murray j malcolm (12 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this paperback original. Malcolm's first fictional novel. In fine condition.

MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. Etat : Used; Very Good. First Edition. Used; Very Good. Newest Press 1988 MMP. Stated First Edition. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers have very light wear. Spine is tight. Book Condition; Very Good . 1998. First Edition. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK.

Soft cover. Etat : FINE+, Near New. John Luckhurst. (illustrateur). First Edition By This Publisher. 197 pages (345 grams) " "$1,000 REWARD The above Reward is offered for the Capture and Return to the Custody of the N.W. Mounted Police, or for information resulting in such capture and return, of Ernest Cashel, condemned murderer, who escaped from the jail at Calgary, N.W.T., Canada, on the night of December 10th, 1903. G. E. Sanders Supt. N.W.M. Police, Calgary" >> Stain to bottom of spine; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good condition. First Edition (No Additional Printings). Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1984. 6" wide by 9" tall. Flat spine. Historical notes by a previous owner on the first page only: "This man is the person who murdered I.R. Belt. Evelyn Eliasen Notestein's grandfather." No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with map, diagram of the Calgary jail, and vintage photographs. Original pictorial wrappers. True crime in Northwest Territory, Canada. Account of a young American, who after being convicted of murder in 1903, escaped twice from the hands of the Calgary police and from the custody of the N.W. Mounted Police. Takes an interesting look at incompetence and deception, as well as some careful detective work. Cashel was eventually executed on the gallows. From the rear cover: "THE PURSUIT OF ERNEST CASHEL is based on police records and newspaper accounts of the time.". First Edition (No Additional Printings). Trade Paperback. Very Good condition. 197pp.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Light wear.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good +. B/W Photographs (illustrateur). First Edition. 197 pages playing between the British sense of law and justice and the American sense of `the righteous outlaw'. Read more about : Lawrence Sick, Amos Driggs, buckskin, forgery. twister, washtub, I.R. Belt, and NWMP Commissioner Aylesworth. The year is 1902. The setting: the road between Red Deer and Calgary in Alberta. (See b/w map on page 04.) Small number of b/w photos at center. Cond : Paper wrapper is brown with orange lettering. Clean , bright and tight. One small cover tear. Name stamp of p/o on half-title. Excellent reading copy. Alberta crime history. Quote (p. 72) : " Staff Sergeant Evans - the only man available to respond - left immediately by team and wagon and, on the morning of 23 July, he met Constable Vernon and the coroner Dr. Sharpe, at Watson's ranch. Evans was under no illusion about ._._._. . " Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good ++. B/W Photographs (illustrateur). First Edition. SUBTITLED : `The Case Against George O'Brien '. The Klondike Gold Rush had whetted the South's appetite for information from that part of the world. Gold and blood were strong attractants. Read more about : Hootchikoo, Five Fingers, NWMP, Fred Clayson, Tagish, gold, wolf robes, William Levy Powell, .30-.30, and Constable William Buxton. 175 pages includes a bibliography. Introduction gives the historical back-drop. Maps ahead of page one. Text assisted by b/w photographs. Cond : Boards are brown with silver gilt lettering. End-papers are buff coloured. D.J.is buff coloured with black and red lettering. Cover artwork shows a man in a snowy wood holding a smoking gun. Volume is bright, tight, clean, and crispy in EVERY collectible sense. Giftable ! Quote (p. 72) : " Dixon's investigation did, however, uncover some details about O'Brien's horse going through the ice. He found that O'Brien had stopped at Tagish Charlie's roadhouse the night before his arrest. Frances Chambers, who had charge of ._._._. ." Size: Octavo.

Soft cover. Etat : See Description. Richard Powers (Three Go Back); Ed Emshwiller EMSH (all other covers) (illustrateur). Economical lot of 7 older SF Galaxy Novel digest soft covers, published between 1952 and 1956, ranging in condition from Very Good Minus to Very Good (all tight and complete). Some great stories included in this lot along with that great SF period art on the covers!

Paperback. Etat : Very Good.

