[light soiling to covers, otherwise a nice clean copy with a good firm binding]. Contains the following stories: the novella "Hotel Raleigh, the Bowery" (by Albert Maltz, called "a new writer of importance" on the magazine's cover); "Young American Couple" (Griffith Beems); "Rome Was Not Built in a Day" (Alice Weber); "Captain Postovov" (Carl Jacobs); "The Willow Tree" (Frances Frost); "The Pond" (R.F. Baum); "An Incident of Violence, Complete" (Mort Friedlander). In addition, editor Burnett's feature, "Words on the Wing,"... View More...
[light handling/reading wear, minor soft finger-creasing to covers; printed subscription address block on front cover]. (B&W/color photographs, ads, etc.) Contains Burke's short story about a honky-tonk singer. Magazine also includes: profiles of Robert Downey Jr. and film director David Fincher; short features on Iggy Pop ("What I've Learned") and Christina Ricci; article, "The American Way of Justice," by Lt. Commander Charles Swift, about the Guantanamo Bay detention center. View More...
[nice clean copy, subscription mailing label at lower right-hand corner of front cover, but no significant wear]. (photographs, ads, graphics) Mid-run issue of this L.A.-centric magazine, subtitled on the cover "The Talk of Los Angeles." (Except that mostly, it wasn't.) The cover story is an interview with actress Susan Sarandon, entitled "The Anti-Star." Also in this issue: "The L.A. Decade," an article positing Los Angeles as "undeniably center stage for the ultimate fin de sicle experience -- the end of not just a century but a mill... View More...
[moderate wear at edges/corners, front cover clean and bright, very light dampstain at bottom of rear cover extending through about the last one-third of the magazine; no labels or exterior markings]. (B&W photos, other illus.) Oversize magazine (too big for my scanner!) with a terrific front cover color photo of W.C. Fields in POPPY; there is also a full-page ad for the movie, featuring a caricature of Fields, on page 11. The magazine gives a thorough rundown of what was happening in all the arts (mostly in New York), and includes articles, criticism, etc. by Marcia Davenport, Norris Houghto... View More...