ROBERT L JARMAN (6 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : F. Etat de la jaquette : F-. F-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 348 pp, hardbound, minor dj rubbing, otherwise like new -- no folds, no creases, no soiling, no markings -- NOT EXLIB.

Paperback. Etat : Fair. Schaeffer, Mead (cover); Von Schmidt, Harold; Rhodenbaugh, Harold; Englert, George; Fleming, Bill; Fawcett, Robert; Briggs, Austin; Georgi, Edwin; (illustrateur). First Edition. 120 pages. Features: Cover illustration of International Farmall tractor harvesting grain; Lovely colour ad for Nash cars inside front cover; Color photo of golfer Sam Snead in one-page B.F. Goodrich tire ad; Half-page color ad for Titleist "Acushnet" golf balls; Nice two-page color ad for Mobilgas features large winged horse; Lovely half-page color ad for Hydrox cookies; Great two-page color ad for Chevrolet cars, featuring their PowerGlide transmissions; The Ordeal of Judge Harold Raymond Medina - he is hard on Reds; The Wrath of Tugboat Annie (story); Edmonton, Alberta - feature article with many photos, including youthful premier Ernest Manning; Ditchdigger's Daughter (story); Getting ripped off by phoney weigh scales; Photo-illustrated article on simultaneous translators at the U.N.; James (Big Jim) Morton - "I Was the King of the Thieves" - part 2; Appointment with Treachery (story); Super color-photo illustrated article on circus highwire performer the Great Alanza; The Magnificent Faker (story); Funny Way to Got To School - Calvert School in Baltimore; Bonus Rookie (story); Nice one-page color-photo ad for Campbell's Chicken Gumbo soup includes an Aunt Jemima-like lady cooking at fire; Lovely one-page color ad for the (yellow) Oldsmobile "88" Holiday Coupe; Murder is the Pay-Off (story); Nice one-page color-photo ad for G.E. fridges with the new Alnico Magnetic Door; Nice one-page color ad for De Soto cars; One-page color cartoon-style ad for Post cereals features baseball scene; Pall Mall cigarette ad; Nice one-page color ad for Ford cars; Sultry one-page ad for movie "Born to Be Bad" starring Joan Fontaine; Nostalgic two-page color ad for Kraft mayo and salad dressings; Nice one-page color ad for Frigidaire electric ranges; One-page color ad for the Studebaker Champion; One-page color ad for Hudson cars; One-page ad for RCA Victor televisions; One-page photo ad for Prest-O-Lite batteries features lady golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias; Wonderful color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes inside back cover features Gene Tierney and tobacco farmer Charlie P. Murphy of Mebane, N.C.; Attractive back cover Coke ad features large pop machine surrounded by a crowd of happy Coke drinkers. Somewhat above-average but not excessive wear. Light pink discoloration to part of top and bottom edge of most pages - text unaffected. Small piece missing from front cover at top of coverfold. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.

Paperback. Etat : Fair. Falter, John (cover); Spring, Bob and Ira; Riley, Ken; Buckham, Lynn; Stahl, Ben; Kidder, Harvey; Meyers, Robert; Georgi, Edwin; (illustrateur). First Edition. 132 pages. Fiction: Double Homicide; Lady With a Lure; The Date for the Wedding; Foreign Wife; The Magnificent Phony ( part 2 of 5); Fool's Treasure (conclusion). Articles: Crisis in North Africa - Fez, Morocco - with several photos including shot of assassination attempt on Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Arafa; ; The Face of America - Log Drive; I'll Stay in the Air Force - Maybe; The Rugged John Foster Dulles; Big Brave from Milwaukee - Gene Conley; He Makes His Living Whittling - article and great color photos of John Lacey; Trypsin - Mysterious New Drug; They Gamble on Offshore Oil - drilling in the Gulf of Mexico; Incredible Railroad - the Long Island Rail Road; Ads: Nice American Motors ad features a yellow Hornet Custom Sedan; American Blower ad features nice photo of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan; Two-page TWA ad compares air and rail times/prices; Chevrolet ad features salmon-colored Bel Air Convertible; Whitman's Chocolates; Oldsmobile Holiday Sedan (nice); Republic Steel; Mercury cars (color photos); Lucky Strike - tennis theme; Studebaker trucks; Thor Impact Wrenches; Frigidaire fridges; Champion spark plug ad features driver Jim Bryan; Fantastic color-photo two-page ad for General Motors features the Nomad and Safari; Life Savers; Douglas DC-7 (wedding scene); Allis-Chalmers tractors; Saginaw power steering ad features nice large photo of Mauri Rose, famous race and test driver; Santa Fe passenger rail ad; Jayson shirts; Ray-Ban sun glasses - great one-page color-photo ad; Captain Eddie Rickenbacker is featured in a U.S. Savings Bond ad; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.

