Jacket by Norman Reeves (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 216 Pp. Brown Cloth Stamped In Blue. Stated Third Printing, April 1944, Dust Jacket Priced $2.00 And With Code 1100-C-4-1944 At Bottom Of Rear Flap. The Copy Of Hollywood Super-Agent H. L. Swanson, Who Represented Chandler In Hollywood 1946-1947 And 1948-1959; Their Correspondence 1943-1958 Is In The Chandler Papers In The Bodleian Library At Oxford University. The Book Is Signed "Return To H. L., Swanson" On The Front Free Endpaper, And The Dust Jacket Is Annotated Twice, "From H. L. Swanson" In The Middle Of The Front Panel, And "Return To H. L. Swanson, Inc." At The Top Of The Rear Panel. The Book Is Fine. The Dust Jacket Is Near Fine, A Few Slight Rubs, 5/8" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel, 1/8" Tear At Bottom Of Spine Panel.…

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First edition. Octavo. Blue cloth lettered in gilt. Pp. 250pp. Jacket and endpaper illustrations by Norman Reeves. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket, light edgewear, closed tear at foot of spine at front panel. Mallette wrote a slew of "Books for Girls Interested in Careers." Here "in a trailer camp which houses defense workers, Lesley Farnham finds her place in the war effort." Although not marked, this copy is from the collection of noted artist, illustrator, and printer Mallette Dean, who was also Gertrude Mallette's nephew.Super cool dust jacket illustration depicts stylized transient housing for war-effort workers. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. Jacket illustration by Norman Reeves (illustrator). …