Philpott George (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Narrow 16mo, 107 pages + publisher's ads, tan cloth. Ex libris George Alvin Brettell. Hero, John Henry, returns in a series of adventures including horse racing. "He is a slang artist; a painter of recherche phrases; a maker of tart Americanisms." The fifth appearance by John Henry. Hugely popular, and penned pseudonymously by George V. Hobart, who was better known as a lyricist and screen writer, and collaborator with Cole Porter.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Robert G. Harris; (illustrator). First Edition. 54 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an address label on the lower right of the front cover. Cover art by Robert G. Harris. This issue contains writing by: Wilbur M. Philpott; Edward Tyndall; Robert E. Pinkerton; Karl Detzer; Elmer Davis; George B. Raymond; Harold G. Hoffman; John Erskine; Elsie Robinton; along with The Courts Disapprove and the People Approve by Franklin D. Roosevelt; Bright Sayings of the Dionne Quintuplets by Marguerite Moore Marshall; and all the usual features. Size: 4to. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Light bumping to upper outer corners throughout. ; Inscribed by the artist on the title page, signed F. C. Kirk.

Sewn Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Ian Rose (cover & frontis.) (illustrator). First Edition. (24pp.) 250 copies. The source poem was sent to Paul Buck, Ulli Freer & Eric Mottram to respond & theirs on & so on to produce 3 x 3 poem sequences. Covers a little soiled & handled.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 120 pages. Features: Telstar - Giant step into the future; Build this all-transistor FM tuner; SW propatagion forecast; Noise limiter for the HE-20A; Traffic Jam ahead on short waves; Tube Changing in the color receiver; TV Nonocle gives extra eye to wearer; Tube layouts in TV sets; Service clinic; More on reverberation units; Understanding the microphone; Counting with the Dekatron; Measure atomic radiation; There's more to calibrating the signal gen; Equipment report; Simplified metal locator; Transverter powers mobile gear; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Michael; Flagg, James Montgomery; Szanto, Karoly; Metzl, Ervine; Baumhofer, Walter; Reusswig, William; Bryson, Charles; Green, Bert (illustrator). First Edition. 62 pages. Features: Nice one-page photo ad for the Dodge Six car; Are You Taxe Exempt? - editorial argues against Canada's 'soak the rich' income tax system in favour of broadening the tax base as is done in Great Britain, resulting in 'the most intelligent citizenship within the empire'; Gaston B. Means - Master Bad Man - The Whole Inside Story of One of the Most Bizarre and Baffling Careers of Crime; Diamonds are Dangerous (short story); The Open Heart (romantic fiction); Nice one-page photo ad for the 1937 Studebakers; Love-Song for Supper (romantic fiction); From Invalid to Champion - Alice Marble, the new queen of tennis, tells her story; It Can Happen Again - Fascinating article by George Sylvester Viereck relies upon his information from former Kaiser Wilhelm (with photo) to warn that "behind the scenes in Europe's capitals the same elements (as in WWI) are conspiring to plunge civilization into the hell of a general war."; To the Ladies; News of Kitchener (military fiction); Why Glamour-Girls Don't Marry Great Lovers - And Vice Versa; Nice two-colour ad for the Easy Vacuum-Cup Washer; Bojangles of Harlem - Meet Bill Robinson, grandson of a slave who has earned $1,000,000 - article with photo; Secret Child (part 3); Great vintage photo ad for Feen-a-mint laxative chewing gum; Unusual two-color Kleenex ad shows wife scolding husband (who has cold) for soiling so many cloth handkerchiefs; Discretion Be Damned (fiction); Back cover ad for Goodrich tires features photo of S.S. Van Dine; and more. Moderate wear. Crossword partially completed in light pencil on page 56. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.