wodehouse alva johnson (3 Ergebnisse)

Stapled. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. John Hyde Phillips (cover); ; James Williamson (Uncle Fred in the Springtime) (illustrator). First Edition. The May 6, 1939 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably part 3 of 6 of Uncle Fred in the Springtime, a novel by P G Wodehouse. Also contains Television's Here, an article by Alva Johnson about commercial television being introduced at the 1939 NY World's Fair. The magazine contains several 1939 NY World's Fair ads. Cover art by John Hyde Phillips (No Sale). Some wear at the edges to the front cover, small closed tear, corner fold crease at the bottom right, & light soiling. 6.5" closed tear at the middle of the fore edge of pages 57/58. The top 2/3 of pages 141/142 has been torn out affecting a Hellman's Mayonnaise ad & the last page of the serial installment of Twenty-first Century, West, a novel by Elizabeth Dunn. A good to very good copy.

Stapled. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. John Hyde Phillips & Douglas H. Hilliker (covers); James Williamson (Uncle Fred in the Springtime) (illustrator). First Edition. The May 6 & 13, 1939 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably part 3 & 4 of 6 of Uncle Fred in the Springtime, a novel by P G Wodehouse. Also contains Television's Here (5/6), an article by Alva Johnson about commercial television being introduced at the 1939 NY World's Fair, Tugboat Annie Borrows Six Bits, a short story by Norman Reilly Raine (5/13), Cotton Eye, a short story by Clarence Budington Kelland (5/13), and others. Cover art by John Hyde Phillips (No Sale), and Douglas H. Hilliker - (5/13 - Buggy Races Train), Condition issues include: 5/6 - light wear at the edges, a 1" closed tear near the spine of the front cover and page 1/2, a light fold crease at the top right of the pages that gradually diminishes through page 92, and a 3" closed tear to the fore edge of page 87/88; and 5/16 - wear at the spine of the front cover, insect damage & soiling to the back cover with numerous small holes to the point it is barely attached - some of the holes transfer to the last page (123/124). The magazine contains several 1939 NY World's Fair ads. A good to very good copy.

Stapled. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. John E. Sheridan, Norman Rockwell, John Hyde Phillips, Douglas H. Hilliker, John LaGatta & Douglass Crockwell (covers); James Williamson (Uncle Fred in the Springtime) (illustrator). First Edition. The April 22 & 29, May 6, 13, 20 & 27, 1939 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably the complete serialization 1 - 6 (conclusion) of 6 of Uncle Fred in the Springtime, a novel by P G Wodehouse (precedes book publication) , and parts 1 & 2 of 7 of And Then There Were None (5/20 & 5/27 - Ten Little Indians), a novel by Agatha Christie. Other fiction and articles include part 6 of 6 (4/22 - conclusion) of False to Any Man, a novel by Leslie Ford, View Holloa - Pronounced "Holler" (4/22), a short story by Paul Gallico, Television's Here, an article by Alva Johnson about commercial television being introduced at the 1939 NY World's Fair (5/6), Tugboat Annie Borrows Six Bits, a short story by Norman Reilly Raine (5/13), Cotton Eye, a short story by Clarence Budington Kelland (5/13), Tell Me a Love Story, (5/27), a short story by Paul Gallico, and others. T. Cover art by John E. Sheridan (4/22 - World's Fair or Bust), Norman Rockwell (4/29 - - Sport), John Hyde Phillips (5/6 - No Sale), Douglas H. Hilliker - (5/13 - Buggy Races Train), John LaGatta (5/20 - (Splashed), and Douglass Crockwell (5/27 - Phone Call from Another Suitor). Condition issues include: 4/22 - none; 4/29 - none; 5/6 - very light wear at the edges, mild curl to the top corner throughout & a soil strip and small closed tears to the top edges of pages 133/134; 5/13 - fold at the bottom at the spine, a small closed tear at the bottom of pages 97 - 124 & back cover, a 2nd small closed tear at the bottom of pages 115 - 124 & back cover, and a small closed tear at the top of pages 105 - 124 & back cover; and 5/20 - missing pages 3/4 (Plymouth & Community Plate ads), 27/28 (Pontiac & Body by Fisher ads), 71/72 (Arrow Shirts & Pennzoil ads & continuation page of Push Your Luck, a short story by Richard Wormser) & 89/90 (Pullman Car & Lovell Pressure Cleaning Wringers ads plus continuation page of Formula No. 6, a short story by John Russell), a 3.75" x 3.75" chip from the top right corner of the front cover, and 1" x .5" rectangular tear to the back cover & page 115/116 toward the bottom of the spine. The missing pages in the 5/20 issue do not affect either the Wodehouse or Christie serial installments. A good to very good set with serial installments and short stories by prominent and collectible authors, 1939 World's Fair related stories and ads, and pre-WW II related articles and ads. A heavy oversize set that may require additional postage.