Artifiction Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 (edited) On 7/21/2024 at 1:06 AM, dickymoe74 said: Wow, If you do end up sending this into CGC, please share the graded book if you can. This looks really nice and should be worth the CGC grading..... I love this cover too! Nice job! I'm considering sending it in. If I do, I will share the results. Thank you! Edited July 21 by Artifiction dickymoe74 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing Alien Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 On 7/21/2024 at 1:06 AM, dickymoe74 said: Wow, If you do end up sending this into CGC, please share the graded book if you can. This looks really nice and should be worth the CGC grading..... I love this cover too! Nice job! They are quite stunning the brighter they are. That might be slightly amped but looks like a great copy. Would love to see what it comes back at dickymoe74 and Artifiction 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 This one has some edge shadow but came in a 2 for 20 lot, great PQ. The other one not so much (although it does have an article from Anita Loos) dickymoe74, Artifiction and pmpknface 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickymoe74 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 On 8/12/2024 at 7:36 PM, Darwination said: This one has some edge shadow but came in a 2 for 20 lot, great PQ. The other one not so much (although it does have an article from Anita Loos) Nice, Darwination! I love this one, amazing!!!! Great condition and nice popping colors! I've never seen this book, thanks for sharing.... Is this 1920's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 June 1927. The Smart Set is probably best remembered as a literary magazine, but it had a varied history and ownership. I used to hunt early mid 20s issues for early Dashiell Hammett but never had much luck finding them under the radar. Early on it was the first mag to publish O. Henry and later published Jack London, Theodore Dreiser, Sinclair Lewis, Eugene O' Neil, Hammett, and others. H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan were editors for many years, and the mag has a place in pulp history because the stories that weren't "worthy" went to The Parisienne, Saucy Stories, and then Black Mask, that last one which just might be the greatest pulp of all time (for us that like our pulp hardboiled). Mencken and Nathan left in 1924 when they had a piece pulled by the publisher making fun of the nationwide grief of President Warren Harding's death. They went on to The American Mercury, another excellent and famous lit. mag, and Smart Set was bought by William Randolph Hearst who converted it to a big and beautiful magazine with similar production values to his Cosmopolitan. Henry Clive started doing covers immediately, and those issues tend to be much in demand. The interior illustration is great, too, but a lot of the stories are in the true story/confessions sort of vein but there's also some good celeb articles. It was far more popular than it ever was before as a big slick but died with the crash of 1929. I'm sure I'd have more of them if they weren't so pricey or if I was better at keeping an eye out. Many of the Clives are absolute stunners. I've never seen this one for sale but would love to find it. pmpknface, dickymoe74, waaaghboss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickymoe74 Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 On 8/16/2024 at 7:05 PM, Darwination said: June 1927. The Smart Set is probably best remembered as a literary magazine, but it had a varied history and ownership. I used to hunt early mid 20s issues for early Dashiell Hammett but never had much luck finding them under the radar. Early on it was the first mag to publish O. Henry and later published Jack London, Theodore Dreiser, Sinclair Lewis, Eugene O' Neil, Hammett, and others. H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan were editors for many years, and the mag has a place in pulp history because the stories that weren't "worthy" went to The Parisienne, Saucy Stories, and then Black Mask, that last one which just might be the greatest pulp of all time (for us that like our pulp hardboiled). Mencken and Nathan left in 1924 when they had a piece pulled by the publisher making fun of the nationwide grief of President Warren Harding's death. They went on to The American Mercury, another excellent and famous lit. mag, and Smart Set was bought by William Randolph Hearst who converted it to a big and beautiful magazine with similar production values to his Cosmopolitan. Henry Clive started doing covers immediately, and those issues tend to be much in demand. The interior illustration is great, too, but a lot of the stories are in the true story/confessions sort of vein but there's also some good celeb articles. It was far more popular than it ever was before as a big slick but died with the crash of 1929. I'm sure I'd have more of them if they weren't so pricey or if I was better at keeping an eye out. Many of the Clives are absolute stunners. I've never seen this one for sale but would love to find it. Very Cool, wow, this one is another great and amazing cover. I will keep an eye out for the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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