8 individual Jazz Age issues of Collier's Magazine
weekly magazines dated January through December 1927.
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Condition is generally VG- to VG with some varying degree of storage rubbing to spine edge and mild shelf soiling to cover surfaces. Contents generally clean and neat. See photos and description for condition
Individual Issues as follows:
-- January 22, 1927. Vol 79, No 4. Issue includes editorial on abolishing blue laws, interview with then former President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William Howard Taft, a Konrad Bercovici short story set among the Gypyies, Grantland Rice, short stories, pictorial features, great color ads and more. ... Light toning to cover and mild shelf wear to the top cover edge. A few short nicks top front corner of the first few leaves. Mailing label bottom front corner of the cover. Cover art by Augusta Meday. VG- $15
-- February 26, 1927. Vol 79, No 9. Issue includes timely editorial on the virtues and vices and reverence of George Washington, Grantland Rice piece, E. Phillips Oppenheom story, short stories, pictorial features, great color ads and more. ... Moderate storage soiling to cover; short closed edge tear front edge of the page block. Mailing label bottom front corner of the cover. Cover art by Paul Martin. VG- $13.5
--April 16, 1927. Vol 79, No 16. Issue includes poem by Winnie the Pooh writer A. A. Milne, editorial on censorship and sexuality in American, "Were I a Pirate" by Walter Davenport, Grantland Rice piece, short stories, pictorial features, great color ads and more. ... Mild toning and soiling to cover and some shelf wear to the cover edges. Mild damp line front edge of the cover and first few leaves Mailing label bottom front corner of the cover. Cover art by Frogeys. VG- $20
-- May 7, 1927. Vol 79, No 19. Issue includes "Twin Wives" by Arthur Somers Roche, editorial on American's freedom and prosperity, George Westin and W.O. Saunders piece, E Phillips Oppenhein, Grantland Rice, short stories, pictorial features, great color ads and more. ...Mild toning to the cover and just light wear to the cover edge. Mailing label bottom front corner of the cover. VG+ $25
-- September 10, 1927. Vol 80, No 11. Issue includes editorial repudiating capital punishment, golf story by Frank Condon illustrated by Kurt Wiese, Kathleen Norris story, short stories, pictorial features, great color ads and more. ... Mild toning and soiling to the front cover. Mailing label bottom front corner of cover. Cover art by Lawson Wood. VG- $20
-- September 17, 1927. Vol 80, No 12. Issue includes piece on prohibition enforcement by Major Chester P. Mills, piece by W. O. Saunders on the first airplane casualty, Grantland Rice piece on Gene Tunney - Jack Dempsey fight, short stories, pictorial features, great color ads and more. ... Mild toning to the front cover and light shelf wear to the cover corners. Mailing label front corner of cover. Cover art by Augusta Meday. VG $25
-- December 17, 1927. Vol 80, No 25. Issue includes first part of the serialized Albert Payson Terhune novel "The Valley Girl," editorial on Reading, Pennsylvania's election of a socialist mayor, story by Sax Rohmer, short stories, pictorial features, great color ads and more. ... Mild toning to the front cover and light shelf wear to the cover edges. Mailing label front corner of cover. Cover art by Harrison McCreary. VG to VG+ $22.5
-- December 24, 1927. Vol 80, No 26. Christmas Edition. Issue includes H. C. Witwer story "Christmas Belles," Zane Grey story, "The Water Hole," Grantland Rice piece, installment of Terhune's serialized novel, "The Valley Girl," Eddie Cantor piece, short stories, pictorial features, great color ads and more. ... Mild toning to the front cover and a pair of short close tears bottom edge of the cover. Mailing label front corner of cover. Jack Frost cover art by E.M. Jackson. VG- $25