The American Magazine - April, May, June & July 1931 - War Paint and Rouge, What the Man in the Street has Taught Me, A Job You Wouldn't Want, If I Were You, Of All Places, Ever Go Stale? Here's the Remedy, High Summer, In the Bag, The Eagle is no Match for this Gallant Little Bird, There's Magic in the Moonlight, The Worst Job in the World, Are You Afraid of the Unexpected? (Norman Bel Geddes), Daughter of the Skies, and others

Robert W Chambers, P G Wodehouse, Heywood Broun, G K Chesterton, Clarence Budington Kelland, Archibald Rutledge, Booth Tarkington, Octavius Roy Cohen, M K Wisehart, Bruce Gould and others

Published by The Crowell Publishing Co, Springfield, OH, 1931

About this Item

The April, May, June & July 1931 issues of The American Magazine. Fiction and articles include most notably the complete serialization, parts 1 - 4 of 4, of If I Were You, a novel by P G Wodehouse that is based on the play he wrote with Roy Bolton (precedes book publication). Other fiction and articles include parts 3 - 6 of 7 of War Paint and Rouge, a novel by Robert W Chambers, What the Man in the Street has Taught Me, an article by Heywood Broun (April), A Job You Wouldn't Want, an article by G K Chesterton (April), Of All Places, a short story by Clarence Budington Kelland (May), three articles by Archibald Rutledge - Ever Go Stale? Here's the Remedy (May), The Eagle is no Match for this Gallant Little Bird, about the Ruby Throated Hummingbird (June), & There's Magic in the Moonlight (July), parts 1 - 2 of 5 of High Summer, a novel by Booth Tarkington (June & July), In the Bag, a short story by Octavius Roy Cohen (June), The Worst Job in the World, an article by Mary Roberts Rinehart (July), 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, Daughter of the Skies, an article by Bruce Gould on pioneering female aviator Ruth Nichols, and others. Condition issues include: April - light edge wear to the front cover; small loss at the top & bottom of the spine; and small soil spot to the back cover; May - light edge wear to the front cover; light wear to the spine with small loss at the top; and light soil to the back cover; June - light edge wear to the front cover; closed tears at the top (.5") and bottom (1.5") of the spine; and light soil to the back cover; and July - light edge wear and soling to the front cover is missing; small loss to the bottom of the spine; light soiling to the back cover; a small chip to the bottom corner of pages 1 - 16; and pages 83 (Campbell's Soup ad)/84 (Ford ad) are missing. A very good set with the complete serialization of a P G Wodehouse novel. A heavy, oversize set that will require additional postage. Note this item plus my other listings (inventory #s 009696, 009697 & 009698) comprise the complete serialization of High Summer.

Seller Inventory # 009695

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The American Magazine - April, May, June & July 1931 - War Paint and Rouge, What the Man in the Street has Taught Me, A Job You Wouldn't Want, If I Were You, Of All Places, Ever Go Stale? Here's the Remedy, High Summer, In the Bag, The Eagle is no Match for this Gallant Little Bird, There's Magic in the Moonlight, The Worst Job in the World, Are You Afraid of the Unexpected? (Norman Bel Geddes), Daughter of the Skies, and others
• Publisher: The Crowell Publishing Co, Springfield, OH
• Publication Date: 1931
• Binding: Stapled
• Illustrator: John La Gatta, John E Sheridan, Jay Hyde Barnum & Edwin L Chase (covers), Frederick Chapman (If I Were You), George Clisbee, B J Rosenmeyer, Paul Meylan, John Vassos, Wallace Morgan, T D Skidmore, Charles Livingston Bull, Tenney Johnson
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket