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    The Rose Bath Riddle by Anthony M. Rud (Popular Publications, November 25, 2022, 978-1-61827-675-9, $24.95, 212pp, tp, n., cover by C. C. Beall) [Jigger Masters]
        Reprint (Macaulay 1934) mystery novel. Volume 112 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume two in “The Complete Cases of Jigger Masters”.
    Details taken from publisher website.

    The Stuffed Men by Anthony M. Rud (Popular Publications, November 29, 2023, 978-1-61827-766-4, $24.95, 200pp, tp, n.) [Jigger Masters]
        Reprint (Macaulay 1935) novel. Volume 150 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume three in “The Complete Cases of Jigger Masters”.
    Details taken from online listing.

    Christopher Priest by Nicholas Ruddick (Starmont House, November 1989, 1-55742-109-9, $9.95, 104pp, tp, nf) [Ref. Christopher Priest]
        Non-fiction book on Christopher Priest, with an annotated bibliography. Starmont Reader’s Guide #50. A hardcover edition (-110-2, $19.95) was announced but not seen.

    The Destroyer of Worlds: A Return to Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (Harper, February 2023, 978-0-06-325689-7, $30.00, 301pp, hc, n.)

    The Destroyer of Worlds: A Return to Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (Subterranean Press, December 2024, 978-1-64524-184-3, $175.00, 240pp, hc, n., cover by David Palumbo)
        Reprint (Harper 2023) horror novel. Limited to 400 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition (-225-3, $850), limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies.
    Details taken from publisher website.

    Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (Harper, February 2016, 978-0-06-229206-3, $26.99, 372pp, hc, n., cover by Jerrod Taylor)
        Lovecraftian novel about Jim Crow America. A black army veteran seeks his missing father in 1954 America, encountering racism and Lovecraftian obstacles along the way. A paper-over-boards edition.

    Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (Subterranean Press, July 2022, $175.00, 256pp, hc, n., cover by David Palumbo)
        Reprint (Harper 2016) Lovecraftian fantasy novel about Jim Crow America. Limited to 400 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($750.00).

    The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Subterranean Press, March 2011, 978-1-59606-362-4, $125.00, 510pp, hc, n., cover by Vincent Chong)
        Reprint (Doubleday; Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2009) literary novel with fantastic elements, a prequel to The Shadow of the Wind. Translated by Lucia Graves from the Spanish El Juego del Angel (Planeta 2008). This is a signed, limited edition of 750; a lettered edition of 26 (500.00) is also available.

    The City of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Harper Perennial, November 23, 2021, 978-0-06-311809-6, $15.99, 176pp, hc, oc)
        Translated from the Spanish (La ciudad de vapor, Planeta, November 2020), mainly by Lucia Graves. A hardcover edition (-314315-9, $26.99) was announced but not seen. Simultaneous with the UK (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) edition.
    Details taken from Table of Contents.

    The City of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Subterranean Press, January 2024, 978-1-64524-146-1, $150.00, 166pp, hc, oc, cover by Vincent Chong)
        Reprint (Harper 2021) original collection. Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by Lucia Graves. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($750).
    Details taken from publisher website.

    Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón; translated by Lucia Graves (Subterranean Press, April 2023, $150.00, 264pp, hc, n., cover by Portia Rosenberg)
        Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2013) young-adult gothic/dark fantasy mystery/thriller novel. Translated from the Spanish (Edebé 1999). Limited to 250 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($750).
    Details taken from publisher website.

    The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Subterranean Press, August 2014, 978-1-59606-594-9, $125.00, 276pp, hc, n., cover by Vincent Chong)
        Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2012) literary novel with fantasy elements, third in a cycle after The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel’s Game. Translated by Lucia Graves from the Spanish El Prisionero del Cielo (Planeta 2011). Printed in two colors; two-color and full-color illustrations by Vincent Chong. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a traycased, lettered edition of 26 ($500.00) is also available.

    The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Subterranean Press, January 2009, 978-1-59606-166-8, $75.00, 469pp, hc, n., cover by Vincent Chong)
        Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2004) literary novel with fantastic elements. Translated by Lucia Graves. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies; a lettered edition of 26 signed copies, lavishly bound, housed in a handcrafted traycase ($500.00) is also available.

