Norman W Booth (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good.

Stapled. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. The July 1931 issue of The American Magazine. Fiction and articles include most notably part 4 of 4 (conclusion) of If I Were You, a novel by P G Wodehouse that is based on the play he wrote with Roy Bolton. Other fiction and articles include part 6 of 7 of War Paint and Rouge, a novel by Robert W Chambers, There's Magic in the Moonlight, an article by Archibald Rutledge, part 2 of 5 of High Summer, a novel by Booth Tarkington, The Worst Job in the World, an article by Mary Roberts Rinehart, Are You Afraid of the Unexpected?, an article by M K Wisehart on designer Norman Bel Geddes and his vision for the future, with a reference to his designs for the 1933 Century of Progress Chicago World's Fair, and others. Condition issues include: the front cover is missing; the spine is worn off; light edge wear to the back cover; and pages 89/90 are missing affecting articles by Bruce Gould on pioneering female aviator Ruth Nichols and Leonard Falkner on home landscaping. A fair copy with a P G Wodehouse serial installment. Frederick Chapman (If I Were You), Wallace Morgan (High Summer), Norman Price (War Paint and Rouge), F Tenney Johnson (There's Magic in the Moonlight) (illustrator).…

Stapled. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The August 1931 issue of The American Magazine. Fiction and articles include part 7 of 7 (conclusion) of War Paint and Rouge, a novel by Robert W Chambers, part 3 of 5 of High Summer, a novel by Booth Tarkington, part 1 of 7 of West of the Pecos, a novel by Zane Grey, An Ounce of Curiosity: Another Scattergood Story, a short story by Clarence Budington Kelland and others. Condition issues include: light edge wear to the front cover; 1" closed tears at the top & bottom of the spine with small loss at the bottom; light soil to the back cover; and folds to the lower corner of pages 1/2. A very good copy. Note this item plus my other listings (inventory #s 009695, 009697 & 009698) comprise the complete serializations of High Summer. C E Chambers (cover), Norman Price (War Paint and Rouge), Wallace Morgan (High Summer), Frank Hoffman (West of the Pecos), Paul Meylan (An Ounce of Curiosity: Another Scattergood Story) (illustrator).…

Stapled. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The January 4, 1936 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes Creating the Ideel by Booth Tarkington, That Old Gray Mare by Arthur Train, part 2 of 6 of The Hurricane, a novel by Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall, and part 5 of 6 of Roxana, a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland. Cover art (Baby New Year and Crystal Ball) by J C Leyendecker Light soiling to the front cover. It is only attached by a 1.5" piece at the top of the spine. Small corner folds. Overall a good copy. copy. J C Leyendecker (cover), Ritchie Coper, Arthur William Brown, W H D Koerner, Arthur William Brown, and others (illustrator).…