Published by New York: Story Magazine, Inc., June 1938., 1938
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
104 pages plus covers. Paperback: H 23.25cm x L 17.5cm. Orange paper covers; faded front cover toned and soiled with several chips; spine head nicked with shallow loss at heel; glue repair to tearing at lower front joint; mild curling to rear cover's bottom fore-edge corner as are the interior leaves; some chipping to bottom corners of pages 19-34; some toning/foxing to interior leaves. Binding remains firm. Only a good copy. Features contributions: "Marcia Reale" by Andreas Latzko, "Local Boy" by Charles Preston, "Municipal Anthem" by Mort Friedlander, "The Feast of Flesh" by F. Draco, "Only by Chance Are Pioneers Made" by Hamlen Hunt, "The Three Clever Sisters" by Sean O'Faolain, "Testimonial" by Stanley Olmsted, "Last Summer Isn't This Summer" by William Meckfessel, "Frieze of Penelope Weaving" by Emanuel Eisenberg, etc.
Published by New York: Story Magazine, Inc., May 1937., 1937
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
112 pages plus covers. Paperback: H 23.25cm x L 17.25cm. Red paper covers rubbed and lightly soiled; light creasing to front cover; shallow chipping and short tears at spine ends. Text block edges toned; mostly light toning to interior leaves with strongest occurrences to pages 9 and 104; rear leaves have shallow chipping and/or closed tears at bottom margins. Binding is still firm. A good copy. Features contributions: "The Spaniard" by Prudencio De Pereda, "Manhole" by Stella Ryan, "The Renaissance of Mr. Guilfoyle, Darlint" by Hassoldt Davis, "The Saluting Doll" by Hamlen Hunt, "No Dawn" by William A. Krauss, "Arrival" by Mary Porter Russell, "Death of a Virgin" by Ralph Bates, "Life & Letters at 15" by Burton Rascoe, etc.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Small Tears chips inner Hinges, , The Spectacles Story was Found at Last by Col. Richard Gimbel, President of International Poe Society, Edgar Allan Poe Club of Philadelphia & Richard Gimbel Foundation for Literary Research ! Illustrated by J. Henry, Stephen Grout, ETC in B/W & Color, PBO. MAGAZINE light Rub, Wear Tiny Chips, light wrinkles, Tears Cover & Edges, Light Wrinkling, GOOD + Condition, AS-IS, September 24, 1938. 1st Edition, Interior nice tight Clean, light FOX, Wear, Couple pages with some Red light Stains, .Contains The Spectacles, Edgar Allan Poe's Lost Short Story of more than 100 yrs - Found at LaSt by Col. Richard Gimbel, one of Wealthiest Men in Country was President of International Poe Society ! The Spectacles, Story of Aunt Married Only 1 Yr. & Her Husband Killed In Spain in Military leaves her with Daughter Lucy ,who live in Beautiful Cottage. Aunt Devoted herself to education of Lucy, who was Pretty Little Fairy of a Daughter, who by the way is a picture of similarity of Poe's Child-wife, Virginia. Like Lucy Virginia loved Violets & PLayed the Harp. Here we have a puzzle worthy of Poe himself, Is It a Hoax or Not? Lucy's Aunt is same sort of woman as Poes Aunt. Lucy wears Spectacles Only to Read Music. Includes Mystery by Whitman Chambers, & Room Without View by Hamlen Hunt, Over Kansas City by Fred Allhoff, from Worse to Better by Walter Brooks, Dizzy Dean is a Pop-Off ETC.
Published by The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, USA, 1952
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Dimitri, Peter (illustrator). First Edition. Features: I Eat Like a Bird; A New Bible for the 20th Century - After 15 years of labor, scholars have given the English-speaking world a more accurate King James Bible; Sea Power's Sunday Punch - Tomorrow's Atom-Powered Aircraft Carriers - article illustrated by Fred Freeman; Progress Report on the War Against Cancer - A new attack on the killer by researchers at Sloan-Kettering; Football Funnies; "Call Me Mamie" - Article on Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower with color photos; How to Fly a Saucer - colour photos from movie sets; Looks Easy on Sunday - Belle Benchley is the world's only woman director of a major zoo (in San Diego); America Stops for the Coffee Hour; Mountainless Mountaineers - Hardy Iowans practice climbing without mountains; What's Justice in a Damage Suit? - fighting the damage suit racket by taking movies; Bigmouth Number Thirteen (fiction); Hot Pepper (fiction); The Way You Remember (fiction); A Tough Game to Beat (fiction); The Draw at Arroyo Blanco (fiction); and more. Many wonderful color ads. Nice back cover color ad for Camel cigarettes features photo of Metropolitan Opera star Dorothy Kirsten. Complete and unmarked with average wear. 74 pages. A sound vintage copy.; Cover Illustration; Folio.
Published by The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, USA, 1946
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Cordrey, Earl; Auerbach-Levy; Michael; Monet, Dorothy;Meyers, Morse; Bischoff, H.E.; Guise, Vincent; Cooper, Mario; (illustrator). First Edition. 82 pages. Articles: The Battle of the Bench - conflict in the U.S. Supreme Court; Guam, Sweet Guam - servicemen's wives love it; The Superhorses are Ours - How the U.S. Army acquired Germany's finest equine bloodstock - article with color photos; Hard-Luck Kid - Jack Kramer should be tops in US Amateur tennis for 1946; Rio Grande - River of Death - Murder and robbery often are the fate of Mexicans who cross her; Traveling Light - Vera Maxwell suggests compact wardrobes for all climates; China Doll - Rose Martin and her foster mother Mary Lo-Sam -Moi; Photo and write-up of test pilot Jack Woolams of Bell Aircraft who is aiming for 1,000 mph! Fiction: The Warning Bell; Bachelor Apartment; The Watchers; The Dory; Sleep, My Love; Alone. Ads include: Studebaker; U.S. Army; Vaseline Hair Tonic; Nash cars; Bell Telephone; GE Light Bulbs - featuring photo of Fred Allen; Trailways bus lines; Ford cars (with mountie in illustration); Oldsmobile cars; Texaco; Waterman's ink; Car Nu with Fibber McGee and Molly color cartoon; Pepsi cartoon ad; Caterpillar color photo ad showing new subdivision construction with dozers and scraper; Kaiser and Frazer cars; Pennzoil; Lee tires; Canada Dry; Blatz beer; Camel cigarettes ad on back cover features photo of smoking doctor. Above-average external wear. 2"x2" piece missing from bottom corner of front cover. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's Magazine, August 17, 1946 Illegal Immigration Webacks Mexico Border Patrol The Battle of the Bench - conflict in the U.S. Supreme Court; Guam, Sweet Guam - servicemen's wives love it; The Superhorses are Ours - How the U.S. Army acquired Germany.