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1939Classic cover art features semi-nude good girl with bloody barber's shears protruding from her throat. 128 pages. Stories include: Hell With the Lid Lifted; The Stars Said Murder; The Farraday Phantom; The Body in Booth One; The Corpse Played Possum; Death Racket; Ready for the Rackets; and The April Thrill Docket. Unmarked. Binding intact. Above-average wear and soiling. Chips and chunks from covers and bottom of backstrip. Considerable nibbling to bottom corner of back cover and last 12 pages has resulted in the loss of a modicum of text and portions of several ads. Despite these deficiencies, a worthy reading copy of this classic issue. Book
1934ref. 22111Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1934. Mild edge wear a few cover creases a very good or better copy. 22111. Octavo single issue cover by John Howitt pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Hugh Cave Max Brand and others. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
ref. 13039Paris, Valeyre Père, 1762 ; in-12. Faux-titre-X-2 ff. (table)-468 pp.-10 ff. Veau marbré, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre rouge. Coins frottés, coiffes arasées. Quelques rousseurs sur les premiers et derniers feuillets.
1905ref. 17859New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company 1905 First edition. OCLC records only one copy at Ohio State. Original color pictorial wrappers. . Octavo. 7 in. x 4.75 in. . Illustrated frontispiece and three plates. Wrappers are spotted and soiled with a small chip at the foot of the spine. Paper is browned but in solid condition. Good copy. Grave Miller White 1868-1957 was a writer of popular fiction from New York. Most of her novels were adapted from plays. Her better-known works include Tess of the Storm Country 1909 and Deserted at the Altar 1905 both of which were adapted info films. J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company,
1905ref. 17859New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company 1905 First edition. OCLC records only one copy at Ohio State. Original color pictorial wrappers. . Octavo. 7 in. x 4.75 in. . Illustrated frontispiece and three plates. Wrappers are spotted and soiled with a small chip at the foot of the spine. Paper is browned but in solid condition. Good copy. Grave Miller White 1868-1957 was a writer of popular fiction from New York. Most of her novels were adapted from plays. Her better-known works include Tess of the Storm Country 1909 and Deserted at the Altar 1905 both of which were adapted info films. J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, books
1936ref. 22200Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1936. Mild edge wear reading crease a nearly fine copy. 22200. Octavo single issue cover by Walter Baumhofer pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "The Living Lie Down With the Dead" by Cornell Woolrich. Also fiction by Carroll John Daly Frederick Nebel Fred MacIsaac and others. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
1936ref. 22127Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1936. Mild edge wear reading crease a nearly fine copy. 22127. Octavo single issue cover by Walter Baumhofer pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Fredercik Nebel Carroll John Daly Frederick Davis and others. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
194964 pages. Features: Funny cover illustration of ditzy blonde beating table of men at poker; Nice colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover for their Drillers Drill work clothes for men; One-page blue and black recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF); One-page colour ad for the 1949 'futuramic' Oldsmobile; One-page colour ad for Waterman's pens features the new Crusader Trioset; Are We Governed by Bureaucrats? - an examination of the brain trust alleged to run Canada from the back room; Seventeen Lotus Blossoms - early appearance of this Sax Rohmer story, illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Quebec City - photo-illustrated article; McCarthy's Last Affair - short story involving hockey; Television - The New Monster - 'a cultural bomb is being thrown into Canadian homes', by Morley Callaghan; Eyes in the Dark (short story); Canada's New Statesman - Louis St. Laurent; Champion spark plugs ad features illustration of man pouring sap from maple tree; Handsome colour centerfold Chevrolet ad features a 1949 Fleetline four-door sedan with Fisher Body; A Dime for God - photo-illustrated article about the good works of Frere (Brother) Sauvageau, the Quebec Brother who, by his beggin, has fed, clothed, and educated hundreds of boys, and cured souls by asking them to have faith; "Going Steady" and the Sex Problem; One-page colour-photo ad for Heinz canned soup, spaghetti and baked beans; Colour half-page Canada Dry ad; Canadian General Electric (CGE) ad for their radios, including the Models C122, C751 and C545; Quarter-page ad for the Thistle 'minipak' baby stroller and 'nibs' chariot; Rare one-page two-colour (red and black) Canadian Red Cross ad features illustration of plaintive woman (nurse?) at top; Fashion article on hats includes photos; Nice half-page colour Quick Quaker Oats ad features illustration of young boy dreaming of growing to be a basketball star; Housecleaning Can Be Fun (?); Half-page colour-photo ad for Sovereign Potters features Mornglo ware; Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features colour photo of two girls in bonnets feeding ducks; Nice back cover Coke ad features illustration of nervous young man visiting young girl's home; and more. Average wear. Four-inch opening to bottom of coverfold. Address hand-corrected on address label, otherwise unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
