Rex Stout Arthur Train Booth (3 results)
Published by The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1939
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Lazy S Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 45.72
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Add to basketStapled. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The August 19 & September 16, 1939 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably parts 1 & 5 of 7 of Double for Death, a Tecumseh Fox mystery by Rex Stout. Other fiction includes A Salmon for the White House, a short story by Arthur Train (8/19)… and Don't Sell it, Mr Rumbin, a short story by Booth Tarkington (9/16). There is also an an article about baseball HoF player/manager Leo Durocher (8/19 - Baseball's Ugly Duckling - the Durable Durocher) by Arthur Mann. Contains a Westinghouse ad featuring the 1939 NY World's Fair. Cover art by Frances Tipton Hunter (8/19 - Penny Candy & 9/16 - Growing Boy). Light wear at the edges & some mild soiling to the cover. Back covers are missing (8/19) and present but loose (9/16). A good to very good set with nice Rex Stout serial installments. Cover by Frances Tipton Hunter (illustrator).
Saturday Evening Post August 19 & 26, & September 9, 16, 23, & 30, 1939 - Double for Death, A Salmon for the White House, Don't Sell it, Mr Rumbin, Henry and the Gold Mine, Don't Ask Questions, and others
Rex Stout, Arthur Train, Booth Tarkington, Stephen Vincent Benet, J P Marquand, and others
Language: English
Published by The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1939
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Lazy S Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 171.46
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Add to basketStapled. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The August 19 & 26, & September 9, 16, 23, & 30, 1939 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably parts 1, 2 & 4 through 7 of 7 of Double for Death, a Tecumseh Fox mystery by Rex Stout. Other fiction includes A Salmon for the White House, a short sto…ry by Arthur Train (8/19), Don't Sell it, Mr Rumbin, a short story by Booth Tarkington (9/16), Henry and the Gold Mine, a short story by Stephen Vincent Benet (9/23), and part 1 of 7 of Don't Ask Questions, a novel by J P Marquand (9/30). Some of the issues contain ads featuring the 1939 NY World's Fair and the Wizard of Oz movie starring Judy Garland. Cover art by Frances Tipton Hunter (8/19 - Penny Candy & 9/16 - Growing Boy), Charles E. Kerlee (8/26 - Bicycling Beauty), McCauley Conner (9/9 - Bus Fare), Crosby DeMoss (9/23 - Hitchhiking to State U), & Monte Crews (9/30 - First in Line for Tickets). Condition issues include: 8/19 - Light wear at the edges; 8/26 - light browning along the spine of the front cover, a couple of light brown stains along the spine of page 13/14, light soiling & edge wear to the back cover; 9/9 - a few small soil spots along the spine of the front cover; 9/16 - light soiling along the edges of the front cover; 9/23 - a light soil spot to the upper right of the front cover; and 9/30 - a 1.75" x .5" scrape at the lower left of the front cover that has a .75" x .25" hole in the center of it, a small chip at the bottom of page 91/92 toward the spine. A very good set with a nice run of Rex Stout serial installments. A heavy, oversize lot that will require additional postage. Covers by Frances Tipton Hunter (8/19 & 9/16), Charles E. Kerlee (8/26), McCauley Conner (9/9), Crosby DeMoss (9/23) & Monte Crews (9/30) (illustrator).
DOUBLE FOR DEATH (THE TRUE FIRST EDITION)
Stout, Rex & Wylie, Philip & Wodehouse, P. G. & Tarkington, Booth & Train, Arthur
Published by The Saturday Evening Post, 1939
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. *** MEET TECUMSEH FOX *** IN THIS TRUE FIRST EDITION OF DOUBLE FOR DEATH in The Saturday Evening Post from August 19th thru September 30th, 1939, first edition, 7 volumes complete, a vg/ vg+ to near fine set in full color pictorial wraps of this title with one boasting a Rockwell cover. The first appearance in pri…nt of Tecumseh Fox published well before the book was released.