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First edition. First edition. Six large quarto issues (34.75 cm), color, pictorial wrappers, 108, 100, 80, 92, 84, 80 pp., illustrated. All illustrations by Rico Tomaso. First appearance of Stout's second Nero Wolfe novel, published by Farrar & Rinehart as The League of Frightened Men on August 14, 1935. One of the genre's most influential works, in which a group of men, fearing for their lives and suspecting an old college mate of killing them off one by one, appeal to Nero Wolfe for protection. The serial is brought to life by handsome illustrations throughout by Rico Tomaso. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title, and very uncommon in this format. Light wear, occasional creasing, and short tears to edges; inked name to upper margin of June 15th issue; modest foxing and dustiness to front wrapper extremities, though clean internally; Very Good+, without postal markings or mailing labels. Housed in a cloth clamshell case with titles stamped on the front cover and spine.

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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition/1st Stated Printing. SIGNED by Charles Portis on a bookplate affixed to dedication page (signature only). Laid-in is a photocopy of signed thank you letter from author saying signature bookplates were enclosed. Very scarce 1st Printing. 215 pages. Dark grey boards have some fading at edges, common to title; yellow top-stain. Author's second book. A relatively scarce signature. $4.95 price present on DJ flap; some sunning of spine; mylar protected. Also includes movie tie-ins from 1969 John Wayne movie directed by Henry Hathaway-- laid-in is B&W photo SIGNED by co-star KIM DARBY (played 'Mattie Ross'). Attached to free fly-page is a bookplate SIGNED by GLEN CAMPBELL (played 'Le Boeuf'--also comes with original Philadelphia Inquirer obituary for Mr. Campbell). Attached to front end page is a color photo SIGNED by ROBERT DUVAL (played 'Ned Pepper'). Laid-in is a card SIGNED by JAMES McECHERN (play a cowboy in film). Laid-in is a photo-card SIGNED and inscribed by JEREMY SLADE (played 'Emment Quincy'). Also laid-in is a card SIGNED by DEAN SMITH (was stunt double for John Wayne in film). Also included from the 2010 Coen Brothers new film version is a card SIGNED by JEFF BRIDGES (played 'US Marshal Rooster Cogburn'). Includes laid-in a 8"x10" color photo SIGNED by JOSH BROLIN (played 'Tom Chaney'). Also laid-in is a bookplate SIGNED by BARRY PEPPER (played 'Lucky Ned Pepper') and a color photo-card SIGNED by DAKIN MATTHEWS (played 'Col. Stomehill'--signature smudged.). ALSO includes the three original complete issues of The Saturday Evening Post (May 18, 1968; June 1st 1968 and June 18, 1968) which contained the very first printing of True Grit in serial form (with somewhat different storyline) issued before the 1st hardcover printing . Also comes with a VHS tape of 1969 film. Also laid-in is the original New York Times obituary for Portis. Very Unique 1st Printing copy plus original 1st printing magazine serial issues and movie tie-ins for the 'True Grit' fan or collector. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Signed by Author.

Saturday Evening Post July 17, 1943 JD Salinger Story, MAGAZINE, JD Salinger Story The Varioni Brothers Around Old Chi with Gardenia Penny By J. D. Salinger, (first-ever Printing of This Short Story.,Uncollected #7, Meaning 1st Appearance Anywhere Now or

J. D. SALINGER STORY, VARIONI BROTHERS, Cover Design By Rutherford Boyd, With Illustrations By A. C. Moore, A. C. Moore ETC ) with Drawings By John F. Gould, Stories Articles By Robert Lewis Taylor, Norman Rockwell ,Sgt. Herbert E. Smith

Publication Date: 1943

First Edition

No Jacket. First Edition. MAGAZINE, Complete with No torn, loose or missing pages, but a FRONT Left Edge has FOXING STAINS AT EDGE & Also inside Stains edges soem pgs, , so Magazine is SOLD AS-IS. VG+/GOOD , It is still well worth adding to your collection. Address LABEL ON FRONT, The Varioni Brothers by J. D. Salinger (first-ever printing of this short story. With illustrations by A. C. Moore ),Rescue in the Night by Maxwell Hawkins (with drawings by John F. Gould ),Queenie by Ross Annett, Condition is Good. The Front Cover is in good condition with some liquid damage in the upper right corner and side which goes through several front pages. The Back cover is also in great condition with some moisture damage on the spine. The spine is intact with all pages in tack, no pages missing or torn away. While I was paging through I did not notice any tears on the inside the pages and the pages are nice and white. The pages are not stuck together, they turn well and are very readable. This is an old magazine . Uncollected #7, Meaning 1st Appearance anywhere Now or Anytime, with Color Cover by Rutherford Boyd, of Dalmatian Dog with Black & white Spots on Cover with Ribbons,Contents include: Go Fly a Kite by Robert Lewis Taylor (about Oklahoma senator Edward H. Moore ) My Studio Burns Down by Norman Rockwell (spirited drawings about the true story of his studio burning down).

