Search Results: Armed Services Edition (ASE) from Out The Door

ASE # 813 / 1945 / Noted for limited use of punctuation, an influencer of Cormac McCarthy, who said that Kantor was the first writer he encountered who left punctuation out; Kantor was one of three primary influences on McCarthy's unique style. In World War II, Kantor entered the Buchenwald concentration camp as it was liberated; experience prompted writing of Andersonville, his Confederate prisoner of war camp novel. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1956. Black history ephemera interest - includes story "The Darkies are Gay". Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

ASE # 751 / Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side. First and last page detached, as often seen with this edition, since at 288 pages this is one of the bulkier ASE titles. Pencil drawing on last page (map? diagram?)

ASE # 854 / 1945 / Historical novel about a Spanish nobleman accompanying Cortez to conquer Mexico. Paperback, stapled on the short side. Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier.

ASE # N-5 / 1944 / The god Pan visits Ireland, meets Angus Og, the Celtic god of love. We see leprechauns, two philosophers, their wives, constant bickering, and deep thinking. Philosophy and Irish folklore meet in a battle of the sexes. Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

ASE # 847 / 1945 / Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

ASE # O-9 / Subject of 1953 horror movie with Nancy Reagan, the future wife of former President Ronald Reagan! / Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

ASE # 766 / Includes Double Indemnity, Career in C Major, and The Embezzler. Designed to fit in a soldier's pocket, distributed to US servicemen during WWII. Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

H. P. Lovecraft / The Dunwich Horror / ASE # 730 Designed to fit in a soldier's pocket, distributed to US servicemen during WWII. Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

ASE # T-8 / 1945 / Selected by Louis Untermeyer. One of the few ASE "Made Books": paperback only edition (PBO), first and only edition available. Paperback, stapled on the short side. Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier.

ASE # 958 / The Food of the Gods / H. G. Wells / 1945 / 320 pages / good / Distributed to the American military in World War II. Paperback, stapled on the short side. Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier.

ASE # 863 / Includes story "Ethan Brand" mentioned in H. P. Lovecraft's "Supernatural Horror in Literature" / Designed to fit in a soldier's pocket, distributed to US servicemen during WWII. Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

ASE # 940 / H. P. Lovecraft used this story as the basis for The Dunwich Horror, and the deity Shub-Niggurath. Prototype of the Cosmic Horror genre, main themes, "Things Man Was Not Meant to Know", "Horrors Outside Reality Not Understood". Inspiration for Guillermo del Toro's film Pan's Labyrinth. Stephen King identified this as one of the best horror stories ever written. A paperback original (PBO) published in paperback format without having been available previously as a hardcover. / Designed to fit in a soldier's pocket, distributed to US servicemen during WWII. Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

Herbert V. Prochnow / Great Stories from Great Lives / ASE # 810 / Great Stories from Great Lives / Herbert V. Prochnow, editor; 49 biographies including General George Custer, Lou Gehrig, Thoreau, and many others. Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier.

ASE # 698 / Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

ASE # 984 / 1946 / A metaphysical thriller. Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

ASE # 655 / Was made into a Borris Karloff movie in 1932, considered one of the pre-eminent gothic horror films. William Castle directed the remake in 1963, a cult classic. / Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

ASE # M-8 / Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

ASE # N-9 / 1944 / Loan gunman saves town from power-crazed rancher. Excerpt: "The harder life is," she murmured, "the less people ask of it. People who don't know fear or hunger or pain want a lot. Those that face those things are happy if they have one small break. Terror makes us all very humble. How quickly pride falls." Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

ASE # 825 / A paperback only edition (POE) published in paperback format only. No other edition other than the 1945 edition published! Very desirable Faulkner item. / Designed to fit in a soldier's pocket, distributed to US servicemen during WWII. Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

ASE # K-9 / A paperback only edition (POE) published in paperback format only; the 1944 edition is the only edition available. Very desirable Hemmingway item. / Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.