Saturday Evening Post June 17 & 24 and July 1, 1939 - And Then There Were None (Ten Little Indians), Idle Money - Idle Men, The Editor Regrets, A Man From Fort Necessity, Charles' Gift, and others

Published by The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1939

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The June 17 & 24 and July 1, 1939 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably parts 5, 6 & 7 (conclusion) of 7 of And Then There Were None (Ten Little Indians), a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, and The Editor Regrets, a Drones Club short story by P G Wodehouse (7/1). Other fiction and articles include Idle Money - Idle Men, an article about proposals to solve the Depression by future presidential candidate Wendell Willkie (6/17), A Man From Fort Necessity, a short story by Stephen Vincent Benet (7/1), Charles' Gift, an article by detective fiction writer Hulbert Footner on the 17th century house he restored on the Chesapeake Bay (7/1), and others.The magazines contain several 1939 NY World's Fair ads. Cover art by Philip Clay Roettinger (6/17 - Smiling Boy), John LaGatta (6/24 - Wedding Day), & Arthur H. Fisher (7/1 - Sam the American Eagle). Condition issues include: 6/17 - scrapes to the lower left & right fore edge of the front cover, insect damage to the back cover with loss around the edges & spine w/minor text los to the last few pages, and a 1.5" x .75" chip to the fore edge of the back cover & page 107/108; 6/24 - small adhesions at the top left of page 2/3 at the spine; and 7/1 - light soiling & small closed tears to the front cover, and a top corner fold to pages 78 - 88 & the back cover. A very good set with serial installments and short stories by a prominent and collectible authors. A heavy oversize set that may require additional postage.…

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Title
Saturday Evening Post June 17 & 24 and July 1, 1939 - And Then There Were None (Ten Little Indians), Idle Money - Idle Men, The Editor Regrets, A Man From Fort Necessity, Charles' Gift, and others
Author
Agatha Christie, Wendell Willkie, P G Wodehouse, Stephen Vincent Benet, Hulbert Footner and others
Publisher
The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA
Publication year
1939
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
No Jacket
Binding
Stapled
Illustrator
Philip Clay Roettinger, John LaGatta, & Arthur H. Fisher (covers); Henry Raleigh (And Then There Were None); James Williamson (The Editor Regrets)
Edition
First Edition
Printing
none stated
Dimensions
Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Lazy S Books

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