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|Country= [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA / English
|Country= [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA / English
|Format= 11.5 × 9 cm
|Format= 11.5 × 9 cm
|Pages= 350 pgs, b/w
|Pages= 352 pgs, b/w
|Date=1946
|Date=1946
|Publisher=[[Whitman Publishing]]
|Publisher=[[Whitman Publishing]]
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== Contents ==
== Contents ==
=== Mandrake stories ===
=== Mandrake stories ===
*"[[Mandrake the Magician and the Flame Pearls(prose story)|Mandrake the Magician and the Flame Pearls]]" (text version with pictures from "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination|The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination]]" to "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles|The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles]]") by [[Lee Falk]] and [[Phil Davis]].
*"Mandrake the Magician and the Flame Pearls" (text version with pictures from "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination|The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination]]" to "[[The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles|The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles]]") by [[Lee Falk]] and [[Phil Davis]].
 
==Table of contents==
{| {{table}}
!Chapter !!Title !!Page
|-
| I || "Three Cows for a Wife" || 5
|-
| II || "The Island of Amazons" || 36
|-
| III || "Revolt of the Husbands" || 68
|-
| IV || "The Stranglers Straits" || 98
|-
| V || "Secret of the Ghost Ship" || 148
|-
| VI || "Land of the Giants" || 170
|-
| VII || "Farwell to Colossi" || 204
|-
| VIII || "Danger Lurks in Hungry Isles" || 242
|-
| IX || "The Burning Water" || 284
|-
|}
 
== Notes ==
According to [http://www.biglittlebooks.com/listings/Whitman-BLBs1932-1949.htm biglittlebooks.com]:
*The first printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Captain Midnight and Sheik Jomak Khan and ends with Mandrake the Magician.
*The second printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Uncle Wiggily's Adventures and ends with Flash Gordon.<br>
If the ''collestor's note'' is correct it has to be a third printing of this book, since there exists issues with a 3-page ad which begins with Uncle Wiggily's Adventures and ends with Mandrake the Magician.
===Various views===
<gallery>
Image:Betterlittlebook-1418back.png|''back cover''
Image:Betterlittlebook-1418slice.jpg|''slice''
Image:Betterlittlebook-1418-ad.jpg|''third printing (?)''
Image:Betterlittlebook-1418-continuity.png|''continuity cover / slice''
</gallery>
 
==See also==
[[Coleção Gibi 29|''Coleção Gibi'' #29]] published in Brazil in 1949.


[[Category:Better Little Books issues|Better Little Book 1418]]
[[Category:Better Little Books issues|Better Little Book 1418]]

Latest revision as of 12:27, 16 August 2019

Big Little Book #1418
Betterlittlebook-1418.jpg
Cover artist: unknown
Country/language: Mini usa.gif USA / English
Format: 11.5 × 9 cm
Pages: 352 pgs, b/w
Publishing date: 1946
Editor: unknown
Publishing company: Whitman Publishing
Preceded by: Big Little Book #1167
Followed by: Better Little Book #1431


Big Little Book #1418

Contents

Mandrake stories

Table of contents

Chapter Title Page
I "Three Cows for a Wife" 5
II "The Island of Amazons" 36
III "Revolt of the Husbands" 68
IV "The Stranglers Straits" 98
V "Secret of the Ghost Ship" 148
VI "Land of the Giants" 170
VII "Farwell to Colossi" 204
VIII "Danger Lurks in Hungry Isles" 242
IX "The Burning Water" 284

Notes

According to biglittlebooks.com:

  • The first printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Captain Midnight and Sheik Jomak Khan and ends with Mandrake the Magician.
  • The second printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Uncle Wiggily's Adventures and ends with Flash Gordon.

If the collestor's note is correct it has to be a third printing of this book, since there exists issues with a 3-page ad which begins with Uncle Wiggily's Adventures and ends with Mandrake the Magician.

Various views

See also

Coleção Gibi #29 published in Brazil in 1949.