chester b conant (8 risultati)

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good to Very Good+. John R. Forte Jr. (front cover) (illustratore). First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, standard pulp size. Small piece out of front cover top right corner, small chip to spine bottom, spine a little dusty, less than the usual small edge tears, former owner name inside, a VG to VG+ copy. Back cover advertisement is for Remington Rand Inc.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condizione: Good. Vol. 2, No. 1. Pulp magazine. Edited by Robert W. Lowndes. Cover art by Hannes Bok for "Pogo Planet" by Martin Pearson [Doanld A. Wollheim]. Includes "The man on the Meteor" (novel) by Ray Cummings; "The Thought-Feeders" by R. R. Winterbotham; "Across the Ages" by Dom Passante [John Russell Fearn]; "Out of Nowhere" by E. A. Grosser; "Forbidden Flight" by Chester B. Conant. Special features: "Station X"; "futurian Times".Illustrated by Hannes Bok. Boris Dolgov, and John R. Forte, Jr. Letters from John B. Michel and others. Covers glued on at hinges; spine is about half gone, here and there and what's left is faded; pencil echoing title; tanning; rear cover lacks lower foredge corner/end; soiling/foxing. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. Light but general wear. This issue contains: Yellow Forks Doubles for Hell by Branch Carter; That Fightin'est Old Battleaxe by Tom Roan; Boomtown Trouble-shooter by William R. Cox; Juan Poker's White Flag by Tom W. Blackburn; Satan's Own Range by T. C. McClary; Fodder for the Owlhoot by Ray Gaulden; Powdersmoke Glory by Edwin K. Sloat; The Button Takes Over by Gunnison Steele; The Ha'nt with the Green Eyes by Lesley Madden; Gunsmoke Diet by Quincy Williams; Double Action Manhunt by Joseph W. Quinn; The People from Nowhere by Richard Grant; They Called 'em as They Saw 'em by Howard C. Kegley; and Riders of Empire by Chester B. Conant. Size: 4to. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condizione: Very Good-. Vol. 6, No. 3. Pulp magazine. Edited by Robert W. Lowndes. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Hangman's Range" (novel) by Lee Floren; "Blanco Raids a Cowtown" by Chester B. Conant; "A Dead Duck" (vignette) by J. A. Rickard; "Humane Branding" (vignette) by Cran Crab; "Cowtown Shakespeare" by Ray Vicker. Illustrated by Fax and others. Creasing; dent from probably a small can of paint to front; mild tanning; minor edge tears. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 96 pp. Light but general wear. This issue contains: The Boothill Badge Toter - a novel by Walt Coburn; Half Interest in Hell - a novel by T. T. Flynn; Recruit for the Tuscon Rebels - a novelette by Harry F. Olmstead; Death Rides the Saskatoon - a novelette by Michael Oblinger; The Greenhorn Fills His Hand by Marvie De Vries; Morgan's a Fighting Name by Tom W. Blackburn; and They Laughed While They Fought by Chester B. Conant. Size: 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good-. First Edition. 114 pp. Light but general wear with trimmed edges. This issue contains: Redemption Trail - a novel by T. W. Ford; Peace Wanted at Gabriel's Trump by C. D. Richardson Jr.; and A Message for Lost Mule by Chester B. Conant. Size: 8vo. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condizione: Very Good. Vol. 11, No. 3. Pulp. Cover art is uncredited for "The Manhunt Maverick Rides In" (novel) by James Shaffer. Includes "The Three Papas of Hungrytown" by Stuart Friedman; "Last Stage to Boothill" (Fact Article) by Chester B. Conant; "Home-Coming in Hell!" (novelette) by Leroy Boyd; "The Running-Iron Twins - Range Busters!" by B. Cord; "They Hange by Night" (Fact Article) by C. C. Burdock; "On Borrowed Time" by John A. Saxon; "King of the Outlaw trauil" (Fact Article) by Nevada Dick; "Bronco Hank Bandits a Breakfast" by F. C. Robertson; "You Can't Stop Those Texans" by Carl Broderick; "Gun-Doctor of Purgatory Pass" (novelette) by Melvin W. Holt; ".44 Talk". Uncredited illustrations. Dealer's marks and date-stamp on cover; standard creasing and edge tears; stress. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: 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.