Derieux James (3 results)

Hardcover. dj. First Edition. Octavo, gray cloth, blue lettering to spine, 298 pp, original dust jacket. Inscribed by Rigdon. The remembrances of an Assistant Naval Aide to Chief Executives during Roosevelt's and Truman's terms. Foxing to text block edges and endpapers, offsetting to endpapers, foxing to jacket. Signed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 386pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket a touch toned and a coupled tears and small crease at the spine ends. A history of popular magazines in America from its earliest days to the 1950, the way they shaped - positively and negatively - public discourse, and the individuals most responsible for their success. …

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 74 pages. Articles: The Secret Boss of Californa - Artie Samish (part 1 of 2); "Hurry" Cain Out of the West - Senatory Harry Cain of Washington state; Bringing Up a Movie Moppet; Yankee Yogi Berra - "I'm Human, Ain't I?" - article with great one-page color photo; The Biggest Blast of Them All (part 2 of 2) - Untold secrets of the Hiroshima bombing - article with photos; I Was Run Over by a Carrier - Emil Skocpol's plane crashed in front of the 45,000 ton carrier Midway; Farewell to Benzedrine Benders - disturbed by thrill-seekers who misused Benzedrine inhalers, the laboratory producing them has found a substitute with the bounce taken out; Belles of the Ball Game - women's baseball - article with nice colour photo of Twila Shively of the Peoria Redwings. Fiction: The Two Loves of Victor Fenlon; How to Swap Horses; Design for Vengeance; The Merry Assassin; The Legal Bride (part 3 of 6); Spelling Bee. Nice vintage ads for: Studebaker; Bell telephone (big things to come in service); Zenith radios (nice color one-page ad); Good Year; Plymouth cars; Pabst Blue Ribbon beer ad featuring color photo of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; Chevrolet; Hunter Whiskey - nice centerfold; The Douglas Super DC-3; Puerto Rican Rum; U.S. Army & Air Force Recruiting; Gordon's gin; Camel cigarettes - back cover ad with photos of celebrities including Lew Worsham, Mrs. Orson Munn, Jr., Johnny vander Meer, Pete Desjardins and singer Michael Douglas. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Simpson, Jean (cover); Lyon, Fred; Ross, Alex; Stern, Phil; Martin, David Stone; Blossom, Earl; Fachner, William; Klimley Stan; Sawyers, Martha; (illustrator).…