Hulton Press (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. American pulp magazine, 1950's era humor, in good condition. Pages may have chipping, pencil marks, sun bleaching or yellowing due to age. Additional scans are available on request. Bagged and boarded for preservation.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Book.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. This item comprises 16 copies of Swift Magazine from 1956-9 as follows 20/10/56, 16/11/57, 9/11/57, 1/2/58, 22/3/58, 3/5/58, 10/5/58, 5/7/58, 12/7/58, 20/9/58, 8/11/58, 25/4/59, 9/5/59, 16/5/59, 20/6/59 and undated No 28 (presumably 11/7/59). All have been read, some have previous owner's mark, and some have some fox. Generally tanned but quite clean. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 700g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 027548:1-Q5) Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Language: ENG 700 G. Comic.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. This item comprises 15 copies of Swift Magazine from 1956-7 as follows 18/8/56, 20/10/56, 29/12/56, 4/5/57, 6/7/57, 27/7/57, 17/8/57, 31/8/57, 5/10/57, 12/10/57, 9/11/57, 16/11/57, 23/11/57, 30/11/57, and 21/12/57. All have been read, some have previous owner's mark, and some have some fox. Generally tanned but quite clean. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 706g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 027547:1-Q5) Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Language: ENG 706 G. Comic.

Boards. Condition: Very good. Folio (35cm x 25cm). Bound in the publisher's lacquered half cloth over blue textured boards, gilt titles to spine. 13 issues, from January 7, 1939 to April 1, 1939. The January 7 issue contains a two page extract from Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall. Jan. 21st has a picture feature by Brassai, Paris by Night. Magazines lack covers, but otherwise are all in very good condition or better. Crack along the front joint, but binding is holding perfectly well. An illuminating depiction of British society in the run-up to World War II.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Thus. Bound volume containing 25 issues of the Magazine 'Nursing Illustrated', just pre-war from 9th Sept 1938 to March 3rd 1939. MARVELLOUS PERIOD ITEM. RARE. Quarter bound in 2 tone textured blue cloth. Boards clean, extremities rubbed, corners and head/tail of spine bumped and some 'closed' splitting to the spine. HInges holding well - but look to have been re-glued in places. Page fore-edges tanning with age and some very pale foxing (light tan spots) . Internally 25 weekly issues of this magazine. Vignette illustration on title page. Endpapers and the first few pages lightly spotted and browning with age. Each magazine separately paginated. Many b/w advertisements of the era in each magazine. Profusely illustrated in black and white. INDEX. Contents cover all manner of nursing and medical articles including - Interpretation of Xrays; Nursing as a sign of culture; Florence Nightingale; For the Midwife; Nursing in the Holy Land; Silkworm gut; Surgery ancient and modern; Medical Emergency station in the Libyan Desert; Murder by poison. etc, etc. Articles are written by various practising nurses and medical and surgical authorities, etc. VERY THICK and HEAVY. Apart from the edge browning which is relatively uniform throughout the book is CLEAN BRIGHT and TIGHT. This book is very heavy and for International buyers only MAY require extra postage depending on your location. Fascinating! . Scarce. See Images. ; Large, THICK, 4to 11" - 13" tall.

All in the original pictorial wrappers as issued, staples variously rusted but all intact, volume 1 no.1 is dilapidated with the covers detached and one leaf loose, the occasional corner creased, otherwise all in very good condition. *Picture Post was a photojournalistic magazine published in the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1957. It is considered a pioneering example of photojournalism and was an immediate success, selling 1,700,000 copies a week after only two months. It has been called the UK's equivalent of the USA 'Life' magazine.