Publicado por The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1939
Librería: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Stapled. Condición: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Cover by Frances Tipton Hunter Ilustrador. First Edition. The August 19 & September 16, 1939 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably parts 1 & 5 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) and Don't Sell it, Mr Rumbin, a short story by Booth Tarkington (9/16). There is also an an article about baseball HoF player/manager Leo Durocher (8/19 - Baseball's Ugly Duckling - the Durable Durocher) by Arthur Mann. Contains a Westinghouse ad featuring the 1939 NY World's Fair. Cover art by Frances Tipton Hunter (8/19 - Penny Candy & 9/16 - Growing Boy). Light wear at the edges & some mild soiling to the cover. Back covers are missing (8/19) and present but loose (9/16). A good to very good set with nice Rex Stout serial installments.
Publicado por The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1939
Librería: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Stapled. Condición: 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) Ilustrador. 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.
Publicado por The Saturday Evening Post, 1939
Librería: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
First Edition. *** MEET TECUMSEH FOX *** IN THIS TRUE FIRST EDITION OF DOUBLE FOR DEATH in The Saturday Evening Post from August 19th thru September 30th, 1939, first edition, 7 volumes complete, a vg/ vg+ to near fine set in full color pictorial wraps of this title with one boasting a Rockwell cover. The first appearance in print of Tecumseh Fox published well before the book was released.