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From the back cover:
HUNT THE MAN DOWN --
Somewhere in the city there was a man named Stallings -- wealthy, weak, and dead drunk. And right now Stallings was the most wanted man in the whole state -- wanted by ten very desperate men and women -- women driven by passion and hunger, men driven by greed and revenge.
They would find him. They had to, because the deadliest mobsters in the east were after Stallings too -- and if they found him . . .
“Kung Fu killers on the loose – A dynamite novel by Mike Roote. Now an action-packed movie. Original Screenplay by Michael Allin.”
JOIN OR DIE!
Join Han’s sinister army, out to conquer the world! Or . . .
Die at the hands of the brutal Kung Fu killers!
Lee had to make the choice, knowing full well the evil he had to combat either way. It was a menace to all that the world called honorable. . . and a savage struggle to the death
From the back cover:
THEIR DEADLY MISSION: TO CRACK THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND OF HAN!
The ultimate martial arts masterpiece lavishly filmed by Warner Bros. in Hong Kong and the China Sea, now an explosive Kung Fu novel!
“ENTER THE DRAGON” starring BRUCE LEE, JOHN SAXON, AHNA CAPRI
co-starring Bob Wall, Shih Kien and introducing Jim Kelly.
Music Lalo Schifrin. Written by Michael Allin. Produced by Fred Weintraub and Paul Heller in association with Raymond Chow. Directed by Robert Clouse.
PANAVISION * TECHNICOLOR
Celebrating Warner Bros. 50th Anniversary. A Warner Communications Company.
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.
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Review by American critic Burton Rascoe on the back cover:
"THUNDERCLAP is a great novel. It's a better novel than John Steinbeck's 'The Wayward Bus' from any point you want to take it.
"First, it's a powerful story with plenty of naturalistic talk on the rawest physical level, but kept authentic, moving, and revealing.
"It is a love story and a genuine one. It is in fact two love stories; for the unorthodox love of Rigger and Ruby is as deep as the quiet love of Britt and Marcy. Each springs from the same source. The psychology of this story is as sound as the theme of Manon Lescaut and approaches that great classic in its development.
"Sheridan seems to be aiming at, and achieving, something higher and more powerful than just an entertaining story. THUNDERCLAP could rank among the modern classics."
-- Burton Rascoe
The plot of the novel follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London.
The Old Curiosity Shop was one of two novels (the other being Barnaby Rudge) which Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock, which lasted from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final installment arrived in 1841. The Old Curiosity Shop was printed in book form in 1841. [Source: Wikipedia]
This scene is from a lovely 1940s version of Rudyard Kipling's tale accompanied with charming illustrations by F. Rojankovsky.
When the smooth-skinned rhinoceros steals a cake from the Parsee (``from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental splendour'') he gets his just desserts--that is, cake crumbs deposited inside his skin. The itch causes him to rub and rub himself against a tree, until he becomes as wrinkled as we know him today.
Happy Halloween!
Featuring the scary end papers of Alfred Hitchcock's Haunted Houseful, Random House; First edition (1961).
Gennarino by Nicola Simbari is a story book about a boy in an Italian fishing village, who longs to have a bigger boat. "Nicola Simbari (1927-2012) was an Italian painter. Simbari's originality and commercial appeal brought his art to exhibitions in London and New York by the 1950s, solidifying his international reputation." Wikipedia
Gennarino.
by Nicola Simbari.
Published by Harper Collins (1962), Printed in West Germany
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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.
Illustration in the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition Program Booklet.
“The site, in its combination of scenic beauty and practical advantages, is probably unequaled in the world. It is a natural amphitheater covering 635 acres, backed by residence-covered hills, flanked by the wooded heights and fortifications of the Presidio, fronting on the wonderful, blue, island-studded Bay of San Francisco, just inside the portals of the famous ‘Golden Gate.’ The Exposition City which covers these 635 acres is the realized dream of the best architectural genius of America, supplemented by all that famous artists can do in color, all that modern science can do in lighting effects and all that skilled gardeners and the California climate can do in flowers and trees. Its beauty will live in the memory of beholders as long as memory itself endures.” [Accompanying description]
In 1974, at a low point in his career, Kenny Rogers, then leader of the country-rock group the First Edition was advertising "Quick-Pickin' 'n Fun-Strummin'" home guitar courses on television and in this ad from TV Guide, September 7, 1974.
A few years later, Kenny went solo, completely changed his look and sound, and became a country music superstar beginning with his 1977 crossover hit, "Lucille."
"Cora had cast herself to her knees; and, with hands clenched in each other and pressed upon her bosom, she remained like a beauteous and breathing model of her sex."
"The Last of the Mohicans" is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by the more numerous British colonists.
The novel is primarily set in the upper New York wilderness, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo (known as Hawkeye), Major Duncan Heyward, and the Indians Chingachgook and his son Uncas. These characters are sometimes seen as a microcosm of the budding American society, particularly with regards to their racial composition.
[Source: Wikipedia]
The Giant Golden Book of Astronomy: A Child's Introduction To the Wonders of Space.
Published by Golden Press; Revised Edition (1950s)
A lovely squirrel from a 1940s children's book. "Miss Hickory."
Written by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. Published by Viking Juvenile (1946) - First edition
A charming 1970s book by Mercer Mayer about Little Critter, who is trying his best to help his mother.
"Just for You"
By Mercer Mayer
1975 First Edition
"Throwing back her light vestment, she stretched forth her long skinny arm, in derision."
"The Last of the Mohicans" is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by the more numerous British colonists.
The novel is primarily set in the upper New York wilderness, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo (known as Hawkeye), Major Duncan Heyward, and the Indians Chingachgook and his son Uncas. These characters are sometimes seen as a microcosm of the budding American society, particularly with regards to their racial composition.
[Source: Wikipedia]
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 wonderful small 1940s children's book about a year on a farm in the Midwest. Details the chores and the seasons along with charming illustrations.
A Year on the Farm.
Written by Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Illustrated by Richard Floethe
Published by Simon and Schuster; "D" edition (1948)
Backwoods Tramp by Harry Whittington
She knew what she wanted – a man to take her away from the dirt road and one-room shack she called home.
From the back cover:
GREEDY LITTLE SWAMP GIRL
She stood in the doorway of the shack and I saw how different she was from the other people I’d met in the swamp. She was looking for something; she wanted something and she would kill to get it. I shivered a little but I couldn’t pull my gaze away from her. She looked as though she’d just gotten out of a warm bed and wanted to go back to it – with me.
But her sleepy eyes, her full mouth and her lush body were lying. In a cold and calculating way she was already planning how she could use me to help her escape from the poverty and filth of her backwoods life.
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.
This was the first collection of Robert E. Howard’s work to appear. Apart from the title story – perhaps Howard’s best novel in the genre – this omnibus collection contains stories about Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane, Conan, and King Kull, as well as many earlier tales. The collection contains 21 stories – many of novelette-length – a complete novel, 2 poems, an article on “The Hyborian Age,” and appreciations by E. Hoffmann Price and H. P. Lovecraft.
Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) was born in Texas and spent his life there. He was surprisingly versatile in his writing. He wrote not only weird and Western fiction, but also sporting fiction and weird, adventurous poetry, and he had every intention of invading the field of serious regional fiction and non-fiction, and was amassing data to that end when death interrupted his plans. Howard’s Achilles’ heel was his devotion to his mother; in an access of violent grief at her death, he shot and killed himself on June 11, 1936.
“He was,” wrote H. P. Lovecraft, “above everything else, a lover of the simpler, older world of barbarian and pioneer days, when courage and strength took the place of subtlety and stratagem, and when a hardy, fearless race battled and bled, and asked no quarter from hostile nature.”
