tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post3291365434211987817..comments2024-03-26T22:05:12.894+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: Ellison HawksStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-53740030394002892512018-02-10T23:58:44.726+00:002018-02-10T23:58:44.726+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917994152746526041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-78855803390892087112018-02-10T23:57:13.377+00:002018-02-10T23:57:13.377+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917994152746526041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-44602522378606502362012-12-18T10:44:45.697+00:002012-12-18T10:44:45.697+00:00My interest in Ellison Hawks is through my aunt, B...My interest in Ellison Hawks is through my aunt, Bessie Hill, who died in 1940 at the age of 33. She was also an 'assistant' and I believe had a key role in his publishing and other entrepreneurial activities. Reading Leslie Leighton's comments about Miss Bennett and Neil Spencer's comments about his mother, I am curious to draw on the perspectives of his other 'assistants&#Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16529517105024183941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-58859107572195507432012-07-26T02:19:36.090+01:002012-07-26T02:19:36.090+01:00The monthly newsletter of the Tolkien Special Inte...The monthly newsletter of the Tolkien Special Interest Group of North America Mensa -- Beyond Bree -- will be publishing a brief piece by me regarding Hawks's The Starry Heavens, which was fondly remembered by Priscilla Tolkien. She and her brother Christopher (who owned a telescope) were quite interested in amateur astronomy, it appears, encouraged by their father, the famous JRRT.Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-26243533860475136892012-04-12T19:32:05.706+01:002012-04-12T19:32:05.706+01:00Really interesting read - this is the first time I...Really interesting read - this is the first time I've searched for Ellison Hawks and I'm surprised to find something on the 'net about him.<br /><br />As a child my family were good friends with his long term assistant (.....PA, secretary, companion.....?) - a woman we called Miss Bennett - I know little more than that. We first met her in 71/72 so probably just after EH died - she&#Leslie Leightonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-82005732580151963272011-09-25T08:56:51.791+01:002011-09-25T08:56:51.791+01:00Hi. How stupid am I. I posted my last message and ...Hi. How stupid am I. I posted my last message and when i picked up the next book to research it i realised i had another EH book ctitled "The Marcels And Mysteries Of Science". No edition showing and printed by Odhams Press. 512 pages and backing is blue but letters do not seem to be guilded.<br />Any ideas as to what I should do with both books? Is it worth me trying to sell them or suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170239238511409126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-25004115822767208032011-09-24T17:10:43.192+01:002011-09-24T17:10:43.192+01:00Hi.I recently lost my mum and she has a copy of th...Hi.I recently lost my mum and she has a copy of the How It Works and How It's Done.there is no edition noted in it so I assume It's a 1st. It's has a brown backing with gold lettering.It was printed by Odhams Press LTD.It has 512 pages. I have enjoyed finding out about the man who wrote this book but I have no idea what I should do with it. Any ideas? Thanks Susansuzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170239238511409126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-45846955359932827992011-07-14T11:51:25.209+01:002011-07-14T11:51:25.209+01:00i have the cassell book of the austin 10 dated 195...i have the cassell book of the austin 10 dated 1953 and i wondered if it was valuablepetenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-10405233394348507092011-01-03T13:12:30.035+00:002011-01-03T13:12:30.035+00:00I have been collecting EH for years and have what ...I have been collecting EH for years and have what I think is a copy of every book he published. I have some of the Real Photograph booklets and a few of the car instruction books which I am not all that interested in. Also have some of his original drawings for science books.<br />I note that an Indian publisher is reprinting some of his books . <br />He was a brilliant author and still a good tony homdennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-15915131272684794122010-11-13T21:33:23.605+00:002010-11-13T21:33:23.605+00:00Many thanks for this. My mother worked with him fo...Many thanks for this. My mother worked with him for many years and he became a close family friend. We have several of his books (all signed, drawings and photographs. He was an amazing man and I have fond childhood memories of visits to his house on Sunday afternoons with my mother and father. I will pass this on to my mother and I am sure she will be most interested.neil spencernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-46503697102986823122009-12-16T18:32:52.882+00:002009-12-16T18:32:52.882+00:00I have a 1941 first edition by Ellison Hawks title...I have a 1941 first edition by Ellison Hawks titled "How it works, An encyclopedia of mechanical knowledge". Published by Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. Garden City, New York. I did not see this book in your list of books by this author. This book is also signed by Frank F brown, I think he was a noted machinist of that time. Any info would be appreciated. Thank Youlorralexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03699553814076069111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-21571419940520994402009-11-17T14:35:30.727+00:002009-11-17T14:35:30.727+00:00Thank you for this article on Ellison Hawks. I hav...Thank you for this article on Ellison Hawks. I have often wondered about his life. In 1951, I was 10 yrs old and interested in astronomy and didn't know where to begin. The local librarian recommended 'The Starry Heavens'. I was so thrilled with this book, I decided to write to Mr Hawks, and he wrote back a charming letter to me, recommending authors such as Sir Robert Ball.<br /><br johnfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233791349837340770noreply@blogger.com