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OLD GROWLER-SPACE SHIP NO. 2213.
London: Hamilton & Co. (Stratford) Ltd., 1951. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Science Fiction Fortnightly No. 4 [i.e. Authentic No. 4]. The Old Growler series concerns the adventures of an interplanetary survey team, consisting of nine novels, "The series was far superior to many of the books appearing at the time, the characterizations less cardboardish, the plots a little more credible" "...no alien lifeforms were killed unless hostility was established beyond a doubt, which marked a refreshing change from the xenophobic shoot-'em-ups..." - Harbottle and Holland. This book is number two in the series, where the team lands on a planet and discovers a humanoid race which originated on Earth. Harbottle and Holland A337.
RECONNOITRE KRELLIG II.
London: Hamilton & Co. (Stratford) Ltd., n.d., [1951]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "Authentic Science Fiction [No. 2]." The Old Growler series concerns the adventures of an interplanetary survey team, consisting of nine novels, "The series was far superior to many of the books appearing at the time, the characterizations less cardboardish, the plots a little more credible" "...no alien lifeforms were killed unless hostility was established beyond a doubt, which marked a refreshing change from the xenophobic shoot-'em-ups..." - Harbottle and Holland. This book is first in the series, investigating Krellig, a planet in the Vega system, two races are discovered. Harbottle and Holland A339.
THE GREAT ONES.
London: Panther Books Hamilton & Co., (Stafford) Ltd., [1954]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition, paperback issue. Panther No. 58. The ninth and final novel (a series story appeared in 1957) in the "Old Growler" series. "Bent on conquest, they sprang from the mists of legend into terrifying reality-the Great Ones from the Andromeda Galaxy were to return." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A335. Reginald 12947.