12 VTG New Yorker Magazine June+ 1945 w/ some ASE Pony Editions Complete Issues

Description: 12 individual issues of the New Yorker WWII Era from the months June, August, September, October, 1945. Including several Armed Service "Pony" sized copies distributed to members of the Services overseas Select any single issue from the drop down menu. Condition is generally VG with some varying degree of storage rubbing to spine edge and mild handling and shelf wear. Contents generally clean and neat. Newsstand copies; no mailing labels. See photos and description for condition Individual Issues as follows: June 2, 1945 - Julian de Miskey cover art of woman in the armed services doing her hair and makeup in the morning as three annoyed island natives watch. Issue includes Reporter at Large: Notes on London at the End of a War by Edmund Wilson, Letter from Paris by Janet Flanner, Brendan Gill piece "And the Holy Ghost," Liebling's profile of Karl C Warner, and more. ... Light general shelf/storage wear. VG $20 June 9, 1945 - Abe Birnbaum cover art a flower vendor driving a horse drawn cart past a heavily stocked store in the city's flower district. Issue includes first instalment of St. Clair McKelway piece "A Reporter With the B-29s: I Possum, Rosy and the Thousand Kids," S. J. Perelman piece "White Bimbo, or, Through Dullest Africa with Three Sleepy People," Letter from Berchtesgaden by Philip Hamburger, and more. Superficial shelf/handling evidence. VG+ $15 June 16, 1945 - Constantin Alajalov cover art of a GI paper doll with various "Life Change" civilian outfits. Issue includes second installment of A Reporter with the B-29s II: The Doldrums, Guam, and Something Coming Up by St. Clair McKelway, Letter from Paris by Janet Flanner, poetry by Ogden Nash, literature review by Edmund Wilson, and more. ... Mild vertical fold crease and light general handling wear. VG $15 June 23, 1945 - Cover art of Ilonka Karasz cover art closeup of garden with various plants and insects, including Beetles, Caterpillars and Silk Moths. Issue includes early Vladimir Nabokov short story "Double Talk," John O'Hara story "Horizon," third installment of St. Clair McKelway's A Reporter with the B-29s: III The Cigar, the Three Wings and the Low Level Attacks, and more. ... Mild vertical fold crease and small surface abrasion rear cover. VG $30 August 11, 1945 - Alan Dunn cover art of a veteran checking the honor roll in his home town. Issue includes John Cheever story "Town House - II," Notes on a Liberated Milan by Edmund Wilson, Letter from Munich by Joel Sayre, and more. ... Light surface stress/wrinkling to covers. VG $25 September 1, 1945 (Armed Services Smaller format condensed "Pony Edition") - Ilonka Karasz cover art of a family picnic being invaded by ants. Issue includes Letter from London by Mollie Panter-Downes, cinema review by Wolcott Gibbs, Our Far-Flung Correspondents: Cuisine Francaise: Summer, 1945, and more. ... Smaller format with no binding staples. Presumably never distributed overseas. VG++ $15 September 8, 1945 (Combined Regular & Armed Services Smaller format condensed "Pony Edition") Alan Dunn cover art of sailors looking out of their portholes as their ship enters New York Harbor. Issue includes "Fairy Tales" by Emily Hahn, poetry by Ogden Nash "Have You Tried Staying Awake," literature review by Edmund Wilson, and more. .. Regular edition has a vertical fold crease and archival paper tape reinforcement to spine; ex-library stamp top front corner of the cover and a catalog label. G+ Pony edition VG++ $35 September 15, 1945 (Armed Services Smaller format condensed "Pony Edition") - Garret Price cover art of manufacturing executives ponder their factory switching from tanks to toys. Issue includes Letter from A Liberated Athens by Edmund Wilson, Letter from France by Janet Flanner, theater review by W. Gibbs, movie review by John McCarten, and more. ... ... Smaller format with no binding staples. Presumably never distributed overseas.VG++ $15 September 22, 1945 (Armed Services Smaller format condensed "Pony Edition") - Abe Birnbaum of people eating corn on the cob on their apartment terrace by their plot of corn plants. Issue includes Frank O'Connor story "News for the Church," theater review by Wolcott Gibbs, cinema review by John McCarten, and more. ... Smaller format with no binding staples. Presumably never distributed overseas. VG++ $15 September 29, 1945 - Perry Barlow cover art of officer returning from the war and meeting his little boy for the first time in a crowded train station. Issue includes James Thurber story "Fairy Tales for Our Times: The Princess and the Tin Box," A. J. Liebling story "Run, Run, Run, Run," "Our Footloose Correspondents: The Atomic City" by Daniel Lang, and more. ... Light to moderate handling wear to covers. VG $12.50 October 20, 1945 (Armed Services Smaller format condensed "Pony Edition") - Alan Dunn cover art of man painting a picture of an Italian Village and bridge. Issue includes Comment by E. B. White, cinema review by John McCarten, A Reporter At Large, Greek Diary: Communists, Socialists, and Royalists by Edmund Wilson, and more. ... Smaller format condensed version with toning to covers, short closed tear top edge. This copy was distributed and has binding staples. VG- $10

Price: 10 USD

Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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