield; "Happy Birthday, Darling" by Joyce Harrington; "Revival in Eastport" by Jon L. Breen; "Jericho and the Million-to-One Clue" by Hugh Pentecost; "Mr. Fixit" by Ernest Savage; "On the Path" by Ruth Rendell; "The Stillness at 3:25" by Thomas Walsh; "Old Man's Bargain" by Carol Weiss Rosenberg; "Devil's Advocate" by William Bankier; "Mrs. Craggs in the House of Lords" by H. R. F. Keating; "The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps" by Bill Pronzini; "Verdict of Three" by Michael Gilbert; "Mystery Newsletter" by Otto Penzler & Chris Steinbrunner; "The Jury Box" by Jon L. Breen. Creasing; tanning; minor rear cover wet spots; corner wear; short tear at spine heel. No label, never was. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 36, no. 8 (Whole No. 201). Cover art by Harold Bruder. Includes "The Scent of Murder" by Frances & Richard Lockridge; "It's So Easy" by Ernest Harrison; "Grandfather Predicts a Murder" by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.; "Hector Is Willin'" by Hugh Pentecost; "The Thrill Seeker" by Patricia Highsmith; "Brother Ambrose Has Come Home" by Mary Hocking; "The Club" by Muriel Rukeyser; "Murder in the Mistral" (novelette) by Gordon Gaskill; "The History of Susanna" from the Apocrypha; "Tails, You Lose" (First) by A. Y. Friedman; "Mystery Paperbacks of the Month"; "Mystery Hardcovers of the Month"; "Best Mysteries of the Month" by Anthony Boucher. Lean; creasing; tears at spine ends with small losses; tanning; corner wear and chips; minor edge tears. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. (w/o dj) A clean tightly bound hardcover copy without jacket. Unmarked, gently read, showing gentle head and foot wear to the spine and edges of the boards. A really nice copy overall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

386pp. 8vo Illustrated in black and white Black cloth Reprint of 1927 Marine Research Society edition Light cover soil, else clean tight bright copy: VG/VG- dj with large tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards with gold decoration and lettering on the spine. 155 pages. In good condition. The binding is strong, though the cloth of the spine is not connected to the text block. The covers are clean, if a bit rubbed and toned. Corners are bumped, as are the crown and foot of the spine. The last 50 or so pages are all tables. The pages inside are a bit toned around the edges but clean and unmarked. Contains black and white diagram illustrations, tables, and text throughout.

Condition: FINE. First printing. A historical narrative of the slave trade as it was conducted between the early 1500s and 1859, a trade which continued even after it was prohibited by law. Among the topics covered are The Guinea Coast; Sir John Hawkins, Slave Trader; the Voyage of the Ship Hannibal of London, 1693; The Slaving Voyage of the Albio-Frigate of London; The Liverpool and Bristol Slavers; Mutinies aboard Slave Ships in the early days; Captain Crow, the Last Slaver out of Liverpool; Slaving Voyages by Rhode Island Vessels and more. Publication Number 15 of the Marine Research Society. 50 black and white illustrations and maps, index. xxxv, 349 pp plus a 1 pp. list of their publications. Very near fine in black cloth with gilt titling to the spine - a large and heavy book, one upper corner slightly bumped.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). First Thus. Salem: Marine Research Society, 1927. First thus. Heavy 8vo. Cloth binding, 349 pp. Ex-library with mark to spine, no pocket, very minimal marking. Light tanning around photographs. A just about very good copy of this dark and disturbing collection of documents and images. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition. "300 Copies Printed By The Offset Process At Lowell, Mass." stated on copyright page. Good plus, if not very good hardback. No dust jacket. Heavy, if not moderate foxing to front and rear paste-downs and free endpapers; minor discoloration to edges and extremities of boards; light, if not very light 1 inch by 1/2 inch bumps to all four fore-edge corners; and a professionally repaired 3 inch tear to cloth along lower spine fold of rear board. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. No additional date, edition or printing indicated. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback. No dust jacket. Age-toning to leaves. Book has bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown and '1929' in ink (1 inch by 1/4 inch) along top edge of front pastedown. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Rear cover with some light offset from white shelving otherwise this copy would be fine. A whisper of foxing to fore edge of text block. Previous owner's name, F R Lord, on front flyleaf. Publication number 15 from the Marine Research Society. Contents very clean and tight. PayPal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover Re-Issue. xx + 155 pp + Marine Research Society catalog. scarce with Dust Jacket. Illustrated throughout - KNOTS, ROPES, VESSELS, ETC. Text in Five Parts, I. alphabetical list - definition of terms; II. alphabetical lst of operations performed on shore. etcetera, etcetera. 6.25" x 9.5" dark cloth boards, gilt spine letters. Binding tight, square, pages clean, paper well-preserved. No external wear. Size: Slim Octavo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Spine lightly sunned. Bookplate of Fred R. Lord on front and back paste downs additionally signed F. R. Lord on blank end paper. Lord was a prominent 20th century Maine book collector. A very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Cover. First Edition. Very good Hardcover, 394 pages +index, 45 illustrations, maps, and charts.

First edition of the second book published by the Marine Research Society of Salem, Massachusetts. Large octavo, bound in three quarter morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, cartographic endpapers, illustrated, frontispiece. In fine condition. The second volume published by the Marine Research Society of Salem, Massachusetts, The Pirates of the New England Coast contains accounts of the beginnings of English piracy and the famed pirates Dixey Bull, John Rhodes, Thomas Pound, William Kidd, John Quelch, Samuel Bellamy, John Phillips, and Henry Morgan, among others.

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