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Published by Pocket Books., London England, 1950
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Cover art! (illustrator). PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st). 233 pgs. >>> Anthology of fourteen stories by Max Beerbohm, E.M. Forster, R.K. Narayan, W. Somerset Maugham, Mulk Raj Anand, Rudyard Kipling, Katherine Mansfield, Saki, Stephen Leacock, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Lawson, R.R. James, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Baron Corvo >> Minor cover creasing; minor shelf wear; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.
Published by Louis H. Stephens, New York, 1862
Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Near Fine. H. L. Stephens, Frank Bellew, John McLenan (illustrator). 1st Edition. Single issue of a short-lived humorous weekly magazine from 1862. The magazine, operated by the three Stephens Brothers, and patterened on England's 'Punch', ran from Dec 31, 1859 to mid-1863. The Stephen Brothers were War Democrats who supported the Union but who were anti-abolition with little sympathy for blacks. The magazine also displayed anti-British and ant-French views. This issue, along with many others in stock, disbound from a defective and incomplete volume. 12 pages, illustrated with engraved satirical and humorous cartoons. Front cover engaving of 'The Southern Enfans Perdus'- The Rebel Leaders who have Lost their Way in the Wild Wood of Secesh' [secessionism]. One full page cartoon with blank reverse. Shows Louis Napoleon, hiding a dagger, cozyiing up to a figure of Britannia. pp113-124. Lots of Civil War content. The magazine is very bright and clean, no damage. pages still connected along the spine. 21cm by 28cm. Postage within North America - $8.00. Size: 21cm by 28cm. Magazine.
Published by Louis H. Stephens, New York, 1862
Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Near Fine. H. L. Stephens, Frank Bellew, John McLenan (illustrator). 1st Edition. Single issue of a short-lived humorous weekly magazine from 1862. The magazine, operated by the three Stephens Brothers, and patterened on England's 'Punch', ran from Dec 31, 1859 to mid-1863. The Stephen Brothers were War Democrats who supported the Union but who were anti-abolition with little sympathy for blacks. The magazine also displayed anti-British and ant-French views. This issue, along with many others in stock, disbound from a defective and incomplete volume. 12 pages, illustrated with engraved satirical and humorous cartoons. Front cover engaving of 'Henry Ward Beecher, American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. His rhetorical focus on Christ's love has influenced mainstream Christianity to this day. One full page cartoon with blank reverse. Shows an unnatractive figure of a Southern Black wanting to visit Horace Greeley. 'The Highly Intelligent Contraband. pp197-208. Lots of Civil War content. The magazine is very bright and clean, no damage. pages still connected along the spine. Postage within North America - $8.00. Size: 8.25' x 11.25". Magazine.
Published by Louis H. Stephens, New York, 1862
Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Near Fine. H. L. Stephens, Frank Bellew, John McLenan (illustrator). 1st Edition. Single issue of a short-lived humorous weekly magazine from 1862. The magazine, operated by the three Stephens Brothers, and patterened on England's 'Punch', ran from Dec 31, 1859 to mid-1863. The Stephen Brothers were War Democrats who supported the Union but who were anti-abolition with little sympathy for blacks. The magazine also displayed anti-British and ant-French views. This issue, along with many others in stock, disbound from a defective and incomplete volume. 12 pages, illustrated with engraved satirical and humorous cartoons. Front cover engraving of 'Horace Greeley (1811 - 1872) criticizing General McClellan'. One full page cartoon with blank reverse. Shows two witches sticking pins in General McClellan - Greeley & another - the Editors of the Evening Post and The Tribune. pp149-160. Other Civil War content. The magazine is very bright and clean, no damage. pages still connected along the spine. 21cm by 28cm. Postage within North America - $8.00. Size: 8.25' x 11.25". Magazine.
Published by Louis H. Stephens, New York, 1862
Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Near Fine. H. L. Stephens, Frank Bellew, John McLenan (illustrator). 1st Edition. Single issue of a short-lived humorous weekly magazine from 1862. The magazine, operated by the three Stephens Brothers, and patterened on England's 'Punch', ran from Dec 31, 1859 to mid-1863. The Stephen Brothers were War Democrats who supported the Union but who were anti-abolition with little sympathy for blacks. This issue, along with many others in stock, was disbound from a defective and incomplete volume. 12 pages, illustrated with satirical and humorous cartoons. Lots of Civil War content. Front page cartoon/illustration shows Secretary of War Edwin Stanton as a Roman emperor, dressing him in a tunic and changing his signature to "Stantonius" - 'The Great [In]Censor of the Public Press'. [ An incensor is one who stirs up anger]. A full-page cartoon in the same issue, with plain reverse, shows General McClellan with sword attacking an alligator identified as 'Secession'. The magazine is very bright and clean. Spine a little ragged where disbound. Postage within North America - $8.00. Size: 8.25' x 11.25". Magazine.
Published by Horizon, London, 1940
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Contributors: W. H. Auden poem "Spring in Wartime"; Henry Miller essay "Reflections on Writing"; Louis MacNeice letter "American Letter"; Elizabeth Bowen story "A Love Story"; Alfred Perles memoir "I Live on My Wits"; Stephen Spender poem "The Drowned". Very Good: cover tanned. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Horizon, 1940
Seller: Shore Books, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 84 pages. George Orwell "The Lessons Of War" / Stephen Spender "September Journal" / Cecil Day Lewis "The Fourth Georgic" / Rhys Davies "The Wages Of Love" / Sir Hugh Walpole "Henry James" / Pierre Jean Jouve "The Present Greatness of Mozart" / G F Green "Most Wanted" / Louis MacNiece "Dublin" / Peter Quenelle reviews Osbert Sitwell's "Escape With Me!".