Collier's The National Weekly April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, May 26, 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23 & July 7, 1934 The Trail of Fu Manchu, Whiskey Ships, When California Builds a Bridge, How Ryan Got Out of Russia, Ride to the River, The Dixie Menace, Jail Breaker, Don't Send Flowers, Fortune's Toy, The Court of Last Guess, Behind the Veil, Sing, Champ, Sing, As It Was Written, He Grew Up Late, The Reckless Dusk, The Old Gentleman, and others

Language: English

Published by P F Collier & Sons, Springfield, Ohio, 1934

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The April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, May 26, June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23 & July 7, 1934 issues of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include parts 1 - 9 & 11 of 12 The Trail of Fu Manchu, a novel by Sax Rohmer, Whiskey Ships, an article about bootlegging by air from the Grand Bahamas (5/12), Sing, Champ, Sing (6/2), He Grew Up Late (6/9), and The Old Gentleman (6/23), articles by Quentin Reynolds, When California Builds a Bridge (5/12), an article about the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge by George Creel, How Ryan Got Out of Russia (5/19), a Jorkens short story by Lord Dunsany (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany), Ride to the River (5/26) and The Reckless Dusk (6/16), short stories by Ernest Haycox, The Dixie Menace (5/26), a short story by Leona Dalrymple, Behind the Veil (6/2), a short story by Harold Lamb. As It Was Written (6/2), a short story by Pulitzer Prize winner MacKinlay Kantor, Jail Breaker (7/7), a short story by W R Burnett, Don't Send Flowers (7/7), a short story by Philip Wylie, Fortune's Toy (7/7), an ethnic themed short story by Roark Bradford, The Court of Last Guess (7/7), an article by Ray Tucker anticipating the Supreme Court's consideration of Roosevelt's New Deal programs, and others. Cover art by Van Doorn Morgan (4/28), George de Zayas (5/5), Howard Butler (5/12), Louis Fancher (5/19), George C Delano (5/26), C C Beall (6/2) Arthur Crouch (6/9 & 6/23), Janice Wathen (6/16) & Ronald McLeod (7/7). Condition issues include: 4/28 - mild darkening along the top edge of the front cover; small loss at the top of the spine, short closed tear at the middle of the fore edge of pages 36 - 66; 5/5 - nothing significant; light soiling to the bottom corner of the front cover at the spine; 5/19 - nothing significant; 5/26 - Light edge wear to the front cover with a 1" x 7.75" "Kentucky" shaped chip to the fore edge, a small chip to the bottom corner of the front cover with roughness following through page 19, light wear to the bottom edge of the back cover; 6/2 - "reserved for binding" stamp on the front cover, roughness to the spine, fore edge trimmed slightly (does not affect the text except for a few ads), small closed tear to the fore edge of page 70; 6/9 - "reserved for binding & "THIS DOES NOT CIRCULATE" stamps on the front cover, roughness to the spine, fore edge trimmed slightly (does not affect the text except for a few ads and the first character of the lines at the bottom of page 28 - Frank Buck story ), 6/16 - "reserved for binding stamp on the front cover, roughness to the spine, fore edge trimmed slightly (does not affect the text except for a few ads), creases and small closed tears to the bottom edge of the back cover, 6/23 - "reserved for binding" stamp on the front cover, light crease to the top corner of the front cover, roughness to the spine, fore edge trimmed slightly (does not affect the text except for a few ads), & 7/7 - light soiling to the front cover with a Drury College Library Springfield, Missouri stamp at the top center, a 1" x 2.5" chip to the top right corner, some light edge wear, and a 1" closed tear at the bottom left, dog ears to the top (pages 3 - 22) & bottom (pages 3 - 38) corners, and a very small closed tear to the fore edge through page 14. A good to very to good set with serial installments by a prominent & collectible author. A heavy, oversize lot that will require additional postage. …

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Title
Collier's The National Weekly April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, May 26, 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23 & July 7, 1934 The Trail of Fu Manchu, Whiskey Ships, When California Builds a Bridge, How Ryan Got Out of Russia, Ride to the River, The Dixie Menace, Jail Breaker, Don't Send Flowers, Fortune's Toy, The Court of Last Guess, Behind the Veil, Sing, Champ, Sing, As It Was Written, He Grew Up Late, The Reckless Dusk, The Old Gentleman, and others
Author
Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward), Quentin Reynolds, George Creel, Lord Dunsany (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany), W R Burnett, Ernest Haycox, Leona Dalrymple, Philip Wylie, Roark Bradford, Ray Tucker, Harold Lamb, and others
Publisher
P F Collier & Sons, Springfield, Ohio
Publication year
1934
Condition
Good - Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Stapled
Language
English
Illustrator
Van Doorn Morgan, George de Zayas, Howard Butler, Louis Fancher, George C Delano, C C Beall, Arthur Crouch, Janice Wathen & Ronald McLeod (covers), John Richard Flanagan (The Trail of Fu Manchu)
Edition
First Edition
Printing
1st Printing
Dimensions
Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

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