Norman Quick (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. norman quick (illustrator). 1st Edition. A very nice little Golf instruction book. A Very Good dust cover with a plastic protection. No bad marks or damage just a lovely little book.

632 pp., diagrams, index. inscription inside front cover.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Loss to Spine. Pen mark to front cover. Chips to front cover, and light wear to edges. Rubbing to spine and covers. Damage to bottom of front and rear hinges. Pages clean with light age toning. Damage to spine is visible throughout the magazine, with the tear and missing spine portion being visible throughout. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

very good edge chip.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Pearse, Alfred; Hardy, Norman H.; Johnson, A.J.; Hardy, Norman H.; Staniland, C.J. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 418-528. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - Part VI; How Mohammedans Pray - photo-illustrated article; The Pirate of "The Ghost" - a stowaway saves a blockade-runner; Where Beasts are Baptized - astonishing ceremonies in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; The Story of an Alpine Adventure - Miss A.E. Metcalfe and Miss M. Cartwright take a wrong turn in the Swiss mountains; A Race up Mont Blanc, by Samuel Turner (with is photo); Fascinated by a Snake - photo-illustrated tale from Australia; Congo Money - fascinating photo-illustrated article showing grass mats, cowrie shells, beads, etc.; Bob Mansell's Lion; Run Amok - Borneo tale by E.W. Barrant (with his photo); Floating Church on the Seine - article with nice photos; Strangest Horse Race on Earth - the 'Palio' of Sienna - article with great photos; Gun Robbers of Fyzabad - tale related by veteran Michael Lynch, with his photo; The Havoc Wrought by One Man - Chinaman Gong Ung Chung blows up powder magazine at the Western Fuse Works in Oakland, California - article with photos; The Wreck of the "General Grant" - a desert island experience; Illustrations of the curious "Knapp" roller-boat; Photo of William Laurens and the boat he lived in for years; Photo of a bag of 369 caribou in Newfoundland; and more. Front cover missing. Back cover loose but present. Above-average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy.

Stapled. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. John Hyde Phillips, J.C. Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell, Frances Tipton Hunter, Paul Bransom, Wynn Richards, Mariam Troop & Albert W. Hampson (covers) & Gilbert Bundy (Quick Service) (illustrator). First Edition. The May 4, 11, 18 & 25 and June 1, 8, 15, & 22, 1940 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably the complete run, parts 1 - 8 (conclusion) of 8, of Quick Service, a novel by P G Wodehouse. Precedes book publication. Other fiction includes Freedom's a Hard-Bought Thing, a short story by Stephen Vincent Benet (5/18), Mr Tutt and the Lone Tree Mine, a short story by Arthur Train (6/1), Courage is a Business, an article by champion prize fighter Gene Tunney (6/1), Never Another Jones, an article by Grantland Rice on HoF golfer Bobby Jones (6/8), Dog Weakness, a short story by George Sessions Perry (6/22), and others. Cover art by John Hyde Phillips (5/4 -Freshmen Chemistry), J.C. Leyendecker (5/11 - Rug Beater), Norman Rockwell (5/18 - Full Treatment), Frances Tipton Hunter (5/25 - Helping with Homework), Paul Bransom (6/1 - Doe and Fawn in Forest), Wynn Richards (6/8 - June Bride), Mariam Troop (6/15 - Rain on Laundry Day, ethnic) & Albert W. Hampson (6/22 - Bumper Cars). Condition issues include: 5/4 - no significant issues; 5/11 - soiling to the TL & along the spine of the front cover and some edge wear; 5/18 - light soiling to a small strip at the bottom left of the front cover; 5/25 - mathematical equations (square roots) written lightly on the FC w/a soil spot @ the bottom, light edge wear to the back cover; 6/1 - edge wear to the front cover with soiling to the bottom edge & a folded corner at the top, roughness to the bottom edge gradually fading through page 28, folded top corner to pages 55 - 66, and edge wear to the back cover and a folded bottom corner; 6/8 - light edge wear tot eh front cover with soil at the bottom. a damp stain to strip of the back cover that shows to the fore edge of the pages through the last half of the mag; 6/15 - light edge wear & soiling at the top of the back cover, small closed tears to the fore edge of pages 89 - 104, and the tops of pages 101 - 104; and 6/22 - light soiling to the front cover & a small chip at the top, light edge wear to the rear cover; and a top corner chip on page 29/30 - no text or illustrations affected. There are no cutouts or missing pages. Overall a very good set with serial installments and short stories and articles by prominent and collectible authors plus, vintage WW II related stories, articles and ads. A heavy oversize set that will require additional shipping.