    My Wife Ethel by Damon Runyon (Constable, November 1939, 7/6d, 251pp, hc, co)
        Collection of 44 stories about Joe & Ethel Turp.
    • 1 · Ethel’s Pops and Joe’s Uncle Tim [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 15 1939, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was reading the paper and she ses Joe suppose we went to Paris…”)”
    • 6 · Brooklyn Is All Right [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 29 1939, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was reading the paper and she ses Joe do you know what?”)”
    • 11 · “Let Me Explain” [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 20 1938, as “untitled (“The other night when my wife Ethel and me got home from the movies she ses Joe do you know why people…”)”
    • 16 · Beauty Clay and Shaving Soap [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 13 1938, as “untitled (“The other night when I was going to bed my wife Ethel was walking around…”)”
    • 21 · “OO-OO-OO!” [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 20 1938, as “untitled (“My wife Ethel was listening to the radio the other night and she ses Joe what is the idea of those people…”)”
    • 26 · Diet and Exercise [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 13 1938, as “untitled (“The other night when we came home from the movies I was reading the paper and my wife Ethel was looking at herself…”)”
    • 31 · Is Singing Necessary? [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 27 1938, as “untitled (“When my wife Ethel and me got home from the movies the other night she ses listen Joe is singing necessary?”)”
    • 36 · Quins [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner May 1 1938, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was reading the paper and she ses Joe what about Missus Dionne?”)”
    • 41 · Short Pants [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner May 29 1938, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was reading the paper and she ses Joe how did Mister Kennedy ever come out about the short pants?”)”
    • 47 · Cafe Society [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner June 12 1938, as “untitled (“Last week I got a raise in salary and when I went home and told my wife Ethel…”)”
    • 53 · United Kingdom Cuvee [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner June 19 1938, as “untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel ses to me Joe I bet it is a lot of fun being a Roosevelt.”)”
    • 58 · The Louis-Schmeling Fight [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner June 26 1938, as “untitled (“Last night I took my wife to see Joe Louis and Max Schmeling fight…”)”
    • 64 · The Cop Says Get Back There [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 17 1938, as “untitled (“I had a day off yesterday and so I got out the old can and drove my wife Ethel down to Floyd Bennett Airport…”)”
    • 69 · At the Races [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 7 1938, as “untitled (“Last week my boss sent me to Albany to see a fellow about some business…”)”
    • 76 · Red Fox Jacket [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 14 1938, as “untitled (“I got up late last Sunday morning and after breakfast I started to read the paper…”)”
    • 82 · Ethel’s Uncle Dan and War [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 4 1938, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses Joe if there was a war would you go to it?”)”
    • 88 · The Cop Says Turp Turp Turp [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 11 1938, as “untitled (“The other night I got out the old bucket and me and my wife Ethel drove over to New York…”)”
    • 94 · Ethel’s Pops and the Mustard Plaster [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 18 1938, as “untitled (“When I got home last night I ses to my wife Ethel see here Ethel what is this I hear…”)”
    • 100 · Ethel Sings Husky Musky Dusky [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 2 1938, as “untitled (“The other night I took my wife Ethel to a show on some passes a friend of mine gave me…”)”
    • 106 · Ethel’s Pops Knocks the Government [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 9 1938, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses to me Joe if you had a friend…”)”
    • 111 · Ethel’s Dream House [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 16 1938, as “untitled (“The other day my wife Ethel showed me the picture of a house in the paper…”)”
    • 117 · Laughter at the Movies [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 24 1938, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses to me Joe do you know what a terrible thing Mussolini…”)”
    • 123 · The End of the World [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 6 1938, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses Joe people are certainly awfully crazy.”)”
    • 128 · Sports Are Hypocrites [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 13 1938, as “untitled (“The day after election my wife Ethel ses Joe the paper ses Mister Dewey sent a telegram…”)”
    • 133 · Corned Beef and Cabbage Night [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 20 1938, as “untitled (“The other night when I got home from work Mildred Swanson was there…”)”
    • 139 · Ethel and the Blonde Thing [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 27 1938, as “untitled (“The other night after we had a big thanksgiving dinner…”)”
    • 146 · Arriving Places [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 11 1938, as “untitled (“The other night when I got home I ses to my wife Ethel hay Ethel what do you think?”)”
    • 152 · The Sunny South [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 18 1938, as “untