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From the blurb on the dust jacket:
Belief in spirits, both good and evil, is as old as the human race. "Spiritism," the modern development of the age-old desire to establish contact with the dead, is a nineteenth-century product and might well be labelled "Made in America." It is with Spiritism and its exponents in this country and England that Mr. Mulholland's book is concerned. Frankly and fairly the author describes the amazing lives and spiritistic experiences of such famous mediums as the Fox Sisters, founders of Spiritism, the Davenport Brothers -- Slade, Eusapia Palladino, Home, "Margery" and many others. Where there was evidence of trickery in their seances he tells what it was and how it was revealed.
Mr. Mulholland's chapter on mind-reading will be of special interest to those who have followed the recent sensational experiments in extra-sensory perception. Mr. Mulholland and skilled assistants also experimented in this field -- with amazing results. Other fascinating chapters deal with the "mechanics" of Spiritism -- an astounding chronicle of the clever devices that crooked mediums may purchase to deceive their audiences, a description of the experiences that mediums have had with the law and the various investigating committees of scientific bodies, and some unusual "personal experiences" of well-known men and women that tend to leave the whole matter unsolved. "Beware Familiar Spirits" has something on every page for every reader who has ever experimented with table tipping, ouija boards, mind reading -- or has ever thought he saw or heard ghostly manifestations.
John Mulholland for many years has been a close student of Spiritism. Internationally famous as a magician, and author of several books on that subject, his career has brought him in touch with many noted believers in spirits and practitioners of Spiritism as well as with such doughty disbelievers as the late Harry Houdini. His book is the product of long study and careful investigation. It does not pretend to say the last word on a matter which will never be decided, but it does tell in informative, detailed and immensely entertaining fashion the story of some of our best American spirits and how they were "raised."
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“The Chimes” is Dickens’ second Christmas book, the first being “A Christmas Carol.” It continues his social commentaries on the poor. Structured similarly to “A Christmas Carol,” the main character, Trotty, witnesses an alternative future through a series of visions and ultimately is given a second chance to put things right. “The Chimes” was a bestseller in its day, but has since been eclipsed by “A Christmas Carol.” “The Chimes” is illustrated with thirteen engravings by artists John Leech, John Tenniel, Richard Doyle, Daniel Maclise and Clarkson Stanfield.
In all, Dickens wrote five Christmas books: “A Christmas Carol” (1843), “The Chimes” (though dated 1845 it was released in December 1844), “The Cricket on the Hearth” (1845), “The Battle of Life” (1846), and “The Haunted Man” (1848).
William Andrew Pogány (1882-1955) was born in Hungary, studied art in Budapest, and worked in Paris briefly before moving to London in 1905 where he worked as a book illustrator for ten years. He moved to New York in 1915 and had success as a book illustrator and designer of stage sets and hotel interiors. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one of Pogany’s best-known books. It is a bold artistic experiment in unifying text and images. Every page is elaborately decorated in Pogany’s distinctive style, which attempts to create a printed version of a medieval illuminated manuscript. He was responsible for the beautiful calligraphic text, green and mauve page decorations and borders, and the many black and white drawings and tipped-in plates in full color.
One of the greatest American illustrators of the 20th century, N. C. Wyeth created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books, 25 of them for Scribner’s. He was the father of Andrew Wyeth and the grandfather of Jamie Wyeth, both famous artists in their own right.
From the dust jacket:
"The Bowl of Baal" is a period piece; a nostalgic, half-forgotten survival of the year 1916 when it appeared as a long serial in "All Around" magazine.
Larry O'Brien ventures into the unknown Arabian desert during the days of World War I. His discoveries are epic; an ancient hidden race, troubled by a conflict between two beautiful priestesses; a barbaric tribe of cave dwellers; and a monstrous saurian survival that represents a threat to all.
Robert Ames Bennett's first novel, "Thyra," a thrilling tale of a Viking lost race, was published in 1901. For many years Mr. Bennet was one of the southwest's most prolific authors, turning out historical, adventure, and western fiction.
