14 New Yorker Magazine June - November 1939 Complete Issues Worlds Fair Cheever

Description: 14 individual issues of the New Yorker from the months June, July, August, September, October, November, 1939. Select any single issue from the drop down menu. Condition is generally Good to VG or better with some varying degree of rubbing to spine edge and page block edges, or other condition issues described. Contents generally clean and neat. Newsstand copies; no mailing labels. See photos amd descriptions for condition Individual Issues as follows: June 3, 1939 - Christina Malman illustrated cover of fountain sculpture from the New York's World's Fair in Flushing, Queens. Issue includes John O'Hara story "Can You Carry Me?", James Thurber "Famous Poems Illustrated V" (A. E. Housman), Cinema review by J. Mosher, H. L. Mencken piece "Memoirs of Deceased Pedagogues," and more... Some light dust spotting to the top edge. VG to VG+ $35 June 24, 1939 - Leonard Dove illustrated cover of a weary NY World's Fair visitor sleeping on deck of a ferry by the Statue of Liberty. Issue includes book review of Thomas Wolfe's "The Web and the Rock", Letter from London by Genet, A. J. Liebling profile of boxer George Nicholson and more... Only light shelf wear to the spine and cover surfaces; mild rust to binding staples. VG $25 July 8, 1939 - New York World's Fair Map issue. Richard Taylor illustrated cover of a crowded Coney Island beach. Issue includes Map of the New York World's Fair (2nd Version) by Carl Rose, poem by Ogden Nash "A Friend in Need Will Be Around in Five Minutes," Profile of by H. L. Mencken, and more... An iconic issue of the magazine, but this copy has Ex library ownership indications: a small sticker and faint ink stamps to the cover; periodic ink ownership stamps top front corner of pages. G+ $35 July 15, 1939 - Perry Barlow illustrated cover of children sleeping on a cot as maids clean up around them. Issue includes Irwin Shaw story "Return to Kansas City," Frank Sullivan story "The Cliche Expert Testifies on Europe," Letter from Paris by Genet, cinema review of Douglass Fairbanks's The Man in the Iron Mask, and more... Light storage stressing to the spine; mild rust to binding staples. VG- to VG $25 August 5, 1939 - Constantin Alajalov cover of a putting golfer and crowd shushing a radio announcer. Issue includes Irwin Shaw piece "Main Currents of American Thought," James Thurber's Famous Poems Illustrated - VII 'Ben Bolt' by Thomas Dunn, "Brief Gust of Glory" by H. L. Menken, cinema review of Gary Cooper's Beau Geste, and more... Library edition with thin sticker on cover and stamps. Large section of back cover clipped away and replaced with a blank paper mend. Periodic library ownership ink stamps in the top front corner of the pages. Fair to Good only $12.5 August 19, 1939 - Iconic Julian De Miskey cover illustration of the mirror reflection of a nude red headed woman with prominent tan lines. Issue includes the film review of classic The Wizard of Oz (reviewer Russell Maloney panned it), Kay Boyle piece "Listen, Munich," Cornelia Otis Skinner story "The Big Inflammables," and more... Binding staples rusted; centermost 6 pages loose from the binding staples. Light cover and edge wear; light damp stain bottom spine corner. Fair to Good only $35 August 26, 1939 - Rea Irvin illustrated cover of a Scotsman knitting as his wife holds a shotgun. Issue includes E. B. White poem "Pestiness and Peace," James Thurber "Fables for Our Time VI", H. L. Mencken piece "Memorials of Gormandizing," and more... Light wear and and dust spotting to the edges; mild rust to binding staples. VG- $25 September 9, 1939 - Constantin Alajalov cover of the six stages of a tennis match. Issue includes John O'Hara story "Too Young," Letter from London by Mollie Panter-Downes (the first one), cinema review by John Mosher, and more... Just light wear to the spine and some dust spotting to the top edge. VG++ $ 40 September 16, 1939 - Christina Malman illustrated cover of mothers leaving their young children at 1st day of school and saying goodbye. Issue includes James Thurber's "Famous Poems Illustrated VIII: Barbara Fetchie", Letter from Paris by Genet, John Mosher cinema review of Classic "The Women", book review on the Hitler-Stalin non aggression pact, and more... Light rust to binding staples; pahes 26-46 loose from the staples. Good only $15 October 14, 1939 - Perry Barlow illustrated cover of children playing in and around a new car at the NY Auto Show. Issue includes William Carlos Williams poem "Prelude to Winder," H. L. Mencken piece "In the Footsteps of Gutenberg," Katherine Mansfield's "Love-lies-Bleeding ," John C. Mosher film review of Alfred Hitchcock's "Jamaica Inn," and more... Light storage stressing across the spine wear to the spine. VG or better. $37.50 October 21, 1939 - Suzanne Suba illustrated cover of ballerinas on stage. Issue includes Christopher Isherwood's "I am Waiting," J. Mosher film review of Frank Capra classic "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," James Thurber "Fables for our Times - VII", Frank Sullivan "We-ell Cornelia!" Katherine Mansfield, Kay Boyle, Ogden Nash and more... Just superficial wear to the edges. VG++ $60 November 4, 1939 - Antonio Petruccelli cover illustration of Edwardian era turn of the century political rally. Issue includes John Cheever story "The Happiest Days," S. J. Perelman story "Kitchen Banquet," H. L. Mencken fiction "Recreations of a Reactionary," and more... Light stress wear to the spine and moderate rust to binding staples. VG- $25 November 11, 1939 - Constantin Alajalov illustrated cover of press section at an equestrian event staring at an elegantly dressed woman reporter. Issue includes E. B. White story "The Flocks That We Watch by Night," William Carlos Williams poem "Rocking Woman," Letter from Paris by A. J. Liebling, and more... Some light wear and spotting to the spine; moderate rust to binding staples. VG- to VG $40 November 18, 1939 - Beatrice Tobias illustrated cover of a busy working class NYC block and street market during the early 20th century. Issue includes Edmund Wilson piece "A New Jersey Childhood," early Henry Roth story "Broker," Wolcott Gibbs theater review of "Life with Father," John Mosher film review of Greta Garbo classic "Ninotchka," A. J. Liebling and more... Light wear to the edges and mild shelf soiling to rear cover. VG+ $40

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