SATURDAY EVENING POST JULY 17, 1943, MAGAZINE, JD Salinger Story The Varioni Brothers Around Old Chi with Gardenia Penny By J. D. Salinger, (first-ever Printing of This Short Story.,Uncollected #7, Meaning 1st Appearance Anywhere Now or Anytime, with Col

J. D. Salinger STORY, VARIONI BROTHERS, Cover Design By Rutherford Boyd, With Illustrations By A. C. Moore, A. C. Moore ETC ) with Drawings By John F. Gould, Stories Articles By Robert Lewis Taylor, Norman Rockwell ,Sgt. Herbert E. Smith

Publication Date: 1943

First Edition

No Jacket. First Edition. .MAGAZINE, Complete with No torn, loose or missing pages, but a Hungry Mouse Nibbled through the entire top left corner of each page, so Magazine is Sold AS-IS. VG+/GOOD +, It is still well worth adding to your collection. Address LABEL ON FRONT, The Varioni Brothers by J. D. Salinger (first-ever printing of this short story. With illustrations by A. C. Moore ), with Color Cover by Rutherford Boyd, of Dalmatian Dog with Black & white Spots on Cover with Ribbons,Contents include: Go Fly a Kite by Robert Lewis Taylor (about Oklahoma senator Edward H. Moore ) My Studio Burns Down by Norman Rockwell (spirited drawings about the true story of his studio burning down) Rescue in the Night by Maxwell Hawkins (with drawings by John F. Gould ),

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First appearance first printing of this classic Raymond Chandler short story. Later collected in The Simple Art Of Murder collection in 1950. Also in this magazine, "The Money Pit" by Parker Morell , a pre-World War 2 article detailing the hunt for treasure on Oak Island. There is also a short story by Philip Wylie "Blowing East" and Octavus Roy Cohen's "Two-Gun Slappey Rides Again". Also included is part three of a six part serial by J.P. Marquand entitled "Don't Ask Questions". There is an address label on the front cover. A light moisture stain to the top right hand corner that you can see faintly on the first 27 pages growing lighter the further you get into the magazine. There are chips to the rear cover along the top edge. Both are one inch squared. The corner chip is also missing from the final page. In very good condition.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Cover photo of Klansman holding child, both dressed in Klan attire. Features: What's wrong with germ warfare? - Dr. Clifford F. Rassweiler; Blandness in the White House; The Future of the Republican Party, by Dwight D. Eisenhower; The Klu Klux Klan - We've Got Nothing to Hide - article with many excellent colour photos; Bosses make lousy lovers - Helen Gurley Brown; Mastah Freddy's modest miracle - Lt. Fred Hargesheimer couldn't forget the natives who saved his life when he crashed in New Britain during the Pacific War; The house that art built - MOMA, The Museum of Modern Art; Filet of hippo, anyone? - the National Zoo Restaurant in Washington, DC; The masquerade of a counterfeit doctor - Thomas M. Novak. Several great full-page colour car ads, including the Ford Mustang. Great colour ad for a Honda 50 which gets 200mpg. Above-average wear to covers which have some tears, otherwise clean and unmarked. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

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Unbound. Poster printed in black and red advertising *The Saturday Evening Post*. Approximately 22" x 28." Fine. Interesting poster that presumes to show a bookcase of Post stories and contributions in book form - including dustjacket art that presumably does not exist in reality. It includes renderings of "books" by Erle Stanley Gardner, Charlotte Armstrong, Donald Hamilton, Martha Albrand, Babe Ruth, Luke Short, Clarence Budington Kelland, and others.

Loose Sheets. Condition: Very Good +. Typescript. 14 Pp. Typescript, Carbon, With Many Typewritten Corrections And Minor Handwritten Changes. Probably The Text For One Of His Radio Talks And For His Saturday Evening Post Article. Annotated By Author.