This book is paperback sized (4-3/8" x 6-1/2") but with an inflexible board cover. As stated in the back cover blurb:
"Permabooks combine the virtues of handiness for the pocket and durability for the library shelf. They are selected with care to provide reliable books for education and recreation. Each has been printed from new plates and bound in boards with a special wear-resistant finish to add to its appearance and to prolong its life."
This hard cover format only lasted three years, with the publisher (Doubleday) switching to the standard paperback appearance in 1951.
Walter Gibson was an accomplished magician as well as an author. Under the Street & Smith house name of Maxwell Grant, he created and wrote 282 of the 325 novels about the most famous crimefighter to battle evil-doers in the pages of pulp magazines -- "The Shadow."
The image is from the 14th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-93, by J. W. Powell, Director, Part 2. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. The description which follows summarizes the detailed information in the report.
All the songs are adapted to the simple measure of the dance step. As the song rises and swells the people come singly and in groups from the several tipis, and one after another joins the circle until any number from fifty to five hundred men, women, and children are in the dance. Each song is started in the same manner, first in an undertone while the singers stand still in their places, and then with full voice as they begin to circle around. At intervals between the songs, more especially after the trances have begun, the dancers unclasp hands and sit down to smoke or talk for a few minutes. At such times the leaders sometimes deliver short addresses or sermons, or relate the recent trance experience of the dancer.
The dancers themselves are careful not to disturb the trance subjects while their souls are in the spirit world. Full Indian dress is worn, with buckskin, paint and feathers. No drum, rattle, or other musical instrument is used in the dance, except sometimes by an individual dancer in imitation of a trance vision. In this respect particularly the Ghost Dance differs from every other Indian dance. With most tribes the dance was performed around a tree or pole planted in the center and variously decorated. On breaking the circle at the end of the dance the performers shake their blankets or shawls in the air, with the idea of driving away all evil influences. All then go down to bathe in the stream, the men in one place and the women in another, before going to their tipis.
Doughty’s short-lived magazine “The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports” is an important imprint in the history of American printing. It contained the first colored sporting prints made in America. Issued in monthly parts and published from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834, “The Cabinet” featured articles on hunting, detailed descriptions of newly discovered flora and fauna, and some of the finest examples of early American hand-colored lithography. It was originally the work of the Doughty brothers, Thomas and John, with virtually all of the plates being the work of Thomas, who also founded the Hudson River School. But, by the spring of 1832, the partnership had broken up and Thomas had moved to Boston. An abbreviated third volume (not included here) lacked Thomas’ touch.
A fun illustration of cave men (and women) by Roy Gerrard.
From the book - Mik's Mammoth.
Written and illustrated by Roy Gerrard
Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux; First American Edition (November 1, 1990)
Set in London of 632 A.F. (“After Ford”), the novel portrays a futuristic society in which the individual is sacrificed for the state, science is used to control and subjugate, and all forms of art and history are outlawed. The novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, classical conditioning and psychological manipulation that combine profoundly to change society. Modern Library ranked “Brave New World” fifth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. [Source: Wikipedia]
In this story by Ezra Keats, Peter is trying hard to learn how to whistle. But sometimes necessity is the best teacher, and Peter learns this when little Willie goes missing. Ezra Keats' charming collages make this a most wonderful mid century story book.
From the back cover:
"You're a detective, I gather." She looked at his card and read it: "Gerard Secret Service. John Church, manager, San Francisco office."
"I'm looking for Mira Whitney," Church said.
"What's the poor soul done now?" Mrs. Taliaferro whispered.
"Well," Church said, "in the first place she seems to have disappeared. In the second place she disappeared with a diamond and emerald ring and a Jaguar belonging to my client."
"I don't think it will do any good to look for her," Mrs. Taliaferro shook her lovely head from side to side. "She has disappeared before and people have looked for her in vain. She's ill, Mr. Church. She belongs in a sanatorium. Each time I hear of her she has done something worse and more unforgivable.
"Just about all," Mrs. Taliaferro said slowly, "that is left for Mira is MURDER . . ."
This is plate 30 in Gaspey’s “Book of the World,” which contains 35 full-page, hand-colored engravings. Colored engravings of that period were virtually always colored by hand with water colors.
One of forty-nine photographs in “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” by Dee Brown. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1970).
