17 VTG New Yorker Magazines January - May 1969 Full Issues Addams Cheever VG

Description: 17 individual issues of the New Yorker from the months January - May, 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 to front edge and cover extremities. A few copies with more surface wear and soiling to the back cover. Contents generally clean and neat. Newsstand copies; no mailing labels. See photos and description for condition Individual Issues as follows: January 11, 1969 - Saul Steinberg cover of an artist at his easel with his palette colors and patterns in the sky above him. Issue includes Letter from Saigon by Robert Shaplen, Reporter at Large "LM" by Henry S. F. Cooper about the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, cinema review by Pauline Kael, and more... Light wear to the spine and some surface rub. Previous owner's name written faintly in pencil to the top corner of cover. VG $13.5 January 18, 1969 - Charles Saxon cover of a father and son looking at a shark in an aquarium. Issue includes "City Life" by Donald Barthelme, M. S. Merwin poem "February," dated but very interesting Pauline Kael review of Rod Steiger's "The Sergean,t" Douglass Watt musical review of Burt Bacharach, and more... Light wear to the spine and some foxing to the page block edge. VG to VG+ $20 January 25, 1969 - David Preston cover of a winter landscape with city lights in the far distance. Issue includes James Dickey poem "Knock," Strand poem, Brodkey fiction, Pauline Kael cinema review, Comment by Alastair Reid, and more... Light wear and trace furring to spine edge and mild foxing front edge. VG to VG+ $15 February 1, 1969 - Charles E. Martin illustrated cover of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at dawn. Issue includes Stephen Berg poem "Holes," Pauline Kael film review of Gregory Peck film "The Stalking Moon," Calvin Trillin, Philip Hamburger on Nixon's Inauguration and more... trace storage rub to the spine and mild foxing front edge. VG+ $22.5 February 22, 1969 - Rea Irwin classic cover of New Yorker with top hat and monocle looking at a butterfly. Issue includes John Updike poem "Report on Health," Pauline Kael cinema review of French classic "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," and more... Light wear to the spine and some dust spotting and foxing to the edges. VG- $13.5 March 1, 1969 - Classic Charles Addams cover of a murder of crows perching on a tree's bare branches with a snow covered field and a scarecrow behind them. Issue includes James Dickey poem "The Place (Beside the Frozen Lake)", fiction by Nancy Hale, Pauline Kael cinema review, and more... Light storage wear to the spine and edges. Some light foxing to the front edge. VG+ $20 March 8, 1969 - Arthur Getz illustrated cover of the New York cityscape view from a rooftop at at daybreak. Issue includes poetry by Ogden Nash, Arturo Vivante story "Adria," Pauline Kael film review of Francois Truffaut's "Stolen Kisses," and more... Light wear to the spine and light foxing to the cover edges. VG- $12.5 March 22, 1969 - James Stevenson illustrated cover of a construction site for a beach house. Issue includes S. J. Perelman story "Three Loves Had I, in Assorted Flavors," provocative centerfold for Braniff Airlines featuring playmate Britt Fredrickson, "Two Poems" by Yehuda Amichai, Edmund Wilson piece on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and more... Mild surface rub and soiling; storage pressure indent top front corner of the cover and first 20 or so pages. G++ to VG- $10 March 29, 1969 - Charles Saxon cover of a wealthy couple looking at specially featured painting at a gallery. Issue includes second installment of Edmund Wilson piece on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Janet Frame fiction, "You Are Now Entering The Human Heart," Winthrop Sargeant review of Rigoletto, Penelope Gilliatt cinema review, and more... Bumped top spine corner with resulting stress to covers and pages. Some storage rub to the back cover surface. G++ to VG- $10 April 5, 1969 - Easter Edition - Frank Model illustrated cover of a family crest featuring two rabbits, a giant egg, and a basket of Easter eggs. Issue includes John Updike story "Amor Vincit Omnia Ad Nauseum," Penelope Gilliatt cinema review of controversial erotic film "I Am a Curious Yellow," and more... Light surface rub and soiling to the covers. VG- $15 April 12, 1969 - Charles E. Martin cover of a city brownstone being painted. Issue includes E. B. White Comment on Philadelphia trains, Henry S. F. Cooper report on the Apollo 11 Mission "Men on the Moon Just One Big Rock Pile," Penelope Gilliatt's cinema review of Philp Roth adaptation Portnoy's Complaint, E. B. White poem "Chairs in the Snow," Calvin Trillin on Americana, Jonathan Schell and more... Light wear and rub to the spine and back cover; mild shelf bump top front corner. VG $22.5 April 19, 1969 - Donald Reilly illustrated cover of a lighthouse. Issue includes W. S. Merwin poem "The Old Room," poetry by X. J. Kennedy, Penelope Gilliatt cinema review of classic documentary "Salesman," and more... Mile wear and rub to the spine and surfaces. VG- $12.5 April 26, 1969 - Arthur Getz illustrated cover of two light aircraft fling in a giant cloud over a small airport. Issue includes James Dickey poem "Madness," Robert Graves poem "Troublesome Fame," Ellen Willis music review of Bob Dylan's album "Nashville Skyline," and more... Moderate rubbing discoloration to the patina of the rear cover ad. Light wear and soiling to the spine and edges. VG- $12.5 May 3, 1969 - Classic Ronald Searle illustrated cover of an alley cat sitting by a brick wall with graffiti. Issue includes L. E. Sissman poem "A War Requiem," Penelope Gilliatt's cinema review of Max Ophul's Lola Montes, S. J. Perelman story "Calling All Moths: Candles Dead Ahead," and more... Light storage wear to the spine. VG+ $20 May 10, 1969 - James Stevenson illustrated cover of a basket of flowers with signs that lampoon regulatory signs "Go", "Park Anytime", "Walk on the Grass", "Pick the Flowers." Issue includes Woody Allen story "The Metterling Lists," poetry by May Swenson, William Meredith poem "Fledglings," and more... Light storage rub to the spine and surfaces; moderate shelf bump top front corner with some pages corner creased. Foxing front edge. G++ $10 May 17, 1969 - Arthur Getz cover of a restaurant door open to the setting sunlight. Issue includes Susan Lardner book review of Kurt Vonnegut classic "Slaughterhouse-Five," Penelope Gilliatt cinema reveiw "Mounting Rubbish" about the recent proliferation of low budget sex films, Mark M. Perlberg poem "The House Tree (Painting by Paul Klee)," and more... Moderate storage wear and rub to the surface. VG- to VG $17.5 May 21, 1969 - Charles Saxon illustrated cover of men and women holding drinks atop snowy peaks with the setting sun in the background. Issue includes Jorge Luis Borges poem "Daybreak," W. H. Auden poem "The Horatians," John Updike story "The Corner," and more.... Mild wear and foxing to the page block edge. Storage rubbing and color shift to the ad on the back cover. VG- $12.5

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