Grade | VG+ 4.5 |
Year | 1919 |
Publisher | Curtis Publishing Co. |
Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
This is a low grade item. It will be complete and readable, but will show significant wear. Allowed defects for this grade include: spine roll, a moderate amount of staining or water damage, writing or other marks on the cover, up to one inch spine splits or other tears, a cover or centerfold that is detached at one staple, discoloration due to oxidation, and a minor piece or pieces missing. An item could be assigned this grade due to either an accumulation of minor/moderate defects or one or two major defects.
Vol. 192 #1 - July 5, 1919. The classic magazine featuring current event articles, editorials, human interest pieces, humor, illustrations, a letter column, poetry, single-panel gag cartoons, and stories by the leading writers of the time. Article by war correspondent who interviewed General Pershing and others. Fiction by Henry Rowland, Howorthy Hall, Booth Tarkington, May Edginton, Emerson Hough, Henry Dowst, Will Livingston Comfort, Alice Miller, Ben Williams and others. Interior art by James Preston, Clarence Underwood, Guernsey Moore, James Crank, W.H.D. Koerner, Wilson Dexter, Charles Livingston Bull, Herbert Johnson, W.S. Richter, May Wilson Preston, Arthur Brown, Henry Soulen. Cover by Joseph Leyendecker. Full-page Herbert Paus ad of dueling knights on horseback for Ayer & Son advertising. 10 3/4-in. x 14-in., 156 pages, B&W.
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