Saturday Evening Post , February 26, 1944 , Incredible Short Story By J. D. Salinger , Both Parties Concerned ( Uncollected #8 ) Meaning This Story Unpublished Anywhere Else ! Illustrated Cover of Large Golden Yellow Shipyard Massive Propeller Blade Marit

Illustrated Cover of lArGe Golden Yellow Shipyard Blade Maritime OK on it, with wOmAn Facing it in Workers Blue Coat & Hat, Cover By Fred Ludekens. Article or Items By DemareE Bess, J. D. SalinGER, ArthuR Train, Ivan Dimitri, Pete Martin, David Lamson, G

Publication Date: 1944

First Edition

Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. SOFTCOVER MAGAZINE, Cover with light Rub, Wear, & few Small Tiny STAIN Tears Creases Extremities, ADDRESS LABEL on Front, VG+/VG+, MAGAZINE, AS-IS, Interior Nice Tight Clean light FOX, weAr, & TInY Chips Tear CREASES Extremities Some pGS, Tiny dogears Cover. . Illustrated Cover of Large Golden Yellow Shipyard Massive Propeller Blade Maritime OK on it, with Woman facing it in Workers Blue Coat & HaT, Cover by Fred Ludekens, Chasens Restaurant iN Hollywood, Stories Letter From Hollywood, Dark Waters, Shame the Devil ETC Eisenhowers Flying Scot, Cartoon By Eric Peters & Huffine, Cover of a woman (I think) giving dirECtions in front of what appears to be a large Plane propeller. , Article or Items by , George Smedal ETC , Color Illustration by Stevan Dohanos, George Withers ETC, Dark Waters by Frank & Marian Cockrell, Poems by Dow Richardson, Mary Ward ETC, Cartoon by Eric Peters & Huffine, Ted Key.

Saturday Evening Post May 4, 11, 18 & 25, and June 1, 8, 15, & 22, 1940 Quick Service, Freedom's a Hard-Bought Thing, Mr Tutt and the Lone Tree Mine, Courage is a Business, Never Another Jones, Dog Weakness, and others

P G Wodehouse, Stephen Vincent Benet, Arthur Train, Gene Tunney, Grantland Rice, George Sessions Perry & others

Published by The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1940

First Edition

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Condition: Good - Very Good

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Stapled. Condition: 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.

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Paper Magazine. Condition: Near fine. The Saturday Evening Post from April 1977, with a focus on Christianity in America. This copy is signed by President Jimmy Carter. (illustrator). Volume 249, No. 3. Folio, 120pp. Illustrated paper magazine, bound at spine with staples. Binding is sound, no extraneous marks, in near fine condition. This issue from April 1977 includes an article by President Jimmy Carter on page 36, titled "There's A Bit Of The Pharisee In Us All." It is signed by President Carter on the front cover.

Saturday Evening Post , February 26, 1944 , Incredible Short Story By J. D. Salinger , Both Parties Concerned ( Uncollected #8 ) Meaning This Story Unpublished Anywhere Else ! Illustrated Cover of Large Golden Yellow Shipyard Massive Propeller Blade

Illustrated Cover of Large Golden Yellow Shipyard Blade Maritime OK on it, with Woman Facing it in Workers Blue Coat & Hat, Cover By Fred Ludekens. Article or Items By Demaree Bess, J. D. Salinger, Arthur Train, Ivan Dimitri, Pete Martin, David Lamson, G

Publication Date: 1944

First Edition

Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. SOFTCOVER MAGAZINE, Cover with light Rub, Wear, & few Small Tiny Tears Creases Extremities, ADDRESS LABEL on Front, VG+/VG, MAGAZINE, AS-IS, Interior Nice Tight Clean light FOX, WEAR, & Tiny Chips Tear CREASES Extremities Some pgs, Small Light Stains Few Pages, Tiny Dogears Cover. Small Tear Top Edge Cover. . ON Cover Massive Propeller Blade Maritime OK on it, with Woman facing it in Workers Blue Coat & Hat, Cover by Fred Ludekens, Chasens Restaurant in Hollywood, Stories Letter From Hollywood, Dark Waters, Shame the Devil ETC Eisenhowers Flying Scot, Cartoon by Eric Peters & Huffine, Cover of a woman (I think) giving directions in front of what appears to be a large plane propeller. Article or Items by Demaree Bess, J. D. Salinger, Arthur Train, Ivan Dimitri, Pete Martin, David Lamson, George Smedal ETC , Color Illustration by Stevan Dohanos, George Withers ETC, Dark Waters by Frank & Marian Cockrell, Poems by Dow Richardson, Mary Ward ETC, Cartoon by Eric Peters & Huffine, Ted Key.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. (1996). Stated 1st edition. The Limited First Edition consists of nine hundred fifty copies of which this set is Number 378 except Vol. 7 which is 354. Vol. 1, Mr. Glencannon Ignores the War, 1996; Vol. 2, The Glencannon Menagerie, 1997; Vol. 3, Glencannon & Co., 1997; Vol. 4, Holy Glencannon!, 1999; Vol. 5, The Romantic Glencannon, 1999; Volume 6, The Aesthetic Glencannon, 2000; Vol. 7, The Crafty Glencannon, 2001; and Vol. 8, Glencannon Meets Tugboat Annie, 2002. All are in fine, near new condition. (030).

