William H Hessler (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First edition. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Signed by Hessler with an inscription. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; corners and spine ends lightly worn, covers rubbed. Binding tight and text unmarked. Gov. Stax.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 116 + pp. Vol. 70, September 1944, No. 499 issue only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Stains on front and back covers. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tightly bound in brown cloth with title and author in silver on the spine. Corners are sharp. Top edges tinted blue and the other edges are clean. The endpapers depict the areas of our global commitments at the end of WWII according to the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. DJ is in very good condition with very light rubbing wear, tiny chip at head of spine and a .25' closed tear on the edge of spine panel near the heel. The price has been crossed out. The author was Foreign correspondent for the Cincinnati Enquirer.282 pp.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 78 pages. Articles: The A-Bomb Won't Do What You Think! - a cautionary article; The Wide-Awake Business of Sleep; How a Movie Gets Made (part 1 of 2) - The making of the film "The Stratton Story" with colour photo of Jimmy Stewart, June Allyson and Agnes Moorehead; Jane Pickens - the Big Pickens Sister; Tanker Run North - life aboard the F.S. Bryant, a big oil tanker operated by Standard Oil of California; St. Louis Cardinal Edward (Eddie) Terrance Kazak; The Right Shirt on Your Back - Great colour fashion photos of stars including Alan Ladd, Frank Lovejoy, Richard Basehart, William Bishop and Lloyd Nolan. Fiction: The case of the Negligent Nymph; Summer's Ending; Surprise; Deadfall (conclusion); Send Me Home in a Barrel; Ott in the Cherry Tree. Includes nice vintage ads from: Lord Calvert whiskey - featuring color photo of Ian Hunter, stage and screen star; Listerine - for use as an anti-dandruff shampoo(!); DeSoto cars; Pontiac cars (very attractive!); "I Married a Communist" movie (full-page); Oldsmobile cars; Brunswick bowling equipment; Botany 500; Dan River clothing; Mallory hats; Smartair corduroy men's fashion (nice!); Blatz beer - featuring nice color photos of Pat O'Brien, co-star of RKO's "The Bail Bond Story"; Back cover ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes featuring L.G. Griffin, tobacco auctioneer. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, September 17, 1949 A-Bomb Won't Do What You Think! - a cautionary article; The Wide-Awake Business of Sleep; How a Movie Gets Made (part 1 of 2) - The making of the film "The Stratton Story" with colour photo of Ji. Illustrated by Brackett, Ward; Barlow, Perry; Snyder, James; Fleischmann,Glen; Beckhoff, Harry; Mawicke, Tran; Lyon, Fred; Northcross, John; (illustrator).…