Hannes Bok (1914-1964) is one of a handful of fantasy illustrators from the pulp magazine era, along with Virgil Finlay and Edd Cartier, whose work is just as popular today as it was in the 1940s. He made his professional debut in the pages of Weird Tales in late 1939, but he began dabbling in fantasy and science fiction art as early as 1930. He did considerable pulp magazine work throughout the 1940s, and was active as a book illustrator and painter in the late 1940s and early 1950s, contributing to such publishers as Arkham House, Shasta, Fantasy Press, and Gnome Press.
Another great city scene from "The Sheep of Lal Bagh," a 1960s children's book illustrated by Lionel Kalish. The star of the story is Ramesh, the sheep who mows in circles and stars to the delight of citizens everywhere. But when the mayor decides Ramesh doesn't mow fast enough, his funky, foliage designs are replaced by a push mower...
The Sheep of Lal Bagh by David Mark. Illustrated by Lionel Kalish.
Published by Parents' Magazine Press; First edition (1967)
It began when retired tailor Joseph Schwartz was walking down a street in Chicago, past the Institute for Nuclear Research. He raised one foot in the twentieth century; he lowered it in Galactic Era 827, the victim of an odd accident inside the Institute involving an experiment with crude uranium.
Schwartz awoke to a strange world -- he was still on Earth, but at a time when all the planets of the Galaxy were inhabited, and the people of Earth were outcasts, suffering vindictive discrimination because their tiny world was radioactive. Then, strangely, he found himself the only man who could avert an impending cosmic disaster. But Schwartz, homesick and confused, wasn't sure he even cared!
From the back cover:
"When pretty Sally Winters found herself stranded in the wide-open town of Bahia Cruz, the reckless Marlowe brothers took a more than brotherly interest in the lush blonde's predicament . . .
"Charlie Marlowe thought Sally was virginally innocent, and offered to marry her. Money-mad Eric saw her as a choice piece of merchandise, to be bought, used and resold. Cynical Mark sensed that Sally was as hip as a beatnik, and meant to prove it before his brothers' very eyes.
"But it was Geza de Roche, suave operator of 'the hottest club west of Paris,' who offered Sally the daring proposition which proved how far a 'lost' girl would go to get out of Mexico!"
This book made Gary Lovisi's list in "Bad Girls Need Love Too" from Krause Books (2010).
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.
Please respect copyright. Do no use without written permission.
A cute bear illustration from "Paddington Takes the Air"
Written by Michael Bond
illustrated by Peggy Fortnum
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company; 1970
Italian director Lucio Fulci is best known for such horrors as "The House by the Cemetery," "The Beyond," "Zombie," "City of the Living Dead," "The Psychic," "The New York Ripper," and other stomach churning masterpieces..
Along with original works by the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, Graham's is best known for its many hand-colored fashion plates.
I have a few days at home by myself so am going through a bunch of stuff, trying to get myself a little more organised than usual. I've sorted through photographs, 35mm slides, and a bunch of books, not least among them my small collection of Frank Hardy's Power Without Glory, first editions.
The one on top is the most complete with the middle one almost falling apart. The one on the bottom has been nicely rebound by someone years ago, but is missing about 40 pages.
A great read if you want to get a little picture of Australian history, albiet though the eyes of a man who was a committed communist, which flavours both the subject of the book and the book narrative itself.
Still, it's up there with my top 10 books alongside My Brother Jack and Clean Straw for Nothing by George Johnston, and Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion.
"A flaring torch was burning in the place, and sent its red glare from face to face and figure to figure, as it waved in the currents of air."
"The Last of the Mohicans" is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by the more numerous British colonists.
The novel is primarily set in the upper New York wilderness, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo (known as Hawkeye), Major Duncan Heyward, and the Indians Chingachgook and his son Uncas. These characters are sometimes seen as a microcosm of the budding American society, particularly with regards to their racial composition.