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Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated broadside. 12" x 18". Printed in black and blue on white paper. Upper left corner has been professionally repaired, very good or better. Central image of a soldier signed in print by "Pierson". Poster for the Post's May 5, 1900 issue.

First edition. Two volumes. Each including a short story by Salinger that, with the exception of a circa-1974 pirated collection, has never been republished. Large paper, brightly illustrated colored Mailing label top right corner April issue otherwise each is very good to near fine with only minor wear to edges.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 178 pages. Features: Colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover; Douglas aircraft ad featuring the Skyrocket; Nice colour Brach's candy ad; Colour 2-page ad for Studebaker featuring the new 1955 models; Nice 20-page colour ad for Sun-Maid Sunsweet dried fruit products; The Mysterious Doings of CIA - America's Secret Agents - an exclusive report on its methods, how it recruits, how it is funded, and its accomplishments in Guatemala, Iran and behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; Frontier Frenzy, by John Reese; Will China Stay Red? - Joseph Alsop reports some curious and little-known truths about China - article with photos; The Man-Handler, by Williams Forrest; The Luckiest Girl in Hollywood - Grace Kelly - article with wonderful colour photos; Outcast of the Florida Keys, by Frank Skipp; The Truth About Congressmen - by Martin Dies, Congressman at Large, Texas; Confessions of a Football Recruiter - the hilarious adventures of Herman Hickman while hunting athletes - with photos; Tugboat Annie's Long Shot, by Norman Reilly Raine; My Old Man Groucho (Marx), by Arthur Marx (Part 7); The Zone of Sudden Death, by William Chamberlain; A Ten-Day Tiger Hunt costs $1,000 - with a kill guaranteed - Tigers are so plentiful in Central India that there is no limit on the bag! - with photos; Howard Morris has taught over 7,400 tourists to hula aboard the Lurline - with many great colour photos; House of Hate, by Storm Jameson; The Case of the Restless Redhead, by Erle Stanley Gardner - Perry Mason's informant learned the hard way that you can't make deals with criminals; Black and white photo ad by Chrysler Corp. shows their auto stylists at work; Nice colour 2-page photo ad for Admiral televisions; Two-colour ad for Pendleton shirts; Nice two-colour ad for Oliver tractors; Stromberg-Carlson television ad; Interesting 2-page Borg-Warner ad in 'Ripley's Believe it or Not' format; Glamorous colour Philip Morris ad; Two-page ad by REO Motors featuring the new mighty REO V-8 Gold Comet Truck Engine; Buck Skein Joe sport fasion ad; Colour ad by the Philadelphia Electric Company; Nice color Cream of Wheat ad features cartoon characters by Al Capp; Frank Thomas on "The Best Player I Ever Coached" - Dixie Howell; Colour ad for Dictaphone; Coke ad on back cover promotes Eddie Fisher on "Coke Time" NBC television twice each week. Average wear. Ink drops to top edge of last few pages. A sound copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: Last Chance for Vietnam - international flare-ups may topple this strategically located country - many interesting black and white photos; People on the Way Up - Peter Beard, Craig Ellwood, Building Designer, The Van Dorn Sisters; Paris gives Women a break, by Oleg Cassini (pages 29-32 loose but present); You CAN afford college - Princeton's financial-aid officer tells how to swing the high cost of higher education; Nice pink Cadillac ad on page 33; 'Common Market' - what does it mean to us? - a report by Christian A. Herter; Hockey's Gashouse Gang - the story of the rambunctious Chicago Black Hawks, the team that scrapped its way to icedom's coveted Stanley Cup (they haven't won it since - very rare Black Hawk material!); City in the Shadow - the ghost of Boss Frank Hague lingers in Jersey City . Average wear. A sound copy.

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 134 pages. Contributors include: Isaac F. Marcosson, Vincent sheean, Nunnally Johnson, Alfredo Codona, Gilbert Patten, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Colonel Givens, John H. Doeg. Lovely vintage advertisements from: Whitman's Chocolates, Campbell's Soup, De Soto, Cadillac V-8, GM Radio, Oldsmobile, Ford Auto, Hudson and Essex, Reo-Royale, Willys Cars, Log Cabin Syrop, Auburn Auto, Sparton Radio, Nash Auto, Packard, Franklin Auto, Canada Dry. Articles include: Dime-Novel Days, Gymnasts (The Flying Codonas), Nevada Stories, Tennis as a Career, The Secretary to President Coolidge. Large tear to cover-fold and front cover else average wear. Nice solid copy.