Original Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Bacon, Cecil W. (illustrateur). Second Edition. Second UK hardback edition of this collection of stories previously published in 1953 by Cassell. Originally published in the US by Random House in 1951. There is a little bumping to the corners of the boards which are otherwise unmarked. Quite heavy browning to the page edges and the pages are also browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has quite a bit of browning to the spine with some chipping with a little loss at the top and bottom - the bottom has a quarter-inch piece missing. The front panel has three small chips and a few small tears to the edges with two small stains. The rear panel has a small hole to the surface towards the bottom edge and a little edge chipping. Light chipping to the corners. Jacket design by Cecil W. Bacon.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Great copy. Presents very well, crisp buckram boards, bright gold titling, clean and bright throughout (see pictures). All our books at the moment are reduced so the price you see reflects a 33% discount. You may be interested in The Literaticus Book Service. We specialise in tracking down those harder to find editions, among other bookish services such as gift fulfilment. Get in touch to send us your Book Wants or ask a bookish question. If this is intended as a gift, please email first and we can gift wrap for no extra charge. If you would like special delivery but don't see an option for it, just email first and we can obtain a quote. If you have any questions, require more information or if you would like more pictures, do not hesitate to get in touch.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 144 pages 27 cm OCLC 1090892 ; LCCN 44004124 LC TL770 .A38 color art deco design on stiff paper wrappers ; "The present day emphasis on old timers has progressed to the point where it has become necessary to reprint this very popular book of the forties. It was reprinted three times, and then with the movement to glow engines anre more sophisticated model aircraft it was allowed to go into limbo. Now with the growth of S.A.M. (Society of Antique Modelers) and the trend to nostalgia and the good old days, suddenly Air Age's Gas Models is a thing of the present. Just how timely is unbelievable until one reads the note on page 6, describing the shortage of balsa. Today's shortage of the same product has forced model kit manufacturers to all sorts of extremes to continue manufacturing the products which we cannot do without. In modeling, timeliness is not only today but also the yesterdays and the tomorrows, for which we should be very thankful." ; Contents: The K.G. lives again : how you can build a modern streamline version of the old record-breaking K.G. in which are combined super soaring qualities and a skyrocket climb -- Fokker D-8 contest scale : A realistic gas model of a famous World War fighter that performs like a contest plane -- Army Grasshopper : A flying model Taylorcraft O-57 that provides thrills of a full scale plane --- The answer fro gas fans :build this dual purpose national record holder, it can be flownin either Class A or B contests -- The winged Yankee : A high performance Class A gas model that is wasy to build and operate -- The G.E. Cabinette takes wing -- Controlled Lightning (Control line) -- Gas model Army Scout : a scale model of the Curtiss O-52 observation plane that is easy to build and a most consistent flier -- A record breaking gas model -- How to build a universal one-wheeler -- How to build a three-foot gas model -- Meteor on wings -- The gas Champ -- A four-foot Westerner -- Building the power-house -- An Ercoupe from Lilliput -- Timer's nightmare -- Building the Hornet -- Bird Wing gas model -- The Nationals winning Pacer -- Victory Tailless -- Ways and means of gas model success : Suggestions from an expert that will help to eliminate your crack-ups and increase flight duration -- Model airplane engine directory -- Ellipse area chart -- Wiring system diagram -- Have you discovered crinoline? -- Single-blade free-wheeling prop -- Tricky props for flighty ships -- Does aspect ration increase duration? -- Gas model wing loadings chart -- Stepping up your power -- Taming balky motors -- N.A.C.A. airfoil sections -- Gas model performance chart -- A true pitch gas prop -- Plotting sections the easy way -- Design for performance : a simple method of calculating performance of model planes by a combination of theory and experiment -- Grant airfoil sections -- How to put revs into your gas motor -- A gas model Range Finder -- Bring them down safely! : practical developments of dethermalizing models so they do not fly out of sight ; Copy of Lt. Col. Charles Oliver Fikes (1935-2020), who served in the U.S. Air Force for 22 years, at first as an aviation cadet in B-47s at Chennault AFB in 1955, and later as a B-52 pilot. He retired as a Lt. Colonel, and began a career with Eastern Airlines. He retired from Eastern in 1985. Book.