Lot 17 WWII New Yorker Magazines January - December 1944 1943 Complete Issues

Description: 17 individual issues of the New Yorker from the months January through December, 1944. Select any single issue from the drop down menu. Condition varies from G to VG+. Several issues have ex-library ownership indications but most are solid and clean with just light wear. Contents generally clean and neat. Newsstand copies; no mailing labels. See photos and descriptions for condition Individual Issues as follows: January 8, 1944 - Constantin Alajalov cover of a paratrooper jump scene being filmed for a war movie. Issue includes E. B. White poem "The Sinking of the Scharnhorst," S. J. Perelman story "Hit Him Again, He's Sober," Letter from London by Mollie Panter-Downes, Betty Grable Chesterfield back cover ad, and more... Archival paper tape mend the full length of the spine' mild stress to covers. VG- $22.5 March 25, 1944 - Ludwig Bemelmans cover of waiters making their way through a crowded party carrying tables, chairs, and food on trays. Issue includes Paul Rand advertisement, Letter form London by Mollie Panter-Downes, book review by Edmund Wilson, A. J. Liebling, "Daphnis and Chloe" by Sylvia Townsend Warner, and more... Prior owner's signature in pencil to the front cover. VG $27.5 May 6, 1944 - Peter Arno cover illustration of New Yorkers basking in the spring sun in Central Park. Issue includes a P-51 (Pen and Plane) advertisement, Paul Rand Coronet Ad, art review of Max Ernst's paintings, theater review by Walcott Gibbs, and more... Light wear to the spine edge; prior owner name penciled top edge of cover. Cover is especially vibrant. VG to VG+ $25 May 13, 1944 - Perry Barlow cover of a married couple planting their terrace Victory Garden. Issue includes Irwin Shaw short story "Walking Wounded," David Lardner film review of Bing Crosby classic "Going My Way," poetry by Maxwell Anderson, and more. Small pencil signature to top corner of front cover. VG $22.5 June 17, 1944 - Garrett Price illustrated cover of a sailor bring back a hookah and other exotic gifts to his family. Issue includes first mention of JFK and the PT-109 story in John Hersey's "A Reporter at Large: Survival," Sally Benson story "A Feeling of Space," Letter From London (the first after D-Day) by Mollie Panter-Downes, and more... Archival paper tape mend the length of spine; other paper tape mends to cover edges and to a number of pages which have a short closed tear at the front edge. Stresses to the cover; covers detached from the page stock. Uncommon copy with the Hersey JFK PT-109 content but in worn condition and Good only at best $20 July 1, 1944 - Rea Irvin cover of an eagle, a dragon, a lion and a bear. Issue includes the second installment of the Duke Ellington profile "The Hot Bach - II", a Boeing B-29 ad, Letter from Lisbon by Marya Mannes, and more... Archival paper tape mend to the spine. Light vertical crease to the front cover. Ex-Library stamp and sticker to the front cover. Good only $10 July 8, 1944 - Mary Petty illustrated cover of an elderly woman sweeping the steps of her uptown Brownstone. Issue includes third installment of Duke Ellington profile "The Hot Bach - III", Paul Rand Coronet Ad, Book review by E. B. White, Saul Steinberg "In Italy" (2 Page Spread) cartoon, and more... Light vertical crease to the front cover. Library stamp and thin sticker to the front cover. G+ only $13.5 July 15, 1944 - Rea Irvin illustrated cover commemoration of D-Day in the style of the Medieval Bayeux Tapestry that depicts the Norman invasion of England in 1066. Issue includes Letter from London by Mollie Panter-Downes, Letter from Rome by Daniel Lang, A. J. Liebling "A Reporter at Large: Cross-Channel Crossing," early Truman Capote and more... Ex-Library stamp and thin sticker to the front cover; small checkout slip inside the rear cover. G to G+ $13.5 July 22, 1944 - Constantin Alajalov cover of a soldier and his date being photographed in a prop tank with a dog fight in the background at a fair. Issue includes Irwin Shaw story "Gunner's Passage," Letter from Lisbon by Marya Mannes, Our Combatant Correspondents: The Colonel in the Foxhole, cinema review by John Lardner, and more... Light vertical fold crease to covers and contents. VG $22.5 August 12, 1944 - William Cotton cover of Italian priests looking at pinups on the wall by a GI's bunk. Issue includes Letter from France by A. J. Liebling, Comment by E. B. White, Robert M. Coates story "What a Man Could Do," and more... Light vertical crease to the cover and contents. VG- $20 August 26, 1944 - William Cotton cover of a couple hiding alcohol from the kids and friends. Issue is notable for the first appearance of Wednesday Addams in a Charles Addams cartoon piece. Also includes James Thurber story "A Guide to Literary Pilgrimage," a P-51(pen and plane) advertisement, Edmund Wilson book review, and more... Light storage evidence to the edges and a small superficial surface abrasion to the rear cover. VG $50 September 9, 1944 - Garrett Price illustrated cover of an older man reading news of the American victories and day dreaming about his days during the First World War. Issue includes James Thurber story "My Friend Domesticus," Letter From Florence by Daniel Lang, Letter from Paris (on the liberation of Paris) , John Lardner cinema review of Gary Grant classic "Arsenic and Old Lace," and more... Light wear to the edges. VG to VG+ $25 September 23, 1944 - Leonard Dove cover illustration of soldiers and sailors sleeping on train; one resting his head an older lady's shoulder. Issue includes S. J. Perelman story "So Little Time Marches On," Letter from Paris (re: French Newspapers) by S. J. Liebling, John Lardner cinema review, and more... Some mild storage evidence to the edges and back cover surface; light soiling to rear cover. VG $22.5 October 2, 1943 - (Out of sequence 1943 issue) Peter Arno illustrated cover of two officers playing cards on a ping pong table while two soldiers wait patiently with their paddles. Issue includes early John Cheever story "My Friends and Neighbors All, Farewell," S. J. Perelman story "Whatever Goes Up," theater review by Walcott Gibbs, A Reporter at Large: The Taking of Ficarra by Walter Bernstein, and more... Trace splitting to the cover along the spine edge. VG or better $25 October 7, 1944 - Alan Dunn illustrated cover of an American tank squeezing its way through a narrow European cobblestone street. Issue includes early John Cheever story "The Single Purpose of Leon Burrows," E. B. White poem "Vermin," Letter from London by Mollie Panter-Downes, and more... Light storage wear; small stain to the top corner of the cover. VG $25 October 14, 1944 - Victor de Pauw cover of an orchestra at a rodeo playing as a man is about to shoot a fallen horse. Issue includes Edmund Wilson book review "Why Do People Read Detective Stories?", E. J. Kahn, Jr. profile of General Lesley James McNair "Education of an Army", S. J. Perelman story "The Longer the Lip, the Smoother the Grift," and more... Light storage evidence to the edge. Ad clipped out of page 65. Fair to Good only thus $10 December 16, 1944 - Daniel Brustlein "Alain" illustrated cover of a parachute delivery to a military encampment in the jungle. Issue includes 1st appearance of the Shirley Jackson story "Trial By Combat," S. J. Perelman story "Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer," Profile of famous troop transport ship the Marquette by Richard O. Bover, and more... Furring and partial split to covers along the spine edge; mild vertical stress crease ot covers and contents. VG- $30

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Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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