‎Honey‎

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎The Mystery of the Burning Ocean: A Power Boys Adventure‎

‎Whitman 1965. A very good to fine glossy picture cover hardcover. Sticker residue on the cover. Whitman #1525. Hinge cracking. . Hard Cover. Whitman Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 2W0354

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎The Mystery of the Burning Ocean: A Power Boys Adventure‎

‎Whitman Publishing Company 1965. Hardcover. Good. Raymond Burns. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight pages clean/ boards slightly scuffed and creased; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine bumped and slightly frayed/ pages slightly yellowed Whitman Publishing Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 018844

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎The Mystery of the Flying Skeleton A Power Boys Adventure‎

‎Whitman Publishing Company 1964. Hardcover. Good. Raymond Burns. Book shows moderate to heavy wear/ pages clean/ boards slightly creasedmoderate edge wear/ corners and spine bumped/ spine frayed/ pages yellowed/ spine slightly cracked-still firm Whitman Publishing Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 016995

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎THE MYSTERY OF THE DOUBLE KIDNAPPING‎

‎Racine Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing 1966. Good.Picture covers no dust jacket a POWER BOYS adventure illustrated by Raymond Burns pages yellowed a few small chips in spine. Hardcover. Good. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1547

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎THE MYSTERY OF THE BURNING OCEAN A Power Boys Adventure‎

‎Whitman Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Not First Edition. Hardcover. No jacket as issued. Light edgewear - a little heavier to corners/spine ends small tears to spine bottom. Light soiling/scuffing of cover. Interior pages clean & unmarked. Blue/white illus. By Raymond Burns. Chip and Jack Power encounter thieves and underwater adventure while in Bermuda with their father and Dalmatian dog Blaze. 400 ; 8vo . Whitman Publishing Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 5355

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎The Mystery of the Burning Ocean: a Power Boys adventure‎

‎Racine WI: Whitman. VG. 1965. Edge wear. . Whitman unknown‎

Bookseller reference : BOOKS026481I

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎The Mystery Of The Haunted Skyscraper - a Power Boys Adventure #1523‎

‎Racine WI: Whitman Publishing 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated by Raymond Burns. Pictorial boards with 2 boys on unfishished building during a storm. Color patterned endpapers. Drawings16mo 6" - 7" tall212 pages <br/> <br/> Whitman Publishing hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 26397

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎The Mystery of the Haunted Skyscraper - A Power Boys Adventure‎

‎<p>Racine WI: Whitman 1964. illus. by Raymond Burns. Whitman # 1523. Hardcover. laminated picture covers. plaid endpapers. Lists 2 of the titles in this series. Clean interior pages have light tanning in margins endpapers clean. faults: a few spots of laminate lift around spine. Corner tips rubbed. Tiny price label on endpaper. Good to Near Very Good / NO Jacket.</p> Whitman hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 9403

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎The Mystery of the Haunted Skyscraper A Power Boys Adventure‎

‎Racine WI: Whitman Publishing Co. 1964. Good hardcover 1964 pictorial cover some wear to spine . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Burns Raymond. Whitman Publishing Co. Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 041227-C042

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎The Mystery of the Burning Ocean‎

‎Racine: Whitman Publishing Co. 1965. Corners worn lamination beginning to separate. Glossy Pictorial Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Raymond Burns. Octavo. Whitman Publishing Co. Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1002962

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎The Mystery of the Million-Dollar Penny. A Power Boys Adventure‎

‎Racine:: Whitman 1965. hardcover. good no dj. 12mo. color pictorial covers. Professional used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer. Whitman hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 41902

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎The Mystery of the Flying Skeleton : A Power Boys Adventure‎

‎Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co. 1964. Pictorial boards are scuffed with edgewear. Spine cover head & tail have light fraying. Outside page margins are browning not brittle. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. Binding is secure. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Whitman Publishing Co. Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 100486

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎THE POWER BOYS: THE MYSTERY OF THE MILLION-DOLLAR PENNY‎

‎New York: Whitman. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1695. Reprint. Hard Cover. Whitman hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 18493

