11 individual issues of the New Yorker from January, February, April, and May, 1965. Select any single issue from the drop down menu. Priced between $10 and $35.
G++ to VG++ with variable degrees of rubbing to spine edges and light foxing to page block edges. Generally they are quite bright and fresh. See photos and individual descriptions. Newsstand copies; no mailing labels
Individual Issues as follows:
January 9, 1965 -- Albert Hubbell cover - upstate small town in the winter snow. Issue includes Calvin Trillin on Khrushchev's ouster, poetry by Frances Minturn Howard, poem "Sea School" by Barbara Howes and more. Thin bit of silverfishing to the paper over spine and a little pressure indent to the cover. G+ $12.5
January 23, 1965 -- Arthur Getz cover art NYC orchestra. 1st print appearance of the early John McPhee piece on future NBA great and US Senator, Bill Bradley while he was still a college player at Princeton, Richard Wilbur, etc. Bright fresh copy with just superficial wear to the spine edge and trace foxing to the page block. VG+ $35
January 30, 1965 -- Peter Arno cover art - evening formal banquet. Issue includes "The Shark's Parlor"
By James Dickey, "A Wife Talks to Herself" by Stephen Berg, Lois Long article on NYC feminine fashion, Donald Stewart story "The Ferry To Vermont," and more. Light rubbing at spine with a short closed tear base of spine, mild foxing to the page block. Cover illustration is clean and bright. Contents are clean and unmarked. VG $20
February 6, 1965 -- Andre Francois illustrated cover of mounted police officer among taxi cabs. Issue includes poem "Distinctions" by Barbara Lawrence, short story "The Carp" by Ralph Blum, Howard Moss poem "The Fall," Brendan Gill review of James Garner WWII film "36 Hours," and more. Light storage rubbing to the spine edge and a short tear base of spine; mild foxing to the page block. Cover illustration is clean and bright. Contents are clean and unmarked. VG $17.5
April 3, 1965 -- Anatol Kovarsky cover art - pattern of circus acts. Issue includes W.H. Auden article on Evelyn Waugh and his contemporaries, Gillian Stone poem "The Golden Fan," Howard Moss poem "In Colorado," and more. Light storage rub and mild furring to the spine edge. Front cover illustration is clean and bright. Contents are clean and unmarked. VG $10
April 17, 1965 -- Peter Arno cover art - Easter Bunnies. Issue includes Brendan Gill review of Otto Preminger film "In Harm's Way," Diane Wakoski poem "Inside Out," Ogden Nash poem "Just Holmes and Me, And Mnemosyne, Makes Three," fiction by Calvin Trillin and more. Trace shelf evidence to covers and mild foxing to page block edges. Front cover illustration and contents clean and bright. VG++ to NF $25
May 1, 1965 -- Charles Saxon cover art -- man with flowers on the train platform. Issue includes John O'Hara short story "The Gambler," poem "One of Their Kings" by Louis Simpson, short story "Out of Itea" by Shirley Hazzard, Jon Swan poem "Spring Changes," profile of golf legend Jack Nicklaus, and more. Wear including short splits to cover stock at spine ends; mild foxing to page block edges. Content is clean and unmarked. G++ to VG- $20
May 8, 1965 -- William Steig cover art - spring rooster on the farm. Issue includes S.J. Perelman humor piece "Sex and the Single Boy," Ruth Whitman poem "Dead Center (An Elegy)", poetry by James Scully, theater reviews by John McCarten and Edith Oliver, and more. Thins strip of foxing to the front edge of the cover. Content clean and unmarked. G++ $15
May 15, 1965 --Anatol Kovarsky cover art - a tapestry of hats. Issue includes "The Mandelbaum Gate: Freddy's Walk" by Muriel Spark, John O'Hara story, "The Neighborhood," "Flying Home From Utah" by May Swenson, Louis Simpson's "Things," and more. Light shelf rubbing and mild furring to the spine edge; faint foxing to page block edges and mild stressing to cover surface. G++ $20
May 22, 1965 -- Charles E. Martin cover art - boats in the harbor at night. Issue includes short story "Retreat from the Sea" by Taylor Morris, Dabney Stuart poem "Birthday Poem," Arturo Vivante story "Last Rights," Robert Wallace poem "In The Field Forever," and more. Some wear to the spine edge with a small nick to the top of the spine. Light foxing to the page block. Front cover illustration is clean and especially vibrant. Content is clean and unmarked. VG+ $25
May 29, 1965 -- Arthur Getz cover art - patriotic NYC Memorial Day Parade. Issue includes Lillian Ross piece on the return of classical piano legend Vladimir Horowitz, Roger Angell story "Keeping Up With The Outs," John Updike poem, "Postcards from Soviet Cities," Ted Walker poem, "Mules," and more. Light wear and trace furring to the spine edge. Faint foxing to the page block edges and front edge of rear cover. Front cover illustration and contents clean and bright. VG- to VG $20