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The Saturday Evening Post, December [Dec.] 23, 1950 - John Wayne / Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea

Lull, Roderick; Wylie, Philip; Wilson, Neill C.; McNeil, Steve; Pearson, Grant; MacKaye, Milton; Martin, Pete; Gellhorn, Martha; Smith, Beverly; Clark, Neil M.; Waln, Nora; Kearney, Joseph N.; Albrand, Martha; Kelland, Clarence Budington ; Worden, W.L.

Published by Curtis Publishing Company, USA, 1950

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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Alajalov; Hughes, George; Pott, Rudy; Briggs, Austin; Englert, George; Sewell, Amos; Lidov, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. 76 pages. Nice cover illustration of young couple discovering they have each bought a Christmas tree. Articles: Ill Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going - Alaskan ranger Grant Pearson travels by dog sled; Spare Parts for Human Bodies - The U.S. Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland maintains an inventory of replacement parts for wounded soldiers; The Ladies Like 'Em Rugged - John Wayne is Hollywood's No. 1 he-man; The Kids Don't Remember a Thing - a new generation of young Americans flies over England, defending her against the Reds; All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists - Sam Ward was the most engaging scoundrel to ever afflict Washington; It's Tough to Go to School in New Mexico - color-photo-illustrated article about kids in Catron County who commute up to 50 miles one way through savage territory and wicked weather; Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea - US Troops care for pathetic Korean war orphans; India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse - American machinery is tapping rich farmland in India; Article on Napalm a.k.a. Bouncing Fire; Every Brick of the Vernal, Utah Post Office was shipped in by Mail! Short Stories: Child of Divorce; Company for Christmas Dinner; Granny Hite and the Angry Mob; Small-Town Doctor. Serials: The Desperate Woman (part 5 of 6); The Great Mail Robbery (conclusion). Ads: Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Cyanamid features artist Andre Dugo painting Christmas Seal illustration; Fatima Cigarettes; Color-photo Caterpillar ad features two Cat dragging loads of Christmas trees from bush; Nice color-illustrated ad for Studebaker trucks inside back cover; Sunkist naval orange ad on back cover. Small chip from lower tip of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear and soiling. Faint pink discoloration near lower corner of several pages. Complete and intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 144 pages. Features: What's behind the air base scandals? - are we wasting money building airfields in North Africa?; Hollywood's blonde pop-off - Shelley Winters; Look at the tricks he does in the air! - Stanley Hiller wants to put a jet helicopter in every garage; Adlai Stevenson would rather not be president; The Morey Case - why did they kill Pauline Campbell? - part 3 of 4; They call him a genius in Dixie - Earl Mann; They're learning to breathe again - polio victims in recovery; My six fantastic years at the Imperial Hotel - J. Malcolm Morris reveals intimate secrets from Tokyo's postwar social headquarters - which he was in charge of; Great Camel cigarette colour ad featuring Linda Darnell; Westinghouse TV ad - wow, TV's sure have changed since then!; Great ad for the Boeing Stratocruiser - pictured in flight; Nice colour Lincoln car ad; Nice colour Aero Willys car ad; Colour 1952 Kaiser Manhattan car ad; Dole pineapple juice color ad; Color IBM electric typewriter ad; Nice color Wilson sports products ad; The Hunted Woman (part 2 of 6); One murder too many (conclusion). Great two-page color photo ad for the Packard Ultramatic; 4" x 3" chunk missing from lower corner of front cover. 3" tear to first page. 5" tear to lower corner of soiled back cover. Otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy.

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The Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1940, Volume 212, Number 50 - The Black Tom Explosion / Bobby Jones

Lamson, David; Fay, William; Allan, Glenn; Spitzer, Marian; Voska, Emanuel V.; Et al

Published by The Curtis Publishing Company, USA, 1940

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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Allen, Courtney; Gustavson, L.R.; Clark, Benton (illustrator). First Edition. 116 pages. Features: Fantastic color-illustrated ad for International School Buses inside front cover; Lovely one-page color-illustrated ad for General Tire features young couples heading out to picnic; Attack! - part 1 of a 4-part serial by Leland Jamieson; The World That Was - Could the miracle of our auto industry happen now? - article with photo of the 87-acre employee parking lot at the Ford Rouge plant; Trotting Ain't Racing - short story by David Lamson; The King of the World - short story by William Fay; To Have and To Hold - Fletcher Pratt considers if we can defend the Panama Canal from air attack - article with color photos; A Name For a Boy - short story by Glenn Allan; Convoys Don't Advertise - Leslie Roberts describes how the Allies guard their sea lanes - article with photos; This Time It's Different - short story by Marian Spitzer; "Canadian Invasion" and Black Tom - Secret agent Emanuel V. Voska's story of the Black Tom Explosion - The story of Espionage and counterespionage in America - photo-illustrated article; Never Another Jones - What made golfer Bobby Jones so good?; Full-page Lucky Strike cigarette ad features color photo of tobacco buyer Fred Evans with tobacco farmer; Quick Service - part 6 of an 8-part serial by P.G. Wodehouse; Nice color one-page Chrysler ad features 'a drawing room on wheels'; Two pages of photos and information about Henry Ford's "Camp Legion" near Dearborn, Michigan - including photo of Mr. Ford; Lovely one-page color-illustrated Pontiac ad. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A well-preserved copy of this fabulous wartime issue.

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Unbound. Condition: Near Fine. Poster. 21.5" x 28". Old folds as issued. Slight rumpling, moderate scuff in the upper center, else near fine. Poster features an illustration by Steve Dohanos of a man watering his vegetable garden as his wife looks on. Feature article of that issue was an article on Brandeis University by Sidney Shalett.

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Unbound. Condition: Near Fine. Poster. Measuring 21�" x 28". Old folds as issued. Slight rumpling and soiling, near fine. Poster features an illustration by Mead Schaeffer of a man baiting his fishing rod as fish jump blithely around him. Feature article on a Hollywood Communist, with another article on: "The Women's Club - What They Mean to America.".

Saturday Evening Post July 16, 23, & 30, August 13, 27, & September 3, 1938, - The Code of the Woosters, Mr Moto is So Sorry, Probably Mrs Brown, The Cat Named Dempsey, Good Fellowship to All, and others

P G Wodehouse, J P Marquand, Booth Tarkington, Arthur Train, Stephen Vincent Benet, and others

Published by The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1938

First Edition

Stapled. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ivan Dmitri (2), Russell Sambrook, John LaGatta, Douglass Crockwell, & Julius Moessel (covers) (illustrator). First Edition. The July 16, 23, & 30, August 13, 27, & September 3, 1938 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably parts 1, 2, 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 3, 4, 5, & 7 of 7 (7/16, 23, & 30, & 8/13) of Mr Moto is So Sorry, a spy/adventure novel by J P Marquand, Probably Mrs Brown (7/23), a short story by Booth Tarkington, More Will Live (7/23), an article by Arthur Train about Charles Lindbergh's perfusion pump, 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 Ivan Dmitri (7/16 - Photo of Lifeguard), Russell Sambrook (7/23 - Nighttime Fly Fight), 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). The condition of the issues is very good overall with lIght edge wear. The 7/16 issue is good only with light rippling to the 1st half due to moisture exposure, wrinkling & a closed tear to page 21/22, & a closed tear at toward the bottom of the front cover wit an associated crease. The 8/27 issue has a soil spot to the back cover & light wrinkling at the bottom left near tat the spine. A very good set with serial installments by prominent and collectible authors. Large, oversize set that may require additional postage.

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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Georgi, Edwin; Dorne, Albert; Hook, Richard; Utz, Thornton; Gustavson, L.R.; RObbins, David; Von Schmidt, Harold; Sample, Paul ; Capp, Al (illustrator). First Edition. 136 pages. Features: 1-page color ad for Nash cars; Great color 1-page ad for White Trucks ffeatures large illustration of one of their 'Super Power' engines; Rare 1-page color ad for Dr. Pepper soda entitled "Love that Lift at 10-2 & 4 O'Clock' features four photos, an illustration of their new Dallas headquarters, and Dr. Pepper calendar girl Gilfillan; 1-page color ad for General brand winter tires; Date with Death (fiction); Maurice Duplessis - Quebec's Little Strong Man - article with photos; Botts and the Jet-Propelled Tractor (fiction); The Big Ancestor Hunt - thousands of people are researching their family trees; The Foolish Age (fiction); Basketball's Big Wheel - photo-illustrated article about Ned Irish; What the Miners Say About John L. Lewis - article with photos; The Reformer and the Redhead (fiction); My Fifty Years in the White House - part 5 of Ira R.T. Smith's recollections; Trapped (fiction); Article and color photos of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry; Are We Winning the War Against TB (Tuberculosis); Nice 1-page color ad for Campbell's Soup; Photo-illustrated article about Manhattan's Belvedere Hotel; 1-page color-photo ad for Ford cars; 1-page Color-photo ad for Good Year Tires features photos of Mrs. Albert Cuneo of San Francisco, H.B. Bass of Munford TN, and Wallace S. Saxton of Bethany CT; Nice 2-page color ad for General Motors promotes their auto styling; 1-page color ad for Maxwell House coffee shows ski scene; 1-page 2-color ad for Chevrolet Heavy Duty Trucks shows truck loaded with huge logs; Half-page Vitalis ad features Maurice (Rocket) Richard of the Montreal Canadiens; 1-page Boeing ad features illustration of ten of their plane models in flight; 1-page recruiting ad for the U.S. Army and Air Force explains how they overcame weather; 1-page photo-illustrated ad for Magnavox TV-Phonographs; Caterpillar 1-page color photo ad shows bulldozer plowing through a mountain of tin cans in a dump; 2-page ad for Philco TVs and radios features photo of Rise Stevens; Nice color 2-page ad for Heinz Ketchup; Uncommon 1-page 2-color ad for Oliver Tractors; Nice 1-page color ad features the American-Standard Severn Boiler; Nice 1-page color ad for Burroughs features stylish receptionist; 1-page color ad for Life Savers Pep-o-mint candies features old-style telephone; 1-page ad for Underwood typewriters; Nice 1-page color ad for Ritz Crackers; 1-page color ad for the 'Jeep' Station Sedan; 1/2 page color ad for Vegamato; 1-page color ad for the Servel gas refrigerator features radio host Mary Margaret McBride; Two half-page ads for Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Company; 1-page color-photo ad for Gulfpride motor oil features Mr. J.N. Cooke, a prominent drug executive from Brattleboro VT; Artistic 1-page color ad for Pan Am features flowers of their destinations; Half-page Cream of Wheat ad features L'il Abner cartoon; 1-page color ad for American Airlines shows father returning to happy family; Full-page illustration of train rear platform; in Libbey-Owens-Ford ad; 1-page color ad for Delrich Margerine; Back cover ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes features lovely lady smoker. Average wear. A sound vintage copy.

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The Saturday Evening Post, December 18, 1948 - Lew Wentz is Oklahoma's Godfather / Victor Borge

Raine, Norman Reilly; Bodrero, Rosalie; Katkov, Norman; Orcutt, Eddy; Smith, Ira R.T.; Sheridan, Hiram Wilson; et al

Published by Curtis, USA, 1948

First Edition

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Falter, John (cover); Crockwell, Douglass; Von Schmidt, Harold; Douglass, Robert W.; Sewell, Amos; Lester, Gene; Lyon, Richard; Pott, Rudy; Briggs, Austin; (illustrator). First Edition. 112 pages. Features: 1-page color ad for White Trucks; Half-page color ad for Del Monte Catsup; 1-page 'Cherry Christmas' color ad from the National Red Cherry Institute; 1-page color ad for Avondale Mills of Albama features illustration of the Avondale family wearing Avondale chambrays and seersucker; Nice Christmas color 1-page ad for Whitman's Chocolates; My Fifty Years in the White House - part 1 of Ira R.T. Smith's recollections - with photos; Tugboat Annie Smells a Mouse (fiction); Lew Wentz - Oklahoma's Godfather - article with photosThe Preacher Rebelled (fiction); Will Tito's Heretics Halt Russia?; Summer Party (fiction); Aviation's Incredible Dingus - article and color photos explain the zero reader, the first truly revolutionary development in aviation since 1918; Victor Borge - He's Funny That Way - article with photo; Tough Saturday (fiction); I Prowled Russia's Forbidden Zone - photo-illustrated article from deep within Soviet Germany explains how the Kremlin's agents work on the Germans to inflame them with war hate against the USA; New York Foundling Hospital - article and color photos describe this home for abandoned infants; Sporting Blood - conclusion (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for Campbell's Soups; Murder for Millions (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco features large image of Santa Claus; Nice 1-page color ad for RCA Victor Radios; Nice 1-page color ad for Wilson's Ham; 1-page color-photo ad for Jeep Station Wagons; 1-page 2-color ad for Eaton 2-speed axles features an evening NJ highway scene; Sassy Botany ad for men's wool shirts features lady in sexy pose; 1-page color-photo ad for Bigelow Rugs and Carpets; 1-page color ad for Bundy Tubing; Nice 1-page color ad for Greyhound Bus Lines; Nice 1-page color ad for Gruen watches; Eveready ad features an illustrated version of a nautical emergency of Julian Longoria of Mobile AL; 1-page photo-illustrated ad for Smith-Corona Typewriters; Magnavox TV ad; New York Central 1-page color Christmas-theme ad; Nice half-page color-photo ad for Welch's grape juice features cute little girl; Interesting full-page photo ad by the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force explains how their Chaplains assist those of all creeds; Friskies dog food ad features photo of actor Pat O'Brien with his collie Sheila; 1-page color ad for Waltham watches; 1-page Color photo ad for the Whiting apartment-size freezer; Colorful back cover Christmas ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features photo of Arthur Godfrey. Average wear. A sound vintage copy.

