Train John P C (4 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: USED Good. Inscribed by the artist, Cristina Cini di Pianzano. Inscribed by Author.

8vo. Pp.145. 5th Anniversary interview. Covers off-white with yellow and red blocks, pencil image, black and white lettering, spine off-white, black lettering. Back cover off white with black and white advertisement line drawing. Black and white illustrations throughout. Features interview with Ernest Hemingway. Good plus. Some foxing and toning to text block. Some foxing to front and rear free end papers. Cover has rubbing to edges and spotting to front panel with some some spotting and 1cm stain to back panel. Spine has creases and sunning and rubbing to tail.

Condition: Good. Paperback, 145 pp. Spring 1958, fifth anniversary issue.

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.