Little Big Man was a fearless and respected warrior who fought against efforts by the United States to take control of the ancestral Sioux lands in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory. He also fought at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. [Source: Wikipedia]
Quoting Dee Brown (p. 283):
“. . . About three hundred Oglalas who had come in from the Powder River country trotted their ponies down a slope, occasionally firing off rifles. Some were chanting a song in Sioux:
The Black Hills is my land and I love it
And whoever interferes
Will hear this gun.
“An Indian mounted on a gray horse forced his way through the ranks of warriors gathered around the canvas shelter. He was Crazy Horse’s envoy, Little Big Man, stripped for battle and wearing two revolvers belted to his waist. ‘I will kill the first chief who speaks for selling the Black Hills!’ he shouted. He danced his horse across the open space between the commissioners and the chiefs.
“Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses and a group of unofficial Sioux policemen immediately swarmed around Little Big Man and moved him away. The chiefs and the commissioners, however, must have guessed that Little Big Man voiced the feelings of most of the warriors present. General Terry suggested to his fellow commissioners that they board the Army ambulances and return to the safety of Fort Robinson.”
“Tom Sawyer Abroad” features Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in a parody of adventure stories like those of Jules Verne. In the story, Tom, Huck, and Jim set sail to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon, where they survive encounters with lions, robbers, and fleas to see some of the world’s greatest wonders, including the Pyramids and the Sphinx. The story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn and is a sequel, set in the time following the title story of the Tom Sawyer series, “Adventures of Tom Sawyer.” [Source: Wikipedia]
This is the true first edition of the book, preceding the American edition by some 3 months. The novelist Ernest Hemingway once remarked that “all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn,” and other writers such as poet T. S. Eliot and African American novelist Ralph Ellison have added their acclaim. Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Clemens, worked for eight years on the story of an outcast white boy, Huck, and his adult friend Jim, a runaway slave, who together flee Missouri on a raft down the Mississippi River in the 1840s. The book has been controversial since the day it was published, opinions ranging from “the book is a masterpiece” to the book is “trash and suitable only for the slums.” The free-spirited and not always truthful Huck narrates the colorful stories in the book in his own coarse and ungrammatical voice. He shows a lack of respect for religion and adult authority and repeatedly uses the “n” word. Some readers view the book as satire and consider it a powerful attack on racism. Others believe it contributes to a “racially hostile environment” and are offended by the language and the portrayal of the slave Jim. In spite of it all, Huck Finn remains the Great American Novel to the many people who have read it and loved it.
Here is a link to the first American edition:
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Die Baureihe soll mit Elise, Exige und Evora gleich drei Modelle ablösen. Als Konkurrenzmodelle werden unter anderem der Alpine A110 und der Porsche 718 Cayman genannt.
The series is intended to replace three models: Elise, Exige and Evora. The Alpine A110 and the Porsche 718 Cayman are mentioned as competing models.
From the back cover:
"Here is James Dean as he really was -- a restless, enigmatic artist in a passionate search for fulfillment, a reckless youth in a fatal race with destiny.
"William Bast knew James Dean better than anyone else ever has. When they first met -- during rehearsals for a student theater presentation of "Macbeth" at U.C.L.A. in 1950 -- they took an instant liking to each other and formed a friendship that was to endure until Dean's tragic death in 1955. The two shared lodgings for long periods in both Los Angeles and New York. Their early struggles -- Dean as actor, Bast as writer -- they experienced together: the ambitions, the study, the search for expression; the disappointments, setbacks, and sudden successes.
"William Bast comes from the middle West, as James Dean did. He was born in Milwaukee in 1931, attended the University of Wisconsin for a year, and then transferred to U.C.L.A. to major in Theater Arts. He now (i.e., 1956) lives in New York, and is engaged in the writing of television and motion picture plays, short stories and a novel. This penetrating biography is his first full-length book."
[ In 2006, the author William Bast wrote a second, more candid, book about his relationship with Dean entitled “Surviving James Dean." William Bast had a long, successful career writing for both film and TV and died on May 4, 2015]
“The beggar dealt his foe a back-thrust so neatly, so heartily, and so swiftly that Nat was swept off the stage into the crowd as a fly off a table.”
