13 VTG New Yorker Magazine January-May 1945 WWII O'Hara Alajalov Complete Issues

Description: 13 individual issues of the New Yorker from the months January through May 1945. Select any single issue from the drop down menu. Condition is generally VG- to VG+ with some varying degree of rubbing and some splits to spine edge; a few copies with the centermost leaf loose from the binding staples. Contents generally clean and neat. Newsstand copies; no mailing labels. See photos and descriptions for individual issue condition. Individual Issues as follows: January 6, 1945 - Ilonka Karasz cover illustration of foresters working and cutting trees. Issue includes profile of W. Somerset Maugham, Letter from London by Mollie Panter-Downes, Edmund Wilson book review of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row, Roger Angell reporting from Iwo Jima, and more... Small paper tape mend top edge rear cover and base of spine edge. Else quite VG $22.5 January 27, 1945 - Perry Barlow cover illustration of a mailman delivering a wartime letter in the snow. Issue includes John O'Hara story "Mrs. Whitman", Letter from Paris by Genet, Cinema review by W. Gibbs, and more... small archival paper tape mend base of spine and mild stress to covers. VG- $20 February 3, 1945 - Abe Birnbaum cover of a ballet teacher instructing his young students. Issue includes Letter from London by Mollie Panter-Downes, story "No Man Can Have Two Masters" by John J. Espey, "The Events of Comblanchien, Part I" by A. J. Liebling, Paul Rand ad Knopf: A Bell for Adano and more... Some light wear to the spine; litho printed colors of the cover illustration slightly out of register. VG $22 February 10, 1945 - Roger Duvoisin cover illustration of a GI in the overwhelming green of the jungle writing a letter on a bright white sheet of paper. Issue includes E. B. White piece "About Myself," fiction by E. J. Kahn, music review of Igor Stravinsky residency at the Philharmonic, Part II of "The Events of Comblanchien" Part II by A. J. Liebling, and more... Partial split along the spine edge archivally mended with japanese paper tape; mild vertical stress crease middle of front cover. VG- $15 February 24, 1945 - Constantin Alajalov cover illustration of a woman quickly packing her hotel room while a bellhop and a house detective wait outside. Issue includes Saul Steinberg in India two page spread cartoon, Letter from London by Mollie Panter-Downes, "Bereft" by Francis Steegmuller, Our Combat Correspondents "Back to the Place Pigale" and more... Light wear and partial split to the spine edge. VG- $20 March 3, 1945 - Arthur Getz cover illustration of commuters staying warm inside a train station on a snowy day. Issue includes early Vladimir Nabokov piece "An Evening of Russian Poetry," John O'Hara story "The Pretty Daughter," Letter from Paris by Genet, S. J. Perelman and more... Centermost leaf pulled free from binding staples; partial split to cover at spine edge, archivally mended. G+ $12 March 17, 1945 - Ilonka Karasz cover illustration of a farm in the middle of extensive maintenance. Issue includes Part 1 of profile of famed American Artist Norman Rockwell, John O'Hara fiction, A Reporter at Large: D-Day, Iwo Jima by John Lardner, cinema review of noir classic Murder My Sweet, and more... Centermost leaf pulled free from binding staples; short split to cover at spine edge, archivally mended. G++ $17 March 24, 1945 - Constantin Alajalov cover illustration of a refined elderly couple dining on a train as the other military and working class passengers do their best to be confortable. Issue includes Part II of profile of famed American Artist Norman Rockwell, Cinema review by W. Gibbs, Reporter at Large: Persian Gulf Command III- The Whistling Men, and more... Centermost leaf pulled free from binding staples and cover loose from staples; short splits to cover at spine edge, archivally mended. Closed tear top edge rear cover. G+ $12 April 14, 1945 - Helen Hokinson illustrated cover of two birds pulling on a mop's yarn on a fire escape. Issue includes 2 Paul Rand ads for Jaqueline Cochran makeup and Coronet Brandy, Letter from Paris by Genet, A Reporter in Yugoslavia: The Long March Part I by Walter Bernstein, two Paul Rand designed ads and more... Light vertical crease to the cover. VG+ $25 April 28, 1945 - Christina Malman illustrated cover anticipating VE Day with a striking image of the displaced populations looking up and forward to a better time. Issue includes Letter from Paris by Janet Flanner, John McNulty story "Mrs. Carmody's Store," A Reporter at Large: The Long March III by Walter Bernstein, and more... Light wear to the edges. VG+ $25 May 12, 1945 - Edna Eike illustrated cover bird's eye view of spring trees and plants blossoming in a rural area. Issue includes E. B White piece, VE Day cartoon by Chon Day, Letter from Germany by Joel Sayre, Letter from Anzio by Philip Hamburger and more... Just light handling wear to the externals. VG+ $22 May 19, 1945 - First issue after VE Day. Perry Barlow illustrated cover of birdwatcher looking on with delight at nest of fledglings. Issue includes extensive writing from New Yorker's European stationed writers including E J Kahn, Joel Sayre, Mollie Painter-Downes, Philip Hamburger, Janet Flanner, along with Emily Kimbrough's story, "Luggae for the South," Brendan Gill story "Too Late to Marry, Too Soon to Die," and more... Light shelf evidence to the edges. VG+ $35 May 25, 1945 - Constantin Alajalov illustrated cover bird's eye view of the Brooklyn Zoo. Issue includes John O'Hara story "Wise Guy," "Pretzels and Ice Cream" by Francis Steegmuller, A Reporter on Okinawa II: The Tomb Life by John Lardner, and more... Light shelf rubbing to the edges; centermost leaf pulled free from binding staples. VG- $17

Price: 12 USD

Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-10-08T04:08:43.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.85 USD