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The Mr. Glencannon Stories
Guy Gilpatric’s hugely-popular series, including the illustrations that appeared in the old Saturday Evening Post, all complete and unabridged. An 8-volume, limited, numbered, Collectors Edition in hard cover with a unique spine design, and an accompanying 2-volume Encyclopedia that is indispensable for the true Glencannon fan.
Price for the complete set, including The Glencannon Encyclopedia, $350.
A beautifully-bound edition of Glencannon and his madcap adventures [which] delighted
a generation of readers ... a delightful discovery.
— Steamboat Bill
MR. GLENCANNON IGNORES THE WAR
Our hero tries to ignore World War II only to find it won’t ignore him.
Illustrated by George Hughes. 224 pp.
ISBN 0-9637586-7-5
THE GLENCANNON MENAGERIE
Eleven classic stories relating to animals, creatures and other critters.
Illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer & George Hughes. 224 pp.
- ISBN 1-889901-00-8
NOTE:
Mr. Glencannon Ignores the War and The Glencannon Menagerie are in short
supply and available only as part of the full set. All other Glencannon volumes are still available
individually.
GLENCANNON & CO. has
fun with the notion of the Inchcliffe Castle as a corporation. The eleven stories
in Vol. 3 portray the interactions in the company.
Illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer & George Hughes, 224 pp.
- ISBN 1-889901-03-2
- Price: $35
HOLY
GLENCANNON!
In Vol. 4, our spirited Chief Engineer displays his grasp of the world’s religions.
Illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer, Gordon Grant and Raeburn Van Buren. 224 pp.
- ISBN 1-889901-07-5
- Price: $35
THE
ROMANTIC GLENCANNON
Eleven stories involving matters of the heart — although with our larcenous Chief Engineer, there may well be other considerations.
Illustrated by Tony Sarg and Anton Otto Fischer. 224 pp.
- ISBN 1-889901-10-5
- Price: $35
THE
ÆSTHETIC GLENCANNON
An aesthete is one who loves beauty for its sake. Mr. Glencannon? Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to our Chief Engineer, large quantities of Duggan’s Dew (or a well-executed swindle) are beautiful, indeed. These eleven stories go a long way toward proving auld Colin does appreciate the finer things — well, some of them, anyway.
Illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer & George Hughes. Hard cover, 224 pp.
- ISBN 1-889901-13-X
- Price: $35
THE
CRAFTY GLENCANNON
Wily, sly, cunning. Mr. Glencannon is all of these when it comes to extracting an extra farthing from the hands of the unsuspecting, or sometimes, even the suspecting. This collection of twelve stories portrays Mr. Glencannon at his most devious — and crafty.
Illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer, Gordon Grant and George Hughes. Hard cover, 224 pp.
- ISBN 1-889901-17-2
- Price: $35
GLENCANNON
MEETS TUGBOAT ANNIE
Two of fiction's most outrageous, conniving and hilarious characters in an epic adventure that traverses the length and breadth of Puget Sound. Including the original Saturday Evening Post illustrations.
by Guy Gilpatric and Norman Reilly Raine
Illustrated by Harold von Schmidt.
- Hard cover, 224 pp.
- ISBN 1-889901-23-7
- Price: $35
THE
GLENCANNON ENCYCLOPEDIA
Unusual, different, unique, The Glencannon Encyclopedia is chock-full of facts and information about Mr. Glencannon, his ship, his mates, his version of English (and other languages), his view of the world. In it is every port, bar, saloon and drinking establishment; relatives and characters from every prank and swindle; police and prophets; ladies and laddies; food and drink. How many ways is liquid refreshment referred to in the stories? Look up “drink.” You might be surprised. How many uses for the Dew? What is a gafoozler?
The Encyclopedia includes maps of all the Inchcliffe Castle's voyages and ports of call (with dates); photos, definitions, illustrations — all vurra useful in resolving any spirited discussions. Every entry identifies the story it came from so you can go back, find it, and enjoy it again.
- Hard cover, 2 volumes, 512 pp., 400+ photos & illus.
- ISBN 1-889901-24-5
- Price: $75 the set.
