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Saturday Evening Post Jan 24 1903 Harrison Fisher
ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Scans of this issue are shown below this description.
Cover design by Harrison Fisher.
"The January Special Number"
Complete contents picked up from paging through this issue are as follows:
"Tales of a Country Town -- The Identification of 'Bronco Jim'" by George Ade and illustrated by Will Grefe
"A Ballad of White Water Men" by Holfan F. Day
"How Roosevelt Got His First Second-Term" with illustration by J.J. Gould
"The Admirable Tinker" by Edgar Jepson -- Tinker's Foundling, and illustrated by H.R. Gruger
"Golden Fleece -- The American Adventures of a Fortune-Hunting Earl" by David Graham Phillips and illustrated by Harrison Fisher. Part of a serialization opening here with Chapter V
"Men and Measures" by Charles Emory Smith
"The Pit" by Frank Norris and illustrated by Will Grefe -- Part of a serialization picking up with Chapter XiX
"Unsolved" by Ian Maclaren, "An Unseen Presence -- The Writing Man's Narrative of a Mystery of His College Days", with illustration by Emlen McConnell
Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Ivory Soap*, The Prudential*, Lifebuoy Soap*, "The Angelus" from the Wilcox & White Co.*, "The Modern Watchmen" from Dueber Hampden Watchworks*, Smith & Mabley*, Remington Typewriter*, the Union Buggy Company*, "The Wing Piano" from Wing & Son*, The Smith Premier Typewriter*, Walter Baker's Cocoa & Chocolate, Daisy Rifle, a quarter-page ad for "The Pit by the Late Frank Norris" from Doubleday, Page & Co.*, Rambler Touring Car from Thomas B. Jeffrey & Co.*, Iver Johnson Revolvers "will stand the test of the most critical inspection"8, Williams' Shaving Soap*, full-page from The Winton Motor Carriage Co. on the inside back cover, and Ralston Purina Cereals on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))
GRADING - CONDITION:
Absolutely complete vintage issue with no cut-outs. Grades VG or 4/10 with a light horizontal crease across the middle of the issue which is causing a small one-inch split at the center of the spine. Some short tears into the edge of the pages along the same light crease. Some age toning and light soiling to covers. Clean on the inside pages. Mailing label on front cover.
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