Paperback. Etat : Fair. Rockwell, Norman (cover); Whitmore, Coby; Fleming, Bill; Ludekens, Fred; Kritcher, Larry; Meyers, Robert; George, Edwin; (illustrateur). First Edition. 116 pages. Features: Great Rockwell cover illustration of excavator attempting to dig up kid's baseball field in a vacant lot; Our daughter had polio - Kay Reiten had to be treated in an iron lung; Don't sneer at the catfish - great article on the popular catfish with photo of Leon Bishop and Carl Yarbrough holding huge catfish they hauled out of the Tallahatchie River, near Abbeville, MS, with their bare hands; They Hit Red China Where it Hurt - over 4,000 Chinese Communists surrendered in Korea, allowing them a chance to explain why they swallowed Communism, and how Mao's tyranny can be defeated; The Republicans Muffed the Ball in Dixie - where are the Eisenhower voters now?; TV's Shoestring Surprise - The Johns Hopkins Science Review has rung up one of TV's longest hit runs; Colony of the Outcast Kings - color-photo feature of Estoril, Portugal, now a swanky resort; Never Marry an Actress - they may be delightful on stage, but around the house they're vain, insincere, and obsessed with themselves. Fiction: Shackles for the Groom; The Sitting Duck; The Seeds of Hate; The Hard-Luck Type; The Mask of Alexander (part 2 of 6); Invitation to Murder (part 6 of 8). Ads: Elegant one-page color-photo ad for Packard cars; Nice color-photo ad for a cream-colored Cadillac convertible; Two-page ad for Du Pont's nylon for truck tires features photos of Leonard Bisgrove of Red Star Express in Auburn, NY, and Edward Benkert of Fairmount Foundry in Philadelphia; Gorgeous color-photo ad for the 1954 Chrysler New Yorker De Luxe Newport (blue); Champion Spark Plug ad features photo and endorsement by racer Jim Kimberly; Nice two-page color ad for the Scenicruiser by Greyhound bus lines; Nice color Chevrolet ad features an off-white Bel Air Convertible plus an inset color photo of a Corvette convertible, "First of the Dream Cars to Come True!"; Fascinating one-page photo ad by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau of a trucker enjoying a 'Coffee-break', suggesting this campaign may have introduced this term now used throughout North America; Prest-O-Lite battery ad features photo of footballer Doak Walker of the Detroit Lions; Sweet half-page vintage color ad for Dairy Queen Malts and Shakes; Color ad for the Northern Pacific Railway's Vista Dome/North Coast Limited service; Back page Camel cigarette ad features photos of John W. Fincher of Cairo, GA, A.R. Schneidewind of Upper Montclair, NJ, Mrs. B. Collins Edgar of Lookout Mountain, TN, W.C. Fowler of Dallas, TX, J. Russell Fraser of Detroit, Mrs. Katharine B. Coelsch of The Dalles, OR, and Evelyn Terjesen of New York City. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy of this great vintage issue.

1st Ed. 4 vols. Large 8vo. Very good in original gilt lettered buckram. This important collection of British political reports on the former Yugoslavia will provide extensive historical background to modern developments and while the reports are written from the point of view of British diplomatic interest, the observations and judgements are largely balanced, and may contribute to a wider understanding of the political and ethnic heritage of the peoples and states of the former Yugoslavia. The material provides useful summaries of actual events, together with evaluations of their political significance. The main series within the volumes comprises the diplomatic annual reports or reviews from Belgrade. The annual reports have been supplemented with special "situation reports", current events reports, personality reports, and weekly or fortnightly reports to provide continuity and to fill gaps. US$419.

Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Good. Illustrated by Rockwell, Norman; Szyk, Arthur (illustrateur). First Edition. Features: Norman Rockwell cover illustration entitled "Blackout" is the fifth Willie Gillis picture and depicts him and girlfriend planning what to do in a blackout; The Case for Minorities - Now's the time to come to the aid of the other side; Our Two Months on Corregidor - Eyewitness description of the siege; Why Germany Must Invade England - England must be beaten before the Axis can win; I can't get a Job - Nobody wants this businesswoman of fifty-seven; Wool-Hat Dictator - How Gene Talmadge wows 'em in Georgia's cracker counties; Address - Paradise - This American went to the South Seas to live; The Japanese Pincers in Brazil - Japan's 'colonists' farm our neighbor's strategic spots; You Can Do Business With Your Junkman - Any old clothes, tin or rubber today? Stories: Johnny, Come back to Me!; "V" for Virginia; Pirate off Nantucket McQuillan Goes Below; Hell on Wheels The Bride Saw Red (part 1 of 7); The case of the careless Kitten (part 6 of 8). 116 pages. Lumberman's one-page insurance ad features Arthur Szyk illustration of the Axis leaders presenting medal to injured motorist. Nice color Willys ad inside back cover shows military Jeep flying through a large letter V. Back cover Camel cigarette ad shows paratroopers in action and an illustration of Helen V. Lynch working at the Pioneer Parachute Company. Pages 81-82 missing. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A well-preserved copy of this vintage WWII-era issue.; Cover Illustration; Folio.