William Frederick Bigelow Editor (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good (-). (USA) Wear to edges at apine and at lower corners, pages clean, a bit dog-eared, some edge tears and faults to the cover edges, about Good only used copy. Paper cover with colour illus of two kids and a dog illustrated by Mrs Vernon Thomas, 220pp, B&W photos and illus with some colour illustrtions for the ads. A women's magazine from the 1930s with articles on health and beauty, fashion, architecture and furnishings, recipes, children, poems and fiction. Possibly of most interest to us in this age of digital media are the ads, with (for us) surprisingly lengthly backstories used to sell mouthwash, linoluem flooring, tooth paste, giving us a glimpse into an age when people had time to read. (1.9 JM LVR 205/a4 Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" Tall. Periodical.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Writing by Kathleen Norris, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Edison Marshall, Freeman Lincoln, more. Fashion. Great articles, fiction, color ads. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 204 pages.

Magazine. Condition: Good+. Some spine and cover wear, but the interior is nice, clean. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 234 pages.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Some moderate cover wear. Very nice else. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 238 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Single issue in illustrated wraps, 4to (11-9/16 inches [29.3 cm] tall), pp. 274, illustrated in B&W and color throughout. Covers with some edge wear, light browning and soil, spine slightly rolled with short splits at ends and a tiny chip from head, text unmarked with light browning to first and terminal leaf. Cover artwork of a small child blowing out her birthday candles by Jessie Willcox Smith, interior illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg and many others. The May, 1934 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine represents Jessie Willcox Smith's final magazine cover for this, or any peridocial. In failing health, she died twelve months later.…