Abel John Illustrated (3 results)

Softcover. Condition: VG to VG-. Signed by the author. Some rubbing & edgewear; couple creases at edges & corners; otherwise overall clean & tight. 232 pages. Signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr, 1995. First edition [1995], inscribed by the author to Elliot and Rosemary [Offner] but signed with first name only. Dark green cloth with dustjacket. Near fine with some subtle waviness to the pages but consistent throughout the book and probably the result of temperature change rather than moisture. The mylar protected dustjacket is also near fine, no chips or tears. From estate of sculptor, printmaker and professor Eliot Offner. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair No dust jacket as issued. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Features: The House of Morgan and the Loot of America - Eight pages of the hitherto unpublished black history of the pirates of Broad and Wall Streets, with great photos; The Money Revolution of 1933 - An expert summing-up of America's financial problems created by the money changers, with photo of Henry Ford, who claimed the bankers were planning to damage his business; Editorial on the present state of Depression-era USA; A Fool for Women - The frank confession of a woman-mad man, with nice photos of Mary Nolan, Norma Talmadge, Mary Dale and Mary Clark; The Private Life of the Public Man - Intimate views of the sacred cows in Washington, D.C. (i.e. pork barrel politics); Wandering Women in Want - Photo-illustrated article on the influence of hard times on feminine morals and morale; The Magnificent Frederick G. Bonfils - A sparkling and informal history of the 'Napoleon of the Rockies'; Two pages of photos of the month's outstanding personalities; Behind the Headlines - close-ups of celebrities by Horace Wade, who interviewed them; Earthquakes and starquakes in Hollywood - Sardonic survey of the madcap people of the movie capital, with photos of Sam Goldwyn, Evelyn Turner, Carl Laemmle, Lucy Doraine and Irene Dunne; George Bernard Shaw Looks at America - A satirical portrait of a faded satirist, with photo of Shaw seated with Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Clark Gable and Marion Davies; Big Business and the Schools - An authoritative and fearless revelation of how big business is attacking public education; News of the Nation; Everybody's Forum. 94 pages. Many excellent black and white photos. Contents clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. Above-average external wear. Front cover loose but present. Chips from backstrip. A worthy and very rare surviving example.; Cover Design; 4to. Illustrated by Forsgren, H. (illustrator). …