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎Vanishing Lady The‎

‎Racine: Whitman 1967. Very Good /No DJ. 12mo = 7-9". Burns Raymond. A Power Boys Adventure. Top/bottom of spine & corners are worn and bumped. Whitman unknown‎

Bookseller reference : C9771

‎Lyle Mel.‎

‎A Power Boys Adventure: The Mystery of the Flying Skeleton.‎

‎Racine WI:: Whitman Publishing 1964. Pictorial Boards. Very Good. 8vo. 210 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed. Illustrated by Raymond Burns. Cover illustration bright and clean. Whitman Publishing, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 69645

‎Lyle Mel.‎

‎THE MYSTERY OF THE BURNING OCEAN: A POWER BOYS ADVENTURE #3.‎

‎Racine WI:: Whitman 1965. Very good in glossy illustrated boards - the rather fragile "cello" binding with some wear to the ends of the spine but in somewhat better than usual condition. toning to the pages . First edition. Duotone illustrations by Raymond Burns. Lists to itself at the end of the book. 210 pp. Whitman, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 66553

‎Lyle Mel.‎

‎The Mystery of the Flying Skeleton. A Power Boys Adventure‎

‎Racine: Whitman 1964. presumed 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Raymond Burns art. NOT ex-library. Pictorial spring green bds does not have glossy covers. lightly aged paper. Plaid endpapers. No names clean text. No dust jacket. Solid. 57120 CF shelf <br/> <br/> Whitman hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 057120

‎Lyle Mel.‎

‎THE MYSTERY OF THE DOUBLE KIDNAPPING: A POWER BOYS ADVENTURE #5.‎

‎Racine WI:: Whitman 1966. Good in illustrated boards - the usual toning to the paper previous owner's name some minor wear to the covers. . First edition. Illustrated by Raymond Burns. Lists to #6 at the end of the book. Whitman, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 43141

‎Lyle Mel‎

‎A Power Boys Adventure the Mystery of the Haunted Skyscraper‎

‎Whitman A very good picture cover hardcover. Copyright 1964. Whitman #1523. Illus. by Raymond Burns. Whitman hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 2W1543

‎Lyman Mel presumed editor‎

‎American Avatar. October 1968. Third Cycle First Edition‎

‎Boston: American Avatar Publisher 1968. Tabloid. Good. Side folding tabloid format. 13 &frac12; by 10 &frac14; inches. 28 pp. Front cover photo by Mel Lyman. Avatar was a Boston based underground newspaper founded in 1967 by Mel Lyman and his followers at the Fort Hill Community or Lyman Family a counterculture commune or cult depending on perspective in the Roxbury area of Boston. Besides publishing the usual counterculture perspective on local and national news the newspaper also served as a mouthpiece for Lyman's and the Fort Hill Community's philosophy: a quasi-religious and mystical thought drawing on Lyman's unique view of astrological spiritual and occult history. Mel Lyman originally gained fame as a folk musician. First issue of this version of the original Avatar published by the Fort Hill faction of the newspaper under the control of Mel Lyman and embracing a more spiritual tone reflecting on society and straying from the more usual underground newspaper coverage of protests events and other upheavals. That said Lyman addresses the "vermin" that took over the original Avatar. Critiques of US leaders by Brian Keating present. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling toning and wrinkling. American Avatar, Publisher unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 013057

‎Lyman Mel‎

‎American Avatar Third cycle third issue early 1969‎

‎Boston: Fort Hill Community 1969. Magazine. 28p. including covers 14x11 inches oblong illustrated with photos drawings and ads lightly-worn oversized magazine in stapled pictorial wraps with a closed tear and minor stain on the front wrap. Cover photo of Mel Lyman looking quite gaunt and smoking a cigarette third issue of the new magazine format of the old Avatar Free Press newspaper. Includes "Message to Humanity" "As Christ appearing in this modern day and age." by Mel. Heavily into the Lyman as Christ / Buddha. Fort Hill Community unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 168633