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The Saturday Evening Post, August (Aug.) 30, 1952: The Salton Sea / Mexico Shuts Moscow's Backdoor Into the U.S.A. / World's Worst Department Store

O'Rourke, F.; Lane, M.; Einstein, C.; English, R.; Martin, P.; Monroe, K.; Knight, R.; Weechsberg, J.; Canning, V.; Et al

Published by The Curtis Publishing Company, USA, 1952

First Edition

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Rockwell, Norman (cover); Utz, Thornton; Schaeffer, Mead;D'Andrea, Bernard; Blanchard, M.; Stevens, Peter; Gallli, Stan; Ludekens,Fred (illustrator). First Edition. 84 pages. Features: Mexico clamps down on Stalin - fascinating photo-illustrated article explains how Mexico was once Moscow's secret entrance to the U.S.A., until President Aleman proved that Mexico is no easy mark for Stalin; Helen Hayes tries Hollywood again - nice photo-illustrated article; California's weird overflowing Salton Sea - photo-illustrated article; Are all women crazy?; What has John L. Lewis done with his $400,000,000? - fascinating photo-illustrated article about the miners' welfare fund; The World's Worst Department Store - H.O. Kaufhous in Alexanderplatz, East Berlin is Soviet Germany's largest department store; I'm a Gyppo Logger's Wife - Margaret Elley Felt hauls dynamite, drives a truck, raises kids, keeps books, and lives in an all-male lumber camp in Washington State; May the better half win; Editorial - Britons Discover That China's Reds Are Communists! Fiction: Mountain Massacre; The Doctor Wants a Wife; Welcome Back, Soldier; The Old Pro; Father Came Home (part 1 of 7); House of Fear (part 5 of 6). Ads: Color ad for Mercury cars; Boeing Stratocruiser ad features large photo of Pan Am plane over the Eiffel Tower; Prest-O-Lite battery ad features nice photo of footballer Otto Graham, quarterback of the Cleveland Browns; Nice two-page GMC truck ad shows a 470 pulling trailer. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Saturday Evening Post, August (Aug.) 30, 1952: Lombardo Toledano Morton Sobell Ernesto Uruchurtu Miguel Aleman William O'Dwyer U.M.W.A. Mexico clamps down on Stalin - fascinating photo-illustrated article explains how Mexico was once Moscow's secre.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: Iran's Good King - a report from the imperial realm of 'our staunchest ally in the Middle East'; People on the Way Up - Val Forgett, Norma Gibbs, Charles Swibel, Catherine Anouilh; The Menningers of Kansas - Part 2 - the hopeless patient is a myth; nice color ad for Seattle's World's Fair 1962; Reading - a way upward - school officials in St. Louis are showing that good books provide a way out of poverty; Posh Palace of Fashion - New York's Bergdorf Goodman; Nice Cadillac ad on page 65; An Answer to Teller - a reply to Edward Teller's S.E.P. articles in Febrary 1962; The Met's Second Caruso - Richar Tucker. Average wear. A sound copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: Presidential campaigns are a sham - Dean Burch, G.O.P. National Committee Chairman; We Can't Let Them Down - Stewart Alsop discusses the Vietnam War; Discotheque - Go Go Madness strikes and the nation gyres in a frenzy of Swim, Surf and Frug - many colour photos; Vietnam - where do we go from here? - more and more Americans are dying - at the center of the chaos stands U.S. Ambassador Maxwell Davenport Taylor; A mirage of beautiful air - feature on Liz Renay; Anyone for Survival? - not so long ago, fallout shelters were the hot topic of discussion; A sentimental journey to Dracula's Hometown - Borgo Pass in the Romanian People's Republic; Lyndon Johnson's Religion - the President holds to a surprising faith, and it has an uncanny influence on him; Light-Heavyweight Boxing's World Champion Willie Pastrano - champion of nonviolence. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: Get the government off the farm - Alice Pearse Bean; The Great Row in California; Lost - One Centennial; The explosive revival of the far left; Why I quit the extreme left - Phillip Abbott Luce; Brigitte Bardot - no place left to hide - colour photos; Sundown of a Champion - Phil Hill was the first American to be a world-champion Grand Prix driver - after his friend and teammate, Count Wolfgang von Trips died in a crash; The importance of being poached - Saunas/Heat Baths are in vogue; Lyndon Johnson's Mother, Rebekah Johnson; The magnificent obsession of U.S. Air Force "Colonel" Jack Kenneth Brown, the fake colonel. Great colour Dodge Pickup ad. Two-page colour Ford Mustang ad. Two-page colour ad for the James Stewart film "Shenandoah". Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy.

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