13 individual issues of the New Yorker
from the months June through August, 1971.
Offered individually
Select any single issue from the drop down menu. Priced between $10 and $15.
Condition is generally about VG with some varying degree of mild shelf rubbing at spine and some with trace foxing along the spine edge. Contents generally clean and neat. Newsstand copies; no mailing labels. See photos for condition
Individual Issues as follows:
June 5, 1971 - Laura Jean Allen illustrated cover of sculpture of woman in courtyard. Issue includes Edmund Wilson piece "An Upstate Diary I- 1950-1959", fiction by Gilbert Rogin, Penelope Gilliatt film review of Escape from Planet of the Apes, and more. $12
June 12, 1971 - Charles E. Martin illustrated cover of a rug drying on a clothesline over the sea. Second installment of Edmund Wilson "An Upstate Diary II- 1960-1970" Poetry by David Wagoner, theater review by Edith Oliver, short story by Jose Yglesias, piece by Calvin Trillin, and more. $15
June 19, 1971 - Charles Saxon cover of couples' tennis. Ruth Fainlight poem "Silence," piece by Charles A. Reich on protesting the Vietnam War "The Limits of Duty," Penelope Gilliatt's film review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, and more. $15
June 26, 1971- William Steig cover illustration of a satyr in a field of flowers. Issue includes Mavis Gallant piece on Gabrielle Russier case, "Comment" by Jonathan Schell, "Talk of the Town" by Lillian Ross, and more. $10
July 3, 1971 - July 4 cover illustration by Ilonka Karasz of American flag flying from a tree house. Issue includes fiction by James Stevenson, Pauline Kael film review of Jane Fonda film Klute, Calvin Trillin piece, and more. $12.5
July 10, 1971 - Andre Francois illustrated cover of chicken and eggs. Issue includes Penelope Gilliatt's review of Jack Nicholson's directorial debut "Drive, He Said," Howard Moss's then contemporary review of Plath's Bell Jar "Reading the 'Bell Jar' in 1971", and more. $13.5
July 17, 1971 - Arthur Getz illustrated cover of boat on the East River along FDR Drive. Issue includes short story "The Third One" by Isaac Bashevis Singer, poetry by Brendan Gill and Elizabeth Bishop, fiction by Donald Barthelme, and more. $13.50
July 24, 1971- Charles E. Martin cover illustration of a salad. Issue includes "Letter From the East" by E. B. White, poetry by Howard Moss, fiction by Ted Walker, and more. $13.50
July 31, 1971 - Saul Steinberg cover illustration of the words "I Have" standing on "I Am" with "I Do" in the sky. Isaac Bashevis Singer story "A Day in Coney Island," poetry by C.K. Williams, Penelope Gilliatt film review, and more. $15
August 7, 1971 - Charles E. Martin illustrated cover of amusement park. Poetry by Alastair Reid, Penelope Gilliatt film review of Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun," Comment by Lillian Ross, and more. $12.50
August 14, 1971 - Ilonka Karasz illustrated cover of yellow flowers in a garden. Issue includes "Talk of the Town" by Lillian Ross, poetry by John Peck, fiction by Penelope Gilliatt, and more. $12.5
August 21, 1971 - James Stevenson of man touring a rococo palace. First installment of William F. Buckley's "A Week's Journal: Cruising Speed I," Food review by Anthony Hiss, fiction by Roger Angell, poetry by Ted Walker, and more. $15
August 28, 1971 - Edward Koren illustrated cover of big fish eyeing a fisherman's bait. Issue includes second installment of William F. Buckley's "A Week's Journal: Cruising Speed- II," comment by Lillian Ross, poetry by David Walker, Penelope Gilliatt film review of "Mon Uncle," and more. NOTE: This copy has moderate foxing to the top 1/3 of the cover. $10