Collier's The National Weekly April 13 & 27, and June 22, 1929 Summer Lightning (Fish Preferred), Excuse MY Clouds, The Iron Handshaker, Teeing Off with Babe Ruth, Reuben the Artist, Who Killed Montague Brest, The Somebody Man, The Imperfect Alibi, The Day the World Ended, and others

Published by P F Collier & Sons, Springfield, Ohio, 1929

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The April 13 & 27, and June 22, 1929 issues of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include parts 2, 4, & 12 (conclusion) of 12 of Summer Lightning (Fish Preferred), a Blandings Castle novel by P G Wodehouse, Excuse MY Clouds (4/13), an article about the rise of private airplanes as a transportation alternative by W B Courtney, The Iron Handshaker (4/13), an article about Jack Dempsey as a promoter by Grantland Rice, Teeing Off with Babe Ruth (4/13), an article about how golf reveals the character of Babe Ruth by Al Demaree, Reuben the Artist (4/13), an article about the life and work of Rube Goldberg by Ring Lardner, Who Killed Montague Brest (4/27), a Sir Jasper Slane story by E Phillips Oppenheim, The Somebody Man (4/27), an ethnic themed story by Roark Bradford, The Imperfect Alibi (6/22), a Sir Jasper Slane story by E Phillips Oppenheim, part 8 of 12 of The Day the World Ended (6/22), a novel of sinister intrigue by Sax Rohmer and others. Condition issues include: 4/13 - soiling to the front cover, most prominent at the upper right with a little at the lower left, a 1" closed tear at the top center of the front cover that diminishes through page 8, a ragged 2.25" half moon shaped chip at the top left of the front cover that diminishes through page10, soiling along the spine of the back cover and .25" of the top corner of the spine is cut off; 4/27 - light edge wear to the front cover; and 6/22 - nothing significant. Overall a good to very good set with serial installments by a prominent and collectible authors. Heavy, oversize set that will require additional postage. …

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Title
Collier's The National Weekly April 13 & 27, and June 22, 1929 Summer Lightning (Fish Preferred), Excuse MY Clouds, The Iron Handshaker, Teeing Off with Babe Ruth, Reuben the Artist, Who Killed Montague Brest, The Somebody Man, The Imperfect Alibi, The Day the World Ended, and others
Author
P G Wodehouse, W B Courtney, Grantland Rice, Al Demaree, Ring Lardner, E Phillips Oppenheim, Roark Bradford, Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward) and others
Publisher
P F Collier & Sons, Springfield, Ohio
Publication year
1929
Condition
Good - Very Good
Dust jacket
No Jacket
Binding
Stapled
Illustrator
Edmund Davenport, Penrhyn Stanlaws, & Alan Foster (covers), John Crossman (Wodehouse serial)
Edition
First Edition
Printing
1st Printing
Dimensions
Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Lazy S Books

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