Collier's The National Weekly November 12 & 19, December 10, 24 & 31, 1938 Murder for Christmas, Girls go for Massacres, the Colony Racket, 1939 on Wheels, The Last Bullet, Palm Beach Santa Claus, Christmas Feast, Hitler's Ward Healer, and others

Agatha Christie, Jack Dempsey, Winston Churchill, MacKinley Kantor, Damon Runyan, Kathleen Norris, Paul Schubert and others

Published by P F Collier & Sons, Springfield, Ohio, 1937

About this Item

The November 12 & 19, December 10, 24 & 31, 1938 issues of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include parts 1, 2, 5, 7 & 8 of 10 of Murder for Christmas, a Hercule Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie (precedes book publication), Girls go for Massacres (11/12), an article by boxer Jack Dempsey about how women are attracted to violence in sports, the Colony Racket (11/19), an article by Winston Churchill about Hitler's colonial aspirations in Africa, 1939 on Wheels (12/19), a pictorial preview of the new car models for 1939, The Last Bullet (12/10), a short short story by MacKinley Kantor, Palm Beach Santa Claus, a short story by Damon Runyan, Christmas Feast, a short story by Kathleen Norris, Hitler's Ward Healer, an article about "Tammany Hall a la Nazi" by Paul Schubert, and others. Cover art by Ronald McLeod (11/12), C C Beall (11/19), Jaro Fabry (12/10), Jay Hyde Barnum (12/24), & Arthur Crouch (12/31). Condition issues include: 11/12 - light edge wear to the front cover & light damp stains to the top of pages 44 - 74; 11/19 - fading to a small strip along the top edge & upper fore edge of the front cover, a small corner fold at the bottom of pages 83 through the back cover, and browning and light stains @ the lower spine of pages100 - 106 & the back cover; 12/10 - wear & closed tears at the top & bottom of the spine, pages 37 - 40 (center pages) are loose, and a diagonal damp stain with bleed running from the top corner down to the middle of the pages throughout; 12/24 - pages 27 - 30 (center pages) are loose; and 12/31 - a .5" closed tear at the lower fore edge of the front cover, and pages 25 - 28 (center pages) are loose. A good to very good set, with the 12/10 issue being fair to good, with fiction and articles by prominent and collectible authors with some interesting period pieces. A large, oversize set that will require additional postage.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collier's The National Weekly November 12 & 19, December 10, 24 & 31, 1938 Murder for Christmas, Girls go for Massacres, the Colony Racket, 1939 on Wheels, The Last Bullet, Palm Beach Santa Claus, Christmas Feast, Hitler's Ward Healer, and others
• Publisher: P F Collier & Sons, Springfield, Ohio
• Publication Date: 1937
• Binding: Stapled
• Illustrator: Ronald McLeod, C C Beall, Jaro Fabry, Jay Hyde Barnum, & Arthur Crouch (cover)
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good - Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket