The Complete Glencannon Stories (8 volumes)
Palo Alto, CA: The Glencannon Press, 1996 - 2002. First Edition Limited #406 of 950 copies. Complete in 8 volumes. 8vo. Various paginations. Includes to original illustrations by George Hughes from The Saturday Evening Post. Half red leatherette spines over illustrated boards. A fine set, as new. The titles include: Mr. Glencannon Ignores the War; The Glencannon Menagerie; Glencannon & Co.; Holy Glencannon!; The Romantic Glencannon; The Aesthetic Glencannon; The Crafty Glencannon; and Glencannon Meets Tugboat Annie. Item #21622
Guy Gilpatric (1896 - 1950), son of a Scottish immigrant, is best known for his short stories about Scottish ship engineer Colin Glencannon, originally published in the Saturday Evening Post. Between 1930 and 1941, several Glencannon stories a year appeared in the Post and quickly developed a cult audience which eagerly awaited each subsequent story. Of these 8 Glencannon stories, Barnaby Conrad writes "I think what you folks have done - this projected series - is wonderful, fabulous, heartwarming, and a whole bunch of other adjectives that would have made that modest gentleman, the author, squirm. And, by the bye, I thnk your opus should be entitled: Tales of the Most Unmitigated, Scurrilous Rascal Who Ever Lived!" A 39-episode TV series starring Thomas Mitchell as Colin Glencannon was produced in 1959.
Price: $250.00