Craven August (2 results)

Stapled. Condition: Fair-Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The June issue of The American Magazine. Stories and articles it contains include: Calm Yourself, part I of a novel by Edward Hope (Edward Hope Coffey, Jr), The Downey Peach, a story by Don Marquis, A Matter of Shoes, a story by Leona Dalrymple, Some Bums are Nice, a story by Margaret Craven, Merchant Princess, part III of a novel by Ursula Parrott, Smooth - an "Interesting People" profile of bandleader Fred Waring, Softie - an "Interesting People" profile of Academy Award winning actor Wallace Berry, It's Funny About My Face, an article by Wallace Berry, and numerous other vintage Depression Era articles and ads. Condition issues include edge wear with small closed tears to the front & back covers, darkening along to top edge & spine of the front cover, light wear to the spine with a tear toward the center, light damp stain to the top corner of the pages, and occasional small dark streaks to the edges of the pages. Generally the interior is clean and tight. A fair to good copy of a vintage magazine. F Alden Weeks (cover), Floyd Davis (Calm Yourself), Rovert O Reid (The Downey Peach), Saul Tepper (A Matter of Shoes), Mario Cooper (Some Bums are Nice), August Bleser, Jr (Merchant Princess), Beran (It's Funny About My Face) (illustrator).…

19 cm, rilegatura coeva in mezza pelle, con angoli in pelle, titoli in oro su 2 tasselli (rosso e verde) e fregi al dorso che è suddiviso da 5 nervi, piatti e risguardi marmorizzati; pp. iii, 506, ex libris nobiliare e xilografico al piatto Molto buono.