1942ref. 27936Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1942. Text paper tanned but supple spine a bit darkened a fine copy. 27936. Octavo single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Robert Reeves John K. Butler Norbert Davis and others. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
1942ref. 27937Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1942. Text paper tanned but supple a fine copy. 27937. Octavo single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Robert Reeves Peter Paige Jan Dana and others. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
1934ref. 22105Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1934. A little edge wear to right overhang a nearly fine copy. 22105. Octavo single issue cover by John Howitt pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
1933ref. 22100Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1933. A little edge wear several tiny closed tears a nearly fine copy. 22100. Octavo single issue cover by William Reusswig pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Carroll John Daly Frederick C. Davis and others. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
1863ref. 9607New York: Beadle and Company Publishers 118 William Street 1863. Octavo 16 x 10.5 cm. vii-x 11-99 pages. Stated "Revised and Enlarged Edition"; originally published 1859. The Dime Recipe Book serves as companion to the Dime Cook Book that was published just fourteen days earlier in July 1859; second in the series of Beadle's Housekeeper’s Hand Books. "The first edition has . 100 pages . A revised edition of the same size and with buff wrappers was issued by Irwin P. Beadle & Co. and was copyrighted December 19 1862. It has 72 sic pages." Johannsen A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels. ~ Metta Victoria Fuller Victor 1831-1885 was author of more than one hundred dime novels including Alice Wilde 1860 the first dime novel; and the Dead Letter 1866 considered the first full-length work of crime fiction. The salmon-colored wrappers depict a young woman carefully pouring a liquid into a beaker. In front of her a scale and mortar and pestle sit on a table; and behind her a cabinet with small drawers indicating more of an apothecary’s shop than a kitchen. The recipes do indeed lean more toward medical and household recipes but a section for the kitchen is included as well. ~ Internally age-toned; rubbing to the corners. Publisher's faded salmon-colored wrappers lacking a 1 cm. chip from lower right corner; closed tears to wrapper at spine. A single thick stitch with a loop of cord was added by a homemaker seeking to hang the book on a nail or hook. Better than good. Very scarce. OCLC locates four copies of this enlarged edition and four copies of the 1859 first; Cagle 782 notes the 1859 first edition only; not in Lowenstein the Dime Cook Book of 1860 is included not in Bitting includes the Dime Cook Book 1864; Johannsen vol. 1 pages 373 & 375 no. 2. Beadle and Company, Publishers, 118 William Street unknown
1863ref. 9607New York: Beadle and Company Publishers 118 William Street 1863. Octavo 16 x 10.5 cm. vii-x 11-99 pages. Stated "Revised and Enlarged Edition"; originally published 1859. The Dime Recipe Book serves as companion to the Dime Cook Book that was published just fourteen days earlier in July 1859; second in the series of Beadle's Housekeeper’s Hand Books. "The first edition has . 100 pages . A revised edition of the same size and with buff wrappers was issued by Irwin P. Beadle & Co. and was copyrighted December 19 1862. It has 72 sic pages." Johannsen A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels. ~ Metta Victoria Fuller Victor 1831-1885 was author of more than one hundred dime novels including Alice Wilde 1860 the first dime novel; and the Dead Letter 1866 considered the first full-length work of crime fiction. The salmon-colored wrappers depict a young woman carefully pouring a liquid into a beaker. In front of her a scale and mortar and pestle sit on a table; and behind her a cabinet with small drawers indicating more of an apothecary’s shop than a kitchen. The recipes do indeed lean more toward medical and household recipes but a section for the kitchen is included as well. ~ Internally age-toned; rubbing to the corners. Publisher's faded salmon-colored wrappers lacking a 1 cm. chip from lower right corner; closed tears to wrapper at spine. A single thick stitch with a loop of cord was added by a homemaker seeking to hang the book on a nail or hook. Better than good. Very scarce. OCLC locates four copies of this enlarged edition and four copies of the 1859 first; Cagle 782 notes the 1859 first edition only; not in Lowenstein the Dime Cook Book of 1860 is included not in Bitting includes the Dime Cook Book 1864; Johannsen vol. 1 pages 373 & 375 no. 2. Beadle and Company, Publishers, 118 William Street unknown books
1784ref. 6769La Haye et Paris, Clousier, 1784 ; deux tomes in-12 ; plein veau marbré, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre rouges et de tomaison vertes, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; XVIII, 237 ; 244 pp. et 2 frontispices dessinés et gravés par Martinet.
1939ref. 16075Chicago: Popular Publications 1939. Some age tanning to page edges mild edge wear to cover with several tiny edge tears and two small chips to left edge closed tear along upper front cover a very good or better copy. 16075. Octavo single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Features the Raymond Chandler story "Pearls are a Nuisance". Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications unknown
