rex stout marquand booth tarkington (3 résultats)

Stapled. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Covers by Frances Tipton Hunter (8/19 & 9/16), Charles E. Kerlee (8/26), McCauley Conner (9/9), Crosby DeMoss (9/23) & Monte Crews (9/30) (illustrateur). First Edition. The August 19 & 26, & September 9, 16, 23, & 30, 1939 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably parts 1, 2 & 4 through 7 of 7 of Double for Death, a Tecumseh Fox mystery by Rex Stout. Other fiction includes A Salmon for the White House, a short story by Arthur Train (8/19), Don't Sell it, Mr Rumbin, a short story by Booth Tarkington (9/16), Henry and the Gold Mine, a short story by Stephen Vincent Benet (9/23), and part 1 of 7 of Don't Ask Questions, a novel by J P Marquand (9/30). Some of the issues contain ads featuring the 1939 NY World's Fair. Cover art by Frances Tipton Hunter (8/19 - Penny Candy & 9/16 - Growing Boy), Charles E. Kerlee (8/26 - Bicycling Beauty), McCauley Conner (9/9 - Bus Fare), Crosby DeMoss (9/23 - Hitchhiking to State U.), & Monte Crews (9/30 - First in Line for Tickets). Light wear at the edges & some mild soiling to some of the covers. A very good group with a nice set of Rex Stout serial installments. A heavy, oversize lot that will require additional postage.

Stapled. Etat : Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Maurice Bowe, R.J. Cavaliere, Anton Otto Fischer, & W.H.D. Koerner (covers), and Rico Tomaso, F R Gruger, Anton Otto Fischer, John La Gatta, Henry Raleigh, and others (illustrateur). First Edition. The February 29, March 14 & 21, & April 4, 1936 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Contains most notably parts 1, 3, 4 & 6 (conclusion) of 6 of Stout's 3rd Nero Wolfe novel, the Rubber Band. Precedes book publication. Other fiction includes: parts 4 & 6 (conclusion) of 6 (2/29 & 3/14) of Thank You, Mr Moto, a novel by J P Marquand; parts 1 & 3 of 6 (3/21 & 4/4 ) of Men are Such Fools, a novel by Faith Baldwin; part 1 of 2 (4/4) of Souvenir of Trenton, a novella by George Bradshaw; Mr Rumbin's De Rooster (2/29) & Henry the Great (3/14), short stories by Booth Tarkington; Way up Nawth in Dixie (2/29), an ethnic comedy by Octavus Roy Cohen; Hang it on the Horn (3/21), a short story by J P Marquand; and To Bargain, Toboggan, To-Whoo! (2/29), Half a Century of Women (3/14), and Dear Godmother; I Hope She Bruises Easy! (4/4), poems by Ogden Nash. Articles include The One and Only Rube [Waddell] (3/14), and The Bad Old Days (4/4) by Connie Mack. Cover art by Maurice Bower (2/29 - Eskimo and Dog Sled), R.J. Cavaliere (3/14 - Flamenco Dancer in Red), Anton Otto Fischer (3/21 - Wave Breaks over Steamer) & W.H.D. Koerner (4/4 - Dancing Warrior). Condition ranges from good to very good. The most significant condition issues are faint damp staining, light bleed & rippling to the corners - bottom left & upper right of 2/29 and upper right of 4/4. The covers on the 3/14 issue are loose and only attached to each other by a 4" strip. Other light edge wear. A good to very good example of a hard to find set of serial installments of an early Nero Wolfe novel. A heavy, oversize lot that may require additional postage.

First Edition. THE RUBBER BAND in Saturday Evening Post from 2-29-1936 through 4-4-1936, first edition, 6 volumes complete, all in full color pictorial wraps (one having a Norman Rockwell cover) an occasional light stain to the spine or slight wear, but all issues are vg+ and/or better copies. Also contains the original work of Booth Tarkington, Connie Mack, J. P. Marquand (3 installments of the the second Mr. Moto novel), A.S.W. Rosenbach, et.al. The true first edition of this, the 3rd Nero Wolfe title. Rare thus and much more difficult to locate than the most definitely later book format. Perhaps your only chance to procure this scarce offering.