Floherty john joseph (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (true crime, US history, criminal investigation) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (world war, 1939-1945, united states ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. …

Hardcover. Zustand: fair to good. 26 cm, 100 pages, illus., some discoloration of pages, ink notation on verso and rear endpapers,former owner's address labels on endpapers. Part of frontis illus. cut off, loss of part of picture but no loss of text. John J. Floherty, was the author of 40 books. Mr. Floherty, was also an artist, a photographer, a former art and editorial director and a former public relations man.His writing led him to travel the equivalent of twice around the world, and he interviewed men in many jobs, from cabinet officer to cab driver, from patrolman to test pilot. He went to sea aboard the Coast Guard cutter Pontchartrain to observe the great hurricane of 1938. To get his stories firsthand, he lived in lighthouses, on lightships, with oil drillers, G men and Secret Service agents. He was a friend of J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.As a young man he rowed in an eight oar shell on the Harlem River and he joined' the New York National Guard's Seventh Regiment before World War I. He, was barred from war service because he had lost an eye in an athletic accident at the age of 14.After the war he headed his own public relations concern and photographic illustration service. In World War n, Mr. Floherty was chairman of Port Washington's mobilization and defense demonstration committee. …

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (radio broadcasting) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Ex school library. The copyright page has the copyright date only. No other date is indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Third printing. SIGNED by the author. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Text is clear of markings. Binding is intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

Zustand: good, fair. First Edition. 155, illus., ink name on front flyleaf, DJ worn and soiled: small tears, small pieces missing. Foreword by J. Edgar Hoover. A favorable treatment of the Bureau.

Zustand: good. 24 cm, 191 pages. Illus., ink notation on flyleaf. Foreword by J. Edgar Hoover. Signed by the author. A favorable treatment of the Bureau.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 74 pages. Articles: Jacob M. (Jack) Arvey of Illinois - New-Style Political Boss; Our Shameful Record in Veterans' Housing; Voyage of the Pagan - One Man's Struggle with the Sea (part 1 of 3) - John Caldwell's harrowing sailing trip from Panama to Australia; After Pensions - the Bonus? - the battle for veterans' cash benefits; Johnny's Our Boy - Actor Johnny Lund; The Navy's Uncle Louie - Admiral Louis Denfeld; Autopsy; Dick Cooliey's Comeback; Mousetrap Tycoon - Chester M. Woolworth, of Lancaster, PA; Aid and Comfort to the Ku Klux Klan - opinion piece on back page - Arthur W. Terminiello. Fiction: Just Like I Hate Money; (part 1 of 2); Sister Act; The feast of Saint Restituta; The Eyes of Mr. Lovides; The Iron Butterfly (conclusion); Ethel's Magic Doggerel. Nice ads include: Trailways bus lines; Studebaker cars - nice color photos; Pontiac; Pepsi; Firestone (centerfold); New Hudson cars; FTD; Blatz beer - colour photo ad featuring sculptor Dick Wiken; Lucky Strike ad on back cover features tobacco buyer B.C. Conner. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, 16 July, 1949 Chicago Politics Politicians Jacob M. (Jack) Arvey of Illinois - New-Style Political Boss; Our Shameful Record in Veterans' Housing; Voyage of the Pagan - One Man's Struggle with the Sea (part 1 of 3). Illustrated by Peskin, David; Skor, Walter; Spring, Bob and Ira; Forsberg,Howard; Floherty, John Jr.; Kling, Wendell; Lee, Robert J.; Fleischmann,Glen; Conner, Mac; Berenstain, Stanley & Janice (illustrator).…