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Saturday Evening Post - 1918 Volume of 12 Bound Issues (April 6 - June 29)

Saturday Evening Post - 1918 Volume of 12 Bound Issues (April 6 - June 29)

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Saturday Evening Post - 1918 Volume of 12 Bound Issues (April 6 - June 29): Norman Rockwell and World War I Front Covers

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This is a bound volume of 12 issues of "THE SATURDAY EVENING POST" from April 6, 1918 to June 29, 1918. All issues come with their original front and back covers. Some of the front covers depict World War I related scenes; the May 18 front cover is illustrated by Norman Rockwell ("Clown and Boy"). The issues are loaded with advertisements and articles of both fiction (including P.G. Wodehouse and Sinclair Lewis) and non-fiction (including many articles related to World War I). Many of the advertisements have a war theme. The volume measures 14" tall x 11 1/2" wide x 2 1/2" thick.

The following 12 issues are included: APRIL: 6, 13, 20, 27; MAY: 4, 11, 18, 25; JUNE: 1, 8, 22, 29.

Here are a few examples of the World War I articles: "Being Bombed and Seeing it Done," "Gassed," "Private McCorkle, Prisoner of War," "At the Front of the Front," "A Canteener in France," "The Motor Truck Enlisted," "Our Navy and the French Coast," "Humane Treatment - German Style," "Reform or Revolution," "Despotism by the Dregs," "The Three Zones of Warfare," "Treasure Houses of Mercy - The Red Cross as a Great Merchant Firm," "The Iron Cross," "The Guns that Count," "A Great War Base East of Suez," "On Night Patrol," "On the Threshold of the Battle of Battles," "The Navy Takes Charge," "Aces High," "Germany's Three-Thousand-Mile," "The Horrors of Moonlight," "Labor and the War."

**PLEASE NOTE - ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES WILL BE REQUESTED DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE VOLUME**

Condition:
Clean front cover; some scratches on the back cover; there is a large cloth tear below the label on the spine. All volumes are tightly bound and firmly in place. Overall the issues are in Very Good condition with very minimal wear - here are the notable condition issues found: The blank front end paper and the front cover and first 2 pages of the first issue each have a 1" tear at the bottom edge; one page at the back has a 2" tear at the bottom edge. April 20 - the front cover has stain spots at the bottom edge and bottom-right corner; page 19 has a tear at the inner edge near the spine 2/3 of the way down from the top edge. April 27 - Two stain spots at the bottom-left front cover corner. May 18 - 4" tear at the outer edge of page 67. June 1 has a 3" tear at the bottom of page 75. A small ad has been clipped from the bottom of page 33 in June 8. The upper-outer corners of a few pages at the back of June 22 have torn away.

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Bookseller
CraigsClassics US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
6531
Title
Saturday Evening Post - 1918 Volume of 12 Bound Issues (April 6 - June 29)
Illustrator
Norman Rockwell
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Date Published
1918
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
saturday evening post, world war I, norman rockwell, WWI, harper's weekly, scribner's magazine, the american mercury, literary digest, cosmopolitan, harper's bazaar, red book
Bookseller catalogs
Magazines; War / Military;

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CraigsClassics

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Hudson, New Hampshire

About CraigsClassics

My store offers a curated selection of antiquarian books in a variety of topics with an emphasis on classic literature and children's classics. I take pride in providing great customer service with prompt replies to offers and inquiries, careful packaging and next-day shipping. Based in scenic southern New Hampshire.

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