Collier's The National Weekly November 25, December 2, 9, 16, & 23, 1939 and January 6, 13, 20 & 27, 1940 Sad Cypress, The World is Like Thai, Wild Geese Flying, Two Worlds, Salute to Time, The First Fifty Years, Saddle and Ride, Two-Tongue Truth, The Simple Life, Where's Them Biscuits, Pappy?, Paul Robeson is John Henry, The Manner of Heaven, Little Pinks, and others

The November 25, December 2, 9, 16, & 23, 1939 and January 6, 13, 20 & 27, 1940 issues of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include most notably parts 1 - 5 & 7 - 10 (conclusion) of Sad Cypress, a Hercule Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie (precedes book publication). Other fiction and articles include parts 10 - 12 (conclusion) of 12 of The World is Like Thai (11/25, 12/2 & 12/9), a novel by Kathleen Norris, Wild Geese Flying (11/25), a short story by Hal Borland. Two Worlds (12/2), a short short story by Ernest Haycox, Salute to Time (12/9), a short short story by Ernest Haycox, The First Fifty Years, an article by Grantland Rice on the best All American and all time football players, parts 1, 2, & 4 - 7 of 8 of Saddle and Ride (12/16 & 23, 1939 & 1/6, 13, 20 & 27, 1940), a western novel by Ernest Haycox, The Fiftieth Anniversary All American Team (12/16), an article by Grantland Rice, Two-Tongue Truth (1/6), an ethnic short story by Roark Bradford, The Simple Life (1/6), a short story by Frederick Nebel, Where's Them Biscuits, Pappy? (1/6), an article by Walter Davenport on the unfulfilled pension promises of Texas governor Pappy Lee O'Daniel, Paul Robeson is John Henry (1/13), an article by Roark Bradford on Robeson playing John Henry in a musical on Broadway, The Manner of Heaven (1/20), an ethnic short story by Roark Bradford, Little Pinks (1/27), a short story by Damon Runyon, and others. Covers by Jay Irving, Martha Sawyers, C C Beall, Ronald McLeod (2), Jon Whitcomb, Arthur Crouch, Robert O Reid, & D B Holcomb. Condition issues include: 11/25 - light soil to the back cover; 12/2 - nothing significant; 12/9 - light soil at the top left of the front cover and along the spine; 12/16 - the center pages (35 - 38) are loose; 12/23 - a small chip at the bottom left of the front cover; 1/6 - slight curl to the top corner of the pages; 1/13 - a soil strip along the top edge of the front cover & a closed tear at the bottom center, browning and light edge wear to the back cover; 1/20 - a soil strip along the top edge & the spine of the front cover, the cover is loose from the top staple, there is a small chip at the bottom of the back cover; and 1/27 - light soiling at the bottom left of the front cover and a small spot at the middle right fore edge . A good to very good set with fiction installments by a prominent and collectible author and numerous period WW II stories & ads. A heavy, oversize set that will require additional postage.