Los Angeles Herald, October 17, 1909
Month: May 2020
Automatic Pistols of the World War
A collection of automatic pistols of World War 2, from the Stoeger Arms Corporation catalog, 1948
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Teardrop Car, 1936
Teardrop three wheel car used for advertising Arrowhead Spring Water.
Photo found in LA Times Archive but appears to not have been published.
Bond, by Jonathan Cape
Dust jackets found on first edition runs of Ian Fleming’s by UK publisher Jonathan Cape 1953-1966.While the first three covers were a rather mundane affair, the forth on are quite stunning.
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Are We There Yet?
1984 by George Orwell, Signet Books, 798 first printing
Frank Reade’s Electric Bird
Ian Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964)
Ian Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) is best known for his James Bond novels. Much of the background for the series came as a result of his work on “Operation Goldeneye” while he was with Britain’s Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War. Fleming wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952.
Ian Flemming by Amherst Villiers, 1963
Radio World, Jan, 1936
Lighting up with a soldering iron…
Price and Cooper
The Master of Shock Rock meets the Master of the Macabre
Lee, Price, Cushing
Happy Birthdays to some of the masters of horror; Christopher Lee on May 27, 1922, Vincent Price on May 27, 1911, and Peter Cushing (bottom) on May 26, 1913.