Illustration by N. C. Wyeth for the 1917 David McKay edition of “Robin Hood” by Paul Creswick.
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
From the Introduction:
“This book was in the making in 1966 and most of the photographs were shot then. The late Bruce Lee intended to publish this book years ago but decided against it when he learned that martial arts instructors were using his name to promote themselves. It was quite common to hear comments like: “I taught Bruce Lee” or “Bruce Lee taught me jeet kune do.” And Bruce may never have seen or known these martial artists.
“Bruce didn’t want people to use his name to promote themselves or their schools with false pretenses. He didn’t want them to attract students this way, especially the young teens.
“But after his death, his widow, Linda, felt that Bruce had contributed so much in the world of martial arts that it would be a great loss if the knowledge of Bruce would die with him. Although the book can never replace the actual teaching and knowledge that Bruce Lee possessed, it will enhance you, the serious martial artist, in developing your skill in fighting . . .”
William Andrew Pogány (1882-1955) was born in Hungary, studied art in Budapest, and worked in Paris briefly before moving to London in 1905 where he worked as a book illustrator for ten years. He moved to New York in 1915 and had success as a book illustrator and designer of stage sets and hotel interiors. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one of Pogany’s best-known books. It is a bold artistic experiment in unifying text and images. Every page is elaborately decorated in Pogany’s distinctive style, which attempts to recreate a medieval illuminated manuscript. He was responsible for the beautiful calligraphic text, green and mauve page decorations and borders, and the many black and white drawings and tipped-in plates in full color.
“Men called them Overlords
They had come from outer space—
they had brought peace
and prosperity to Earth
But then the change began.
It appeared first in the children
—frightening, incomprehensible.
Now the Overlords made their announcement:
This was to be the first step
in the elimination of the human race
and the beginning of—What?”
—Original back cover quote, paperback edition
During the early 1950s, Ballantine Books was one of the leading publishers of paperback science fiction and fantasy. Beginning with “The Space Merchants” (#21) by Frederik Pohl and C.M Kornbluth, Ballantine published paperback originals by major science fiction authors including Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Theodore Sturgeon, John Wyndham and many others. Ian Ballantine who with his wife Betty Ballantine founded Ballantine Books in 1952, announced that he would offer trade publishers original titles in two simultaneous editions, a hardcover “regular” edition for bookstore sale, and a paper-cover, low-priced “news stand” edition for mass market sale. So, these Ballantine paperbacks were true first editions.
This retro happy-go-lucky cover for the cult Canucksploiter fave "Screwballs" (1983) features the film under the title of (roughly) "Comedy Joy". The "Porky's"-style romp hit the Korean shelves via the very rare DaeYoung label only once. There was never a reissue.
This edition of the novel contains six color illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. The book was first published in the US in 1966 under the title “The Garden of Evil” by Paperback Library. In 1988, it was adapted into a film by Ken Russell.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Q-PyZxZjw
“The Lair of the White Worm” was Bram Stoker’s twelfth and last novel, published a year before his death. The novel, along with “The Jewel of Seven Stars, is one of his most famous after “Dracula.” It is a horror story about a giant white worm that can transform itself into a woman. Partly based on the legend of the Lambton Worm from North East England, the White Worm in Stoker’s story is a large snake-like creature that dwells in a hole or pit and feeds on whatever is thrown to it. It is thought to reside in the house of Arabella March, a local lady and a suspect in numerous crimes that cannot be proven.
Doughty’s short-lived magazine “The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports” is an important imprint in the history of American printing. It contained the first colored sporting prints made in America. Issued in monthly parts and published from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834, “The Cabinet” featured articles on hunting, detailed descriptions of newly discovered flora and fauna, and some of the finest examples of early American hand-colored lithography. It was originally the work of the Doughty brothers, Thomas and John, with virtually all of the plates being the work of Thomas, who also founded the Hudson River School. But, by the spring of 1832, the partnership had broken up and Thomas had moved to Boston. An abbreviated third volume (not included here) lacked Thomas’ touch.
The photo on the cover is that of Black Eagle, Assiniboin Chief in 1908.
Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868 - 1952) was an American ethnologist and photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples. In 1906, J. P. Morgan provided Curtis with $75,000 to produce a series on Native Americans. This work was to be in 20 volumes with 1,500 photographs and the project was to last more than 20 years.
222 complete sets of Curtis’ “The North American Indian” were eventually published. Curtis' goal was not just to photograph, but to document, as much of Native American traditional life as possible before that way of life disappeared. He wrote in the introduction to his first volume in 1907: "The information that is to be gathered ... respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost." Curtis made over 10,000 wax cylinder recordings of Native American language and music. He took over 40,000 photographic images from over 80 tribes. He recorded tribal lore and history, and he described traditional foods, housing, garments, recreation, ceremonies, and funeral customs. He wrote biographical sketches of tribal leaders, and his material, in most cases, is the only written recorded history although there is still a rich oral tradition that documents history.
Though Curtis was largely forgotten at the time of his death, interest in his work revived in the 1970s. Major exhibitions of Curtis photographs were presented and his work was featured in several anthologies on Native American photography published in the early 1970s. Original printings of “The North American Indian” began to fetch high prices at auction. In 1972, a complete set sold for $20,000. Five years later, another set was auctioned for $60,500. On April 10, 2012, during an auction at Christies, New York, a set of “The North American Indian” was sold for a record $2.88 million.
[Source: Wikipedia]
A wonderful small 1950s children's book about a giraffe who tries to attend an elementary school for a day, which is not easy with such a long neck. Utterly charming illustrations throughout.
The Giraffe who went to School.
Written & illustrated by Irma Wilde
Published by Wonder Books; First edition (1951)
“David Copperfield” is one of Dickens’ most popular and critically acclaimed novels. The story follows David’s life from childhood to maturity and many of its elements follow events in Dickens’ own life, especially in the early chapters describing David’s provincial upbringing. The story is filled with vivid characters such as Uriah Heep, Mr. Micawber, the Pegottys, and eccentric Aunt Betsey and it ranks as the finest of Dickens’ works. “Of all my books,” Dickens wrote in the preface to the 1867 edition, “I like this the best… like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield.”
Publisher Bradbury & Evans first released the story in monthly parts from May, 1849 through November, 1850, and in book form in 1850. The text was embellished with full-page, black & white engravings by H. K. Browne (“Phiz”). Subscribers who wished a hardcover edition for their libraries would either purchase a copy from the publisher when available or have the serial parts bound into book form, often in leather.
Dickens is best known for issuing his novels in monthly installments, the book being completed in 20 parts. The last monthly issue was typically a double number comprising the two concluding parts, and included the engraved frontispiece, title page, table of contents, etc. that would allow the customer to have the whole bound up in book form.
So I’ve been looking to buy a Rollei 35 camera for some time and my delay was due to my criteria. It had to be black and made in Germany. Recently I came across two cameras that met this and purchased them both for a decent price. This is the second one and it has the original smaller lock for the back (or base), it is uncommon.
Lighting by Marcel.
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Beneath her delicate beauty
Lurked the cruelty of a beast
This is the startling story of two beautiful women, different in most things, but bound by an unnatural obsession.
Persis, blonde spoiled daughter of wealth, and Carla, dark passionate penniless girl, had grown up together in the same household.
After a lapse of years, they came together again as grown women, socially mature but brutally primitive in their emotions – each seething with a hatred that knew no law when they fell in love with the same man.
"Is it always right to be right?" by Warren Schmidt is a wonderfully illustrated book about the late 1960s' "generation gap", where differences in age, race and economic status created deep divides in the American public...(sound familiar?) The story has a happy ending after someone finally has the courage to say "I may be wrong" and the factions start working together.
The contents of this book were taken from a short film of the same name by Lee Mishkin which was narrated by Orson Welles and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1970.
This first edition release of "The Looking Glass War" (1970) sports the original Daewoo logo - the first of at least three iterations. The final one was all in English. Rare tape now.
"Das arme Jesulein. Gemalt und geschrieben von Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo
Verlag - Josef Müller, München"
Mother's childhood Christmas storybook.
Written and illustrated by Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Bohatta
First edition, 1931
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1931. A szegény Kisjézus.
