In "The Horror of the Heights," aviator Joyce-Armstrong continually asks, "And where, pray, is Lt. Myrtle's head?" At 43,000 feet, beset by creatures of an air jungle, Joyce-Armstrong, to his immense regret, learns exactly what happened to Myrtle's head. In "The American's Tale" a quiet Englishman and an American bully tangle. Only one survives, and the cause of death is not human. A crowd of people in "The Lift" finds itself at the mercy of a fanatic who decides he is an avenging Jehovah. In "The Great Brown-Pericord ...
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In "The Horror of the Heights," aviator Joyce-Armstrong continually asks, "And where, pray, is Lt. Myrtle's head?" At 43,000 feet, beset by creatures of an air jungle, Joyce-Armstrong, to his immense regret, learns exactly what happened to Myrtle's head. In "The American's Tale" a quiet Englishman and an American bully tangle. Only one survives, and the cause of death is not human. A crowd of people in "The Lift" finds itself at the mercy of a fanatic who decides he is an avenging Jehovah. In "The Great Brown-Pericord Motor," two inventors devise a wonderful machine--but greed intercedes. Two Sherlock Holmes stories confront crime with Holmes's customary brilliance and Watson's humbling help: "The Adven ture of the Devil's Foot" and "The Adventure of the Creeping Man." And two stories involving Professor Challenger who is Sherlock Holmes writ gigantic and outrageous: "When the World Screamed" and "The Disintegration Machine." Chal lenger is an arrogant genius, but on the side of right. In "Through the Veil," a man and his wife face death when they slip from their own time to another, more primitive life. "The Los Amigos Fiasco" features an attempt by the town of Los Amigos to electrocute the evil Duncan Warner. But the deadly volts come as a wondrous gift to the man the execu tioners thought they could kill. "The Great Keinplatz Experi ment" tells a droll tale of the chaos that ensues when the spirit of a drunken, irresolute student enters the body of a grave pro fessor and the student receives the spirit of the professor. "The Terror of Blue John Gap" tells of a blind, brute force loosed upon the world through a tunnel dug by the ancient Romans. "The Last Galley" shows Carthage's fall to Rome, tells of a seer who predicts that Rome, too, will fall. "Danger" is an action story warning Britain, showing how Captain Sirius, with the world's smallest navy of submarines, literally starves mighty Britain into submission.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Good. USED Good Former Library book Hardcover with dust jacket in Mylar cover. It has normal library markings including card holder/reference sticker and library call number on spine. Some cover scuff/indents on cover, folded or wrinkled pages. Has school and/or library name blacked out with marker or white blackout sticker on white page edges and inside.
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Dust jacket in very good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Spine rolled. Secure packaging for safe delivery.