‎Lyman Mel‎

‎Mirror at the end of the road. Illustrated by Ebon Given‎

‎Roxbury: An American Avatar Publication 1971. Paperback. Unpaginated over 200p. b&w vignette photos and sketches reproduced throughout the text; first and only edition trade-size photo-decorated wraps. This copy is slightly shelf worn else very good condition handwritten letter laid in requesting a review. Evidently selections from an unaltered diary kept between Dec '58 scene a Tacoma hotel room to June '66 the Bowery; depressing sexual activity alternates with starings out of flophouse windows. Includes a stock portrait of and elegy for Richard Farina whom Mel misses. Mel figures in David Felton's cult-study "Mindfuckers" where we read that "Many of Lyman's followers are like thousands of us who have experienced the profoundest anxieties loneliness and fear while tripping on LSD. So they found Mel who did speak the truth about it but who took the truth and those fears and twisted them and used them to humiliate and control An American Avatar Publication paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 148487

‎Lyman Mel; Keating Brian et al.‎

‎The Avatar. June 9-22 1967. Vol. 1. No. 1‎

‎Cambridge MA: Trust Incorporated Publisher 1967. Tabloid. Good. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. Approximately 17 � by 11 � inches. 16 pp. Illustrations throughout including a two color centerfold. First issue of Avatar a Boston based underground newspaper. Avatar was founded in 1967 by Mel Lyman and his followers at the Fort Hill Community or Lyman Family a counterculture commune or cult depending on perspective in the Roxbury area of Boston. Besides publishing the usual counterculture perspective on local and national news the newspaper also served as a mouthpiece for Lyman's and the Fort Hill Community's philosophy: a quasi-religious and mystical thought drawing on Lyman's unique view of astrological spiritual and occult history. Mel Lyman originally gained fame as a folk musician. With pieces on China the love experiment in Haight astrology etc. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Minor to moderate faint foxing to the covers. General toning and minor soiling. Minor wrinkling and creasing. Trust Incorporated, Publisher unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 012914

‎Lyman Mel; Hansen Wayne M. et al.‎

‎The Avatar. July 21-Aug 4 1967. Vol. 1. No. 4‎

‎Cambridge MA: Trust Incorporated Publisher 1967. Tabloid. Good. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. Approximately 17 � by 11 � inches. 20 pp. Illustrations throughout including a two color centerfold. Issue four of Avatar a Boston based underground newspaper. Avatar was founded in 1967 by Mel Lyman and his followers at the Fort Hill Community or Lyman Family a counterculture commune or cult depending on perspective in the Roxbury area of Boston. Besides publishing the usual counterculture perspective on local and national news the newspaper also served as a mouthpiece for Lyman's and the Fort Hill Community's philosophy: a quasi-religious and mystical thought drawing on Lyman's unique view of astrological spiritual and occult history. Mel Lyman originally gained fame as a folk musician. with pieces on marijuana astrology etc. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Minor to moderate foxing and spotting to the covers. General toning and minor soiling. Minor wrinkling and creasing. A few small tears along the extremities. Trust Incorporated, Publisher unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 012934

‎Lyman Mel; et al.‎

‎The Avatar. No. 16. Jan. 5-Jan. 18‎

‎Cambridge MA: Avatar Incorporated Publisher 1968. Tabloid. Good. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. Approximately 17 � by 11 � inches. 28 pp. Illustrations throughout including photos of Mel Lyman and other presumed members of his group including a centerfold photo. Boston based underground newspaper. Avatar was founded in 1967 by Mel Lyman and his followers at the Fort Hill Community or Lyman Family a counterculture commune or cult depending on perspective in the Roxbury area of Boston. Besides publishing the usual counterculture perspective on local and national news the newspaper also served as a mouthpiece for Lyman's and the Fort Hill Community's philosophy: a quasi-religious and mystical thought drawing on Lyman's unique view of astrological spiritual and occult history. Mel Lyman originally gained fame as a folk musician. Many columns espousing the views of Mel Lyman letters astrology etc. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Minor faint foxing/spotting to the covers. General toning and minor soiling. Moderate toning along the fold. Minor wrinkling and creasing. A few small tears along the extremities. Avatar Incorporated, Publisher unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 012990