Írta és illusztrálta: Ida Bohatta Morpurgo de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Bohatta
Mamám gyerekkori karácsonyi mesekönyve
Kiadó: Josef Müller Verlag, München. Első kiadás
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
Doughty’s short-lived magazine “The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports” is an important imprint in the history of American printing. It contained the first colored sporting prints made in America. Issued in monthly parts and published from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834, “The Cabinet” featured articles on hunting, detailed descriptions of newly discovered flora and fauna, and some of the finest examples of early American hand-colored lithography. It was originally the work of the Doughty brothers, Thomas and John, with virtually all of the plates being the work of Thomas, who also founded the Hudson River School. But, by the spring of 1832, the partnership had broken up and Thomas had moved to Boston. An abbreviated third volume (not included here) lacked Thomas’ touch.
The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the state's most remote white-water river awaits. Four men embark on a three-day canoe trip down a particularly wild section of the river. They are, with one exception, seemingly average suburban Americans: a mutual funds salesman, a supervisor in a soft-drink company, and a successful art director in a consulting firm who is the story's narrator. For them the trip represents a break in the domestic routine, a chance for adventure with few real risks, and the last occasion to see a beautiful valley unvisited and free before the river is dammed up. Their leader, an enthusiastic outdoorsman and champion archer, is obsessed by the desire to pit himself against nature.
When, the morning of the second day, two of the group are attacked viciously and perversely by mountaineers, a mildly adventurous canoe trip explodes into a nightmare of horror and murder. Men stalk and are stalked by other men and the treacherous river becomes a graveyard for those without the strength or the luck to survive. The narrator, forced to assume the leadership of his group and to pursue a dangerous multiple deception, must call upon all his resources to try to achieve deliverance.
A critically successful yet disturbing movie based on the book was produced in 1972 and it starred Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox. The most uplifting scene in the movie is where Ronny Cox plays "Dueling Banjos" on guitar with a banjo-playing country boy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8
The most disgusting scene in the movie is the notorious male rape scene, "Squeal Like a Pig," with Ned Beatty doing the squealing.
Doughty’s short-lived magazine “The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports” is an important imprint in the history of American printing. It contained the first colored sporting prints made in America. Issued in monthly parts and published from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834, “The Cabinet” featured articles on hunting, detailed descriptions of newly discovered flora and fauna, and some of the finest examples of early American hand-colored lithography. It was originally the work of the Doughty brothers, Thomas and John, with virtually all of the plates being the work of Thomas, who also founded the Hudson River School. But, by the spring of 1832, the partnership had broken up and Thomas had moved to Boston. An abbreviated third volume (not included here) lacked Thomas’ touch.
De nieuwste Continental GT is wat mij betreft weer een geslaagd ontwerp. Wat meteen in het oog springt zijn de nieuwe koplampen die - en hiermee citeer ik Bentley even - ''geïnspireerd zijn op de starende blik van een tijger die zich klaarmaakt om een prooi te bespringen''. Juist ja..
Hoorn, Nederland
The latest Continental GT is, in my opinion, another successful design. What immediately stands out are the new headlights that - and I quote Bentley here - ''are inspired by the staring gaze of a tiger preparing to pounce on its prey''. Yeah, exactly..
Hoorn, The Netherlands
Kenteken / License plate:
Netherlands: HBJ-09-N
“Neverwhere” began as a 12-part serial called “Den,” for the first twelve issues of “Heavy Metal” magazine (1977-1978). Den is a young man named David Ellis Norman. Following directions and a diagram left for him by his missing uncle, David builds an electronic apparatus which opens a gateway to a fantasy world named “Neverwhere.” There he is transformed into a hairless, nude, muscular, and prodigiously endowed adventurer. Confused by his strange trip, he can only remember the acronym of his real name (DEN), and begins calling himself “Den.”
Shortly after his arrival, Den rescues a voluptuous, large breasted nude woman, Kath, from an evil masked woman, known as the Red Queen. Kath reveals to him that, on Earth, she is a frail novelist called Katherine Wells and she too was drawn to Neverwhere when she found a doorway. Like Den, she is completely nude and hairless except for her blond bob hairstyle. Their exploits are lusty and brawling, brimming with magic, intrigue, horror and betrayal. [Source: Wikipedia]