Judge, 1924-11-29 · page 12 of 12
Judge — November 29, 1924 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This is a **book publisher advertisement**, not a political cartoon. It appears on a page from *Judge* magazine promoting a special offer from Doubleday, Page & Co. The ad announces a "double library for the cost of one"—two complete sets of classic literature (*Masterpieces of Mystery* and *Masterpieces of Adventure*) combined into uniformly bound volumes and sold as a single package. The appeal is straightforward: readers get eight volumes of famous stories by celebrated authors (Stevenson, de Maupassant, O. Henry, Balzac, Jack London, Poe, Dickens, and others) at the price of ordering one set. The page lists story titles and authors to demonstrate the collection's value, emphasizing that readers can own works by "eighteen other master story tellers." The "Request for Inspection" form at bottom invites interested customers to examine the books before payment. This is essentially mass-marketing literature during an era when such bundled collections were a common way to build home libraries—no satire or political content is present.
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Special Combination Sale of the World’s Greatest Mystery and AdventureStories A DOUBLE LIBRARY FOR THE COST OF ONE We have on hand a few sets of the Masterpieces of Mystery and the Masterpieces of Adventure, over-runs from large editions of these famous books. These over-runs have been combined into double sets, uniformly bound in handsome deep-red cloth with gold lettering. Thus there is created a remarkable combination of eight volumes containing not only the most famous short stories in all literature, but also the most interesting. To the first orders for either one of these sets—while the supply lasts—we will ship this unusual combined set: double the value, double the number of stories, double the size of your order—BUT FOR THE SAME PRICE! This offer is without parallel. It is a rare opportunity for you to get for your library some of the greatest stories in literature. Look at the Contents of These Famous Books! THE MASTERPIECES OF ADVENTURE Stories of the Sea and Sky THE MASTERPIECES OF MYSTERY The Ship that a Ghost A Nii ¢ Doldrums W he Major-General E. D. Swinton ; uperdirigible “Gamma-I"" Donn Byrne Beast w The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspi Maddele Have you ever read . Henry Sienkiewicz Janet “The Sire De Male- | The Wreck 4s. (aay de Maupassant yw Cal Pion troit's Door’ or ne Descent into the Maelstrom) sscrmcrsesai “Thrawn Janet,” by Robert Louis Ste- Oriental Adventure Stories Some of de venson? The Inlet of Peach Blossoi Maupassant’s 2reat el Ha Nathan Parker Willi Wilkie C With The Master- | In the Pasha’ es of Adventure ma can fly away with Stevenson to unknown castles and watch thril- | The Two lingly behind the scenes as the valiant knight is trapped in a strange stronghold ¢ Baron's Quarry Edge and 18 forced—on the e Man and Some Others Stephen Cra pain of death—to | The Outlaws Selma Lagerlof Garden olden Fleece Sir Hug. 1 His Family Washim pi urai Byron F Adventures in Desert Places irthur B. Wilkie C marry the most beau- | Princess Bob and Her Friends Brei Harte tiful girl in France. | The Three Strangers Thomas Hard Mary E. and Thos. W. Hanske Or you will let O. The Passing of Black Eagh O. Henry Match Anton Chekho: Henry hold you spell- 0 Diablo W. H. Hudson nd Yard Stories — Robert Anderson bound. Or an amazing story by t Baleac will Adventures Within Walls stir your blood. The Sire De Maletroit’s L Each of the authors ‘ " has dipped his pen into A Double Dyed Dec Myatic Humorous Stories Algernon Blackwood James O Brien Théophile Gautier Mark Twain 0. Henr magic ink and given | The Bold Dragoon W Lafeadio Hear you the weirdest tales | The Bet Bensc imaginable, of love, | La Grande Bretéche y Fernald hate, romance, adven- | 7 The Masque of the Red Death F ture! Jack London— | Dr, Manctte’s Manuscript Poe—Dickens—Wash- | Sitenec DY res ington Irving~Thomas Hardy — de Maupa sant — Bret Harte and eighteen other master story tellers. Just read the list of authors and titles of the Ma: pieces of Adventure and you will realize the wealth of lively action that is here. Arthur Mac The Secret of Goresthorpe Grang Sir A. Cona the Pale Eyes Guy de Mc sts Brander M d change, there ii es you away from 1 d with romance, } | Lose No Time | 1 you can ha f these double is a striking colle n of the most i ever assembled in a uniform binding. T! ht volumes, although they_p: Hy ere formerly sold in a different bind he prese | combination sets is e: ‘ hip single sets to Your chance is now! 7 DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO., Dept. M-3511, Garden City, New York | | | | ] Request for Inspection DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO., Dept. M-3511 Garden City, N. Y. Gextieen: If a combined set of The Ma and The Master pieces of Adventure is still av: y it to me on approval. If not satisfied I may return the books within § days. Otherwise I will remit $1 promptly and $2 for four months. @oness or WILUAM GREEN, 5S comicbooks.com