10 individual issues of the New Yorker
from the months May, June, July, August, 1969.
Select any single issue from the drop down menu.
Condition ranges from G+ to VG+ with some varying degree of storage rubbing to spine and edges and some issues with foxing. A few copies with more surface wear and soiling. Contents generally clean and neat. Newsstand copies; no mailing labels. See photos and description for condition
Individual Issues as follows:
May 31, 1969 - James Stevenson cover of a man daydreaming against the backdrop of a roadmap to the American Dream. Issue includes Susan Lardner film review of 60s classic and future Best Picture winner Midnight Cowboy, poetry by Mark Strand, literature review my Edmund Wilson on the influence of H. K. Mencken, and more. ... Trace furring spine edge and light foxing rear cover. VG $17.5
June 7, 1969 - Abe Birnbaum cover of an orange watering can on city roof. Issue includes part 1 of John McPhee profile series of tennis player Arthur Ashe, James Stevenson short story "ABCs of Your ABM," May Swenson poem "The Lowering (June 8, 1968)," and more. ... Light to moderate shelf rubbing rear cover and light foxing to cover and page block edges. G++ to VG- $13.5
June 14, 1969 - Charles E. Martin cover of a lone sailboat in the distance against a sunset sky. Issue includes Douglass Watt review of the comedy of Lenny Bruce and the posthumous release of his comedy album, Robert Watson poem "High Dive," Sylvia Townsend-Warner short story "The Cheese," and more. ... Light shelf rubbing surfaces and mild foxing page block edges. VG- $13.5
June 21, 1969 - Charles Saxon cover of a father and son eating ice cream by a hot dog stand. Issue includes part 1 of Peter Matthiessen profile of famed labor leader Cesar Chavez, poetry by Marvin Bell, Penelope Gilliatt cinema review of W. C. Fields, and more. ... Rubbing discoloration/offset to front cover. G+ $10
June 28, 1969 - Ilonka Karasz cover of lilting daisies in a vase overlooking a country scene. Issue includes literature review by John Updike, part 2 of Peter Matthiessen profile of famed labor leader Cesar Chaves, Mavis Gallant short story "The Wedding Ring," and more. ... Mild rubbing to cover surfaces; light foxing to page block edges. VG- $15
July 5, 1969 - Saul Steinberg July 4 cover of numbers with 4th like a rocket. Issue includes Comment by John Updike, Tennessee Williams poem "Crepe De Chine," Penelope Gilliatt film review of Sam Peckinpah's classic "The Wild Bunch," profile of French Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and more. ... Light storage ripple front edge and mild foxing to cover edges. VG- $13.5
August 2, 1969 - Anatole Kovarsky cover of an aerial view of a parking lot by the beach. Issue includes James Dickey poem "Messages (To And From My Sons)," film review of Robert Downey's "Putney Swope," Henry S. F. Cooper piece "Letter From the Space Center" in the wake of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and more. ... Mild shelf rubbing edges. VG or better $17.5
August 9, 1969 - Charles Addams cover of a blazing orange sun melting the city. Issue includes Jeremy Bernstein profile of science fiction legend Arthur C. Clarke, Jorge Luis Borges poem "Heraclitus," fiction by William Maxwell, and more. ... Light soiling and shelf rubbing to cover surfaces. VG- $15
August 16, 1969 - Classic Albert Hubbell cover of a seaside store selling clam, cakes, and chowder, bait, etc. Issue includes Comment by John Updike, "Letter from the Space Center" by S. F. Cooper in the wake of the Apollo 11 moon landing, S. J. Perelman fiction, and more. ... Just trace shelf shelf evidence to edges. VG++ $30
August 23, 1969 - William Steig cover - painter standing at his easel in nature and contemplating a scene. Issue includes Penelope Gilliatt profile of French film legend Jean Renoir, Richard Shelton poem "On Lake Peno Oreille," "Letter from the Space Center" by S. F. Cooper in the wake of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and more. ...Light foxing along the spine edge of the cover. VG- $13.5