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A happy, round sheep as seen in "The Sheep of Lal Bagh" by David Mark, illustrated by Lionel Kalish. Published by Parents' Magazine Press; First edition (1967)
“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.
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 . . .
Happy Halloween!
Featuring the scary end papers of Alfred Hitchcock's Haunted Houseful, Random House; First edition (1961).
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
Another adorable bedtime scene from "Mouse Tales."
Written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel
Harper & Row; First Edition edition (1972)
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
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.
"Working Cats" is a photography book filled with contemporary 1970s photographs of cats at .....(steel yourself) ..... at WORK. That's right, while your little kitty does nothing but lounge on the windowsill, other felines are actually earning their catnip.
Working Cats.
Terry DeRoy Gruber
First Edition 1979
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]
"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]
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."
Drink: Coffee
Food: Lamingtons
Books: Recent finds!
Before She Kills by Fredric Brown (a 1984 publication featuring six of Brown's detective pulp stories from the 1940s and 60s).
Found for $3 at an opportunity shop.
The Gloomster by Axel Scheffler and Julia Donaldson (2011 first UK edition, Faber & Faber).
Found for 50 cents at a used bookstore.
Thunderball by Ian Fleming (1961 first edition, Jonathan Cape).
Rescued from a book pile my father-in-law was getting rid of.
The Narrowing Circle by Julian Symons (1954; my copy is the 1985 reissue by Macmillan).
Found for $7.25 at a used bookstore.
Misery is a psychological horror novel by US author Stephen King, first published by Viking Press on June 8, 1987. The novel hinges on the relationship between its two main characters – novelist Paul Sheldon and his self-proclaimed number one fan Annie Wilkes. When Sheldon is seriously injured following a car accident, former nurse Annie rescues him and keeps him prisoner in her isolated farmhouse. Misery, which took fourth place in the 1987 bestseller list, was adapted into an Academy Award–winning film directed by Rob Reiner, in 1990, and into a theatrical production starring Laurie Metcalf and Bruce Willis in 2015.
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections. His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976), The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone and Christine (both 1983), Stand by Me (1986), Misery (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and It (2017). He has published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably Danse Macabre (1981) and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000).
Among other awards, King has won the O. Henry Award for "The Man in the Black Suit" (1994) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller for 11/22/63 (2011). He has also won honors for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities.
LINK to video - MISERY | Best of - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES1WqhzpbNI
LINK to video - Rob Reiner & Kathy Bates Discuss Misery (1990) with Dave Karger | TCMFF 2025 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_H0hgJPFD8
LINK to video - 10 Things You Didn't Know About Stephen King's Misery - www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiIGiHxE7NA
LINK to video - Stephen King interview (1993) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDyN8d3xM0U
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)
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
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.
An illustration from "Among Us Cats" by W. E. Hill, a fabulous 1920s book. The stories inside focus on the eccentricities of life in the Jazz age life as seen through a cat-shaped lens.
Among Us Cats
by W. E. Hill
Harper Brothers 1926 First Edition
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.
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.
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
This is plate 7 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.
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..
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.
The DB10 looks like the Jaguar F-Type here. Rear number plate reads "DB10 AGB"
Base code: H48
My other Aston Martins:
Along with original works by the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, Graham's is best known for its many hand-colored fashion plates.
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.’”
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.
"As soon as this slight salutation had passed, Montcalm moved towards them with a quick but graceful step, baring his head to the veteran, and dropping his spotless plume nearly to the earth in courtesy."
"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.
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).
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]
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.
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.
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]
“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.
It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
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 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.
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.
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]
A little bull pup lost in the snow.
from
Nipper, the Little Bull Pup.
Written by Dorothy K. L'Hommedieu
Illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse
Published by J.B. Lippincott Co; 1965 (originally published 1943)
Drink: Coffee
Food: Slice of sponge cake
Book: Two Fables by Roald Dahl (1986; my copy is the 1987 first US edition by Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
“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).
Archie Frederick Collins (1869 – 1952), who generally went by A. Frederick Collins, was a prominent early American experimenter in wireless telephony and prolific author of books and articles covering a wide range of scientific and technical subjects. He wrote about 100 books on scientific and technical subjects, hobbies, and sports, and over 500 articles in technical and scientific magazines and journals, well into the 1940's. His reputation was tarnished in 1913 when he was convicted of mail fraud related to stock promotion. However, after serving a year in prison, he returned to writing, including, beginning in 1922, "The Radio Amateur's Handbook," which continued to be updated and published until the mid-1980s.
[Source: Wikipedia and Magicpedia (at geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/A._Frederick_Collins)]