[Source: Wikipedia]
Alexander Herrmann was the youngest of sixteen children born to the German couple Samuel and Anna Herrmann. Samuel Herrmann was a physician who, it is said, occasionally performed throughout Europe as a conjurer. Alexander’s older brother, Carl (Compars) Herrmann who was 28 years older than Alexander, left medical school at an early age to pursue a successful career as a magician. He served as a role model and inspiration for young Alexander. Carl took his young brother on a tour throughout Europe and Russia and taught him the art of magic, including advanced sleight-of-hand techniques, and Alexander was a brilliant and willing student. By the time they arrived in the United States in 1860, Alexander was seventeen and his adroitness and dexterity soon rivaled that of his famous brother.
Carl introduced Alexander to American audiences as his successor and Alexander performed an amazing “card throwing” act. He could scale a card into the lap of any spectator who raised his hand, bounce cards off of the rear wall of the largest theater and scale the cards all the way to the back of the theater, which made a big impact on the people in the cheaper seats.
Alexander began his independent career as a magician in 1862, brought his own show to London in 1871 and began a three-year stretch at Egyptian Hall as Herrmann the Great. As he got older, he came to resemble his brother Carl. Carl wore an imperial beard and handlebar moustache, and his hair was thinning. Alexander had a full set of curly hair, a thick goatee and a moustache with upturned ends. Even though they resembled each other, Alexander developed his own distinct, magnetic personality. Carl’s humor was sly and he presented his magic in a mysterious manner; he was from the old school of magic. Alexander's performance style, on the other hand, was to interweave comedy with his magic. He was a humorist who aimed to make his performances a joyous occasion. [Source: Wikipedia]
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
One of forty-nine photographs in “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” by Dee Brown. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1970).
Big Eagle (c. 1827-1906) was the leader of a band of Mdewakanton Dakota Sioux in Minnesota. He and his band took part in a Sioux uprising in 1862. [Source: Wikipedia]
Quoting Dee Brown (pp. 38-39):
“During the ten years preceding the Civil War, more than 150,000 white settlers pushed into Santee country, thus collapsing the left flank of the once ‘permanent Indian frontier.’ As the result of two deceptive treaties, the woodland Sioux surrendered nine-tenths of their land and were crowded into a narrow strip of territory along the Minnesota River. From the beginning, agents and traders had hovered around them like buzzards around the carcasses of slaughtered buffalo, systematically cheating them out of the greater part of the promised annuities for which they had been persuaded to give up their lands.
“‘Many of the white men often abused the Indians and treated them unkindly,’ Big Eagle said. ‘Perhaps they had excuse, but the Indians did not think so. Many of the whites always seemed to say by their manner when they saw an Indian, ‘I am better than you,’ and the Indians did not like this. There was excuse for this, but the Dakotas (Sioux) did not believe there were better men in the world than they. Then some of the white men abused the Indian women in a certain way and disgraced them, and surely there was no excuse for that. All these things made many Indians dislike the whites.’”
From the back cover:
The river rolled silently, powerfully, mute witness to the greed and murder on her surface, where men fought savagely for plunder.
But the Big Missouri's pilots knew her as their friend, their home and their job.
This is the story of their battle for freedom . . . the story of Kirby Trent, who wasn't afraid . . . and of beautiful Judy Greene, who fought beside him.
When the fight was finished, the river ran red, but it ran free.
This is plate 27 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.
“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).
“So Young . . . So Evil”
“Theona was so young to be so evil but only her sister Kit, who looked enough like her to be her twin, knew what rottenness lay below Theona’s luscious blonde beauty. Now at nineteen Theona had become involved in the ugliest scandal of her entire life and Kit felt duty bound to extricate her. ‘YELLOW HEAD’ is the staccato-paced story of Kit’s hopeless struggle to save her wanton, love-crazy sister from self-destruction at any cost – even at the cost of the man she loves.
