Verlag: The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1923
Anbieter: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, USA
Erstausgabe
Stapled. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Neysa McMein (cover), Arthur Willial Brown, May Wilson Preston, and others (illustrator). First Edition. The March 3, 1923 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably part 5 of 8 of Leave it to Psmith, novel by P G Wodehouse and The Cloak of St Martin, a short story by Arthur Train. Cover art by Neysa McMein (Woman in Red Hat). LIght soiling to the front cover. Wear at the bottom of the spine. Pages 67 -78 are loose and the fore edges have some small closed tears. No cutouts or missing pages. A good to very good copy of an early SEP with serial installment by prominent and collectible author.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1938
Anbieter: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, USA
Erstausgabe
Stapled. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. John LaGatta, Douglass Crockwell, Ivan Dmitri & Julius Moessel (covers) (illustrator). First Edition. The July 30, August 13, 27, & September 3, 1938 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably parts 3, 5, 7, & 8 of 8 of Code of the Woosters, the third full-length Bertie Wooster & Jeeves novel by P G Wodehouse. Precedes book publication so arguably the first edition of this work. Other fiction includes parts 5, & 7 of 7 (7/30, & 8/13) of Mr Moto is So Sorry, a spy/adventure novel by J P Marquand, The Cat Named Dempsey (7/30), a short story by Stephen Vincent Benet, and Good Fellowship to All (9/3), a short story by Arthur Train. Cover art by John LaGatta (7/30 - Formal Couple on Balcony), Douglass Crockwell (8/13 - Camping Out), Ivan Dmitri (8/27 - Photograph of baby's head), & Julius Moessel (9/3 - Two Cockatoos). Condition issues include: 7/30 - small chip to the bottom corner of the front cover through page 4. missing pages 23/24 (23 - first page of the Make Money, Little Businessman, or Else - by Neil M Clark 24 - Post Scripts page; ) 8/13 - a 2.5" x1.25" chip out of the bottom left of the front cover and a small one at the top left, a light damp stain to the bottom right corner that shows through the first 10 to 15 pages; 8/27 - a soil spot to the back cover & light wrinkling at the bottom left near the spine. and 9/3 - two pages (31/32 & 41/42) that are partially separated from the spine. A flawed but still collectible set with serial installments and a stories by prominent and collectible authors.
Verlag: The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1940
Anbieter: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, USA
Erstausgabe
Stapled. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Norman Rockwell & Albert W. Hampson (covers) (illustrator). First Edition. The May 18 and June 22, 1940 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably parts 3 & 8 (conclusion) of 8 of Quick Service, a novel by P G Wodehouse. Other fiction includes Freedom's a Hard-Bought Thing, a short story by Stephen Vincent Benet (5/18), Dog Weakness, a short story by George Sessions Perry (6/22), and others. Cover art by Norman Rockwell (5/18 - Full Treatment), & Albert W. Hampson (6/22 - Bumper Cars). Condition issues include: 5/18 -edge wear to the front cover w/small chips to the fore edge and chis to lower corners of the front & back covers; and 6/22 - light edge wear and soiling to the front cover, wear to the bottom of the spine, a closed tear to the fore edge of the pages trough page 8, a closed tear to the fore edge of page 97, dog ears to the top corner of pages 109 - 116, and edge wear to the back cover with a closed tear to the fore edge. There are no cutouts or missing pages in either issue. Overall a good set with serial installments and short stories and articles by prominent and collectible authors plus, vintage WW II related stories, articles and ads. A heavy oversize set that may require additional shipping.
Verlag: The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1940
Anbieter: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, USA
Erstausgabe
Stapled. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. John Hyde Phillips, J.C. Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell, Frances Tipton Hunter, Paul Bransom, Wynn Richards, Mariam Troop & Albert W. Hampson (covers) & Gilbert Bundy (Quick Service) (illustrator). First Edition. The May 4, 11, 18 & 25 and June 1, 8, 15, & 22, 1940 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably the complete run, parts 1 - 8 (conclusion) of 8, of Quick Service, a novel by P G Wodehouse. Precedes book publication. Other fiction includes Freedom's a Hard-Bought Thing, a short story by Stephen Vincent Benet (5/18), Mr Tutt and the Lone Tree Mine, a short story by Arthur Train (6/1), Courage is a Business, an article by champion prize fighter Gene Tunney (6/1), Never Another Jones, an article by Grantland Rice on HoF golfer Bobby Jones (6/8), Dog Weakness, a short story by George Sessions Perry (6/22), and others. Cover art by John Hyde Phillips (5/4 -Freshmen Chemistry), J.C. Leyendecker (5/11 - Rug Beater), Norman Rockwell (5/18 - Full Treatment), Frances Tipton Hunter (5/25 - Helping with Homework), Paul Bransom (6/1 - Doe and Fawn in Forest), Wynn Richards (6/8 - June Bride), Mariam Troop (6/15 - Rain on Laundry Day, ethnic) & Albert W. Hampson (6/22 - Bumper Cars). Condition issues include: 5/4 - no significant issues; 5/11 - soiling to the TL & along the spine of the front cover and some edge wear; 5/18 - light soiling to a small strip at the bottom left of the front cover; 5/25 - mathematical equations (square roots) written lightly on the FC w/a soil spot @ the bottom, light edge wear to the back cover; 6/1 - edge wear to the front cover with soiling to the bottom edge & a folded corner at the top, roughness to the bottom edge gradually fading through page 28, folded top corner to pages 55 - 66, and edge wear to the back cover and a folded bottom corner; 6/8 - light edge wear tot eh front cover with soil at the bottom. a damp stain to strip of the back cover that shows to the fore edge of the pages through the last half of the mag; 6/15 - light edge wear & soiling at the top of the back cover, small closed tears to the fore edge of pages 89 - 104, and the tops of pages 101 - 104; and 6/22 - light soiling to the front cover & a small chip at the top, light edge wear to the rear cover; and a top corner chip on page 29/30 - no text or illustrations affected. There are no cutouts or missing pages. Overall a very good set with serial installments and short stories and articles by prominent and collectible authors plus, vintage WW II related stories, articles and ads. A heavy oversize set that will require additional shipping.