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Editore: The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1939
Da: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Libro Prima edizione
Stapled. Condizione: 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) (illustratore). 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.