7 individual issues of the New Yorker
from the months February through December 1963.
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Condition is generally VG+ to NF with some issues with trace rubbing at spine. Contents and covers generally clean and neat. See photos and descriptions for condition. Newsstand copies; no mailing labels.
Individual Issues as follows:
February 2, 1963 -- Charles Addams cover art of man on beach eyeing some evolutionary footprints out of the ocean. Issue includes fiction by Thomas Williams, poetry by May Swenson, book review of William S. Burroughs Naked Lunch, and more. ... Superficial vertical crease to cover and trace shelf rubbing spine. VG+ $20
February 9, 1963 -- Abe Birnbaum abstract cover art of Abraham Lincoln. Issue includes poetry by W. D. Snodgrass, Alastair Reid poem "The Figure on the Frieze," theater review by John McCarten, A. J. Liebling and more. VG++ to NF $17.5
March 30, 1963 -- Abe Birnbaum cover art of a happy Lion. Issue includes Evelyn Irons short story "An Evening with Virginia Woolf," cinema review of the film adaptation of Genet's "The Balcony," fiction by Philip Hamburger, Liebling's piece on the Cassius Clay vs Doug Jones fight and more. VG++ to NF $20
August 31, 1963 -- Arthur Getz moody cover art of the cars at a highway toll plaza at night. Issue includes Donald Barthelme's story, "The Piano Player," Berton Roueché fiction, "The Consultation," Ted Walker poem "Mushrooms," Talk of the Town by Calvin Trillin, Jonathan Miller film review of "The Lord of the Flies," and more. VG++ to NF $25
October 26, 1963 -- Arthur Getz cover art of an empty art gallery. Issue includes Merwin poem, "Recognition," theater review by Edith Oliver, Jack Marshall poem "The Hitchhiker," cinema review by Brendan Gill, E. B. White, Lillian Ross and more. VG++ $15
November 23, 1963 -- Ilonka Karasz cover art of an English fox hunt in the forest. Issue includes Harold Brodkey's fiction, "The Abundant Dreamer," Talk of the Town by Lillian Ross, Brendan Gill cinema review, Edith Oliver theater review of classic play "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and more. Stout heavy issue with tons of ads for Christmas season. VG++ to NF $25
December 28, 1963 -- Garrett Price illustrated cover of a barn and apple tree through the seasons. Issue includes Donald Barthelme's fiction, "A Shower of Gold," Muriel Spark poem "The Card Party," James Dickey poem "The Ice Skin," Jonathan Miller piece on the television coverage of the JFK assassination "The Air," and more. VG++ to NF $20