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    JAMES T. FARRELL - ERNEST HEMINGWAY - GEORGE ADE - JOHN DOS PASSOS - ERSKINE CALDWELL - DASHIEL HAMMETT - VINCENT STARRETT - GENE TUNNEY

    Published by ESQUIRE PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., CHICAGO, IL, 1933

    Seller: Aah Rare Chicago, Glenview, IL, U.S.A.

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    Condition: FAIR CONDITION

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    ILLUSTRATED PAPER WRAPPERS. Condition: FAIR CONDITION. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. (3) - 3 - 117 + ((1) PAGES. THE FIRST LARGE SIZE ISSUE OF "ESQUIRE THE QUARTERLY FOR MEN," OCTOBER 15, 1933, OF THIS ICONIC MEN'S MAGAZINE. PREVIOUS OWNER'S SIGNATURE ON THE FRONT COVER. SEVERAL SMALL CLOSED TEARS AND CREASES ALONG THE FRONT EDGE OF THE COVER. THERE IS 3" SPLITTING OF THE SEAM AT THE TOP. THE INTERIOR IS TIGHT AND CLEAN. JAMES T. FARRELL PROVIDE SEVERAL (6 +) BOOK REVIEWS THAT IS TITLED " ALL IN A MAN'S READING" ON PAGE 91. THIS FIRST ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE CONTAINS FICTION BY JOHN DOS PASSOS, ERSKINE CALDWELL, DASHIEL HAMMETT, DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR AND VINCENT STARRETT. ALSO THERE ARE SPORTS ARTICLES BY BOBBY JONES ON HOW HE PUTTS IN GOLF, GENE TUNNEY AND BENNY LEONARD ON BOXING, THERE IS HUMOR BY GEORGE ADE, HARRY HERSHFIELD AND OTHERS. THERE ARE ARTICLES BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY WITH MANY PHOTOS OF HIS FISHING EXPLOITS OFF HAVANA, CUBA, RING LARDNER, JR AND OTHERS. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COLOR FULL PAGE SEMI-RISQUE CARTOONS THAT ARE PRESENT ON ALMOST EVERY OTHER PAGE. ARTISTS INCLUDE GEORGE PETTY AND THE ESQUIRE ART DIRECTOR JOHN GROTH. THERE ARE MULTIPLE LINE DRAWINGS, FULL COLOR DRAWINGS, DRYPOINT, AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPH CARTOONS BY ESQUIRE'S JOHN GROTH . THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS MAGAZINE IS UNCOMMON EVEN THOUGH 105,000 COPIES WERE PRINTED AND QUICKLY SOLD OUT ON NEWS STANDS.THEY ARE GENERALLY UNCOMMON BECAUSE MOST WERE CONSUMED IN THE MANY "PAPER DRIVES" DURING WORLD WAR II. Size: 1O" X 14".