“Unfolding against the tough, realistic background of a mushrooming West Coast town, itself threatened by powerful forces of vice and corruption, this novel breathes life and warmth into an unforgettable story of love, loyalty and murder – a story that could only have been written about – and for – our times.” [From the back cover]
“Scratch the Surface . . .”
“Two exquisitely lovely sisters, as alike as identical twins on the surface – so utterly different inside! Theona – wanton, cruel and provocative. And Kay “[sic]” – warm, reserved, desirable. Brill O’Hearn thought he knew which sister he wanted – until he discovered that, by falling in love with one, he had become doubly susceptible to both!
“Here is the raw, shocking story of two warm-blooded women whose desire for the same man stirs up that deepest rivalry of all, a rivalry between sisters, where blood ties are forgotten and all restraints removed as the age-old animal, struggle for a mate, erupts in uncontrollable viciousness and passion.” [From the Intro inside the front cover]
[Note: The pulps paved the way for mass-market erotica, normalizing stories that flirted with taboo. Both genres were often dismissed as "low brow" or "trash," yet they tapped into real emotional and psychological currents -- especially around gender, power, and desire.]
From the back cover:
In this new John Faulkner novel, the ribald, hilarious, bewildered Jones Peabody takes his lusty place with Jeeter Lester of "Tobacco Road" and the unforgettable creations of Erskine Caldwell, William Faulkner, and John Steinbeck.
You will howl with delight over the female problems of Jones Peabody, of the Government Man, of Uncle Good and his "girls," of Ex-Senator, and a list of earthy, uninhibited males and females such as you have never met before on earth or in heaven.
Heyward and Alice took their way together towards the distant village of the Delawares."
"The Last of the Mohicans" is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by the more numerous British colonists.
The novel is primarily set in the upper New York wilderness, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo (known as Hawkeye), Major Duncan Heyward, and the Indians Chingachgook and his son Uncas. These characters are sometimes seen as a microcosm of the budding American society, particularly with regards to their racial composition.
[Source: Wikipedia]
Fantasia is Walt Disney’s animated orchestral masterpiece and untold youngsters were introduced to and inspired by its music. This companion volume to the motion picture has many color images from the film. The musicians whose works are featured in both the motion picture and the book include Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Dukas, Ponchielli, and Stravinsky. Actual musical phrases are printed decoratively throughout the book together with illustrations by Disney artists. Leopold Stokowski conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra in the score of the motion picture.
Fantasia is divided into seven parts, each built around a well-loved musical work. In the first part Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is visualized in a whirl of brilliant abstractions. The second part is Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite with the Russian Dance performed by orchids and thistles and with tropical fish swimming sinuously through the exotic Arabian dance. Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice comes next, starring Mickey Mouse in his greatest dramatic role.
Sections four and five are built on Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. In the sixth part ostriches, hippos, and elephants, in ballet dresses reminiscent of Degas, dance to the music of the Dance of the Hours from Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda.
The seventh and final section represents the triumph of good over evil. In the opening – Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain – Satan and the dark spirits of the night perform a stormy danse-macabre. Then, as the music fades into Schubert’s Ave Maria, the forces of darkness are routed, the church bells ring, and Fantasia is brought to a close in streaming sunlight.
The cover of a 1962 first edition of Tomi Ungerer's classic children's book "The Three Robbers." : )
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.
From the back cover:
"Deep into the heart of the oceans' unexplored subworlds goes one lonely ship -- a new kind of submarine -- with a handpicked crew bent on solving a 300-year-old riddle.
"But the surging ocean deeps take the powerful ship and hurl it like a toothpick miles deeper than any living man has ever penetrated before: for the ocean hides secrets as unknown as those of deep space. Far below the surface of the Earth's seas the handful of men uncover a wonder and release a terror . . ."
John Coleman Burroughs (1913-1979) was born in Chicago, the son of Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan, and of his first wife, Emma Centennia Hulbert. Jack became an author in his own right and a professional artist who went on to illustrate his father's books beginning in 1937.