NURSERY NIGHTS (1942) by Haviland-Taylor, Katharine - 1942

New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company. 1920. First Edition Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers, 143 pages, plus ads, illustrated. Includes the first of six parts of "Prairie Flowers" by James B. Hendryx, the second of six parts of "The Picture on the Wall" by J. Breckenridge Ellis, "Latitudes of Madness" by Magda Leight, "With Clean Hands" by Hamilton Craigie, etc. Reading/filler copy with spine torn, chipping to the ends, edgewear and creasing to the cover, front cover detached. 291E

Chicago: Royce Publishers - Quick Reader, 1944. [1st printing](1944) #127. Small paperback, 4.5" x 3", abridged. Cover art by Axlerod; interiors are uncredited. Includes "Nothing Sacred" by James Street; "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon; "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benet; "The Failure" by Katharine Haviland-Taylor. Tanning; minor creasing; minor soiling; edge nicks and wear.. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good.

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. First Edition. 249 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Prize plate to front pastedown. Moderate staining, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Heavy thumb marking present throughout. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with noticeable staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.

New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company. Fair. 1926. First Edition. Softcover. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], last numbered page is 958 [first numbered page is 801], illustrated. Includes the first of four parts of "I Did It!" by Garret Smith, "The Fighting Devil" by Harold De Polo, "John Smith and Wife" by John D. Swain, "Sis Boom---Florida!" by Thomas Thursday, "Tying a Temperament to Thaddeus" by Charles Devine, "that Old Southern Feeling" by E. K. Means, "The Return" by Katharine Haviland Taylor, etc. A Reading/filler copy with the spine chipped, edgewear and light chipping to the front cover, rear cover missing and replaced with a sheet of plain blue paper, text paper tanned as usual. bx 503

NY: Frank A. Munsey Co., 1926. Vol. CLXXVI, No. 6. Pulp magazine. Edited by Matthew White. Cover art by Paul Stahr for "I Did It!" (pt. 1 of 4) by Garrett Smith. Includes "A Small Time Guy" (pt. 2 of 4) by C. C. Wadell; "West of Broadway" (pt. 4 of 5) by Fred MacIsaac; "Prairie Shock" (pt. 3 of 3) by John Holden; "The Fighting Devil" by Harold De Polo; "John Smith and Wife" by John D, Swain; "Sis Boom - Florida!" by Thomas Thursday; "Tying a temperament to Thaddeus" by Charles Divine; "That Old Southern Feeling" by E. K. Means; "The Return" by Katharine Haviland Taylor. Poetry: "Hooky!" by R. E. Alexander; "April" by George Lawrence Andrews; "The Ship Model" by Thomas J. Murray; "The Cowboy's Spring Flowers" by S. Omar Barker. Piece out of rear cover; 3 small pieces out of spine, one also taking small bit out of rear hinge - wraps likely re-glued; otherwise… Read More

USA.: The Frank A. Munsey Company., 1920. Book. FA to G. Soft cover. First Thus.. Vol. CXVI, Number 3, January 10,1920. SERIAL STORIES - "Yellow Soap" (Cover & Story; 6 parts - part # 1) by Katharine Haviland Taylor, "The Big Muskeg" ( 4 parts - part # 2) by Victor Rousseau, "Son of the Black Wolf" (5 parts - part 4) by Charles B. Stilson, "In Quest of Yesterday" ( 3 parts - part #3) by J. B. Ryan. NOVELETTE - "Blue Moonshine" by Charles Albert Halle. SHORT STORIES - "The Open Window" by Jack Bechdolt, "Purse Strings and Vocal Chords" by Carl Clausen, "Back pay" by Roy W. Hinds, "The Big Big Never" by Charles Tenney Jackson. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Frank A. Munsey Co., 1920. 1st edition.. Magazine in cover illus wraps (art by Robert A. Graef). Good unmarked, backstrip missing, rear wrap missing, fairly bright front wrap, edgewear.. This pulp fiction magazine was publshed under this title beginning in July 1920. This early issue contains five serials (featured is The Picture on the Wall by Ellis; also contains The Night Horseman by Brand), one novelette, and five short stories . A good copy of rare item. 7 x 10, 144 pp + ads, b/w illus.

Paperback / softback. New.

NY: Frank A. Munsey Co., 1920. Vol. CXXVII, No. 1. Cover is uncredited for "The Picture on the Wall" (pt. 1 of 6) by J. Breckenridge Ellis. Includes "The Mysterious Quest" (pt. 2 of 5) by Frederick R. Bechdolt; "What Was That?" (pt. 4 of 6) by Katharine Haviland Taylor; "Sleeping Acres" (pt. 6 of 6) by Brayton Norton; "The Night Horseman" (pt. 7 of 7) by Max Brand; "The Devil's Teapot" (novelette) by Chauncey C. Hotchkiss; "The Red Battle" by William Merriam Rouse; "Fifty Fifty" by Artemus Calloway; "Love in St. Louis" by Marc Edmond Jones; "The Ape-Woman" by John Charles Beecham; "Grapes of Eshcol" by Rothvin Wallace. Tape at spine head; 1/4" off heel; shallow, but 3" long piece out at upper front foredge.. SingleIssueMagazine. Very Good-.

Independently published, 2019. Paperback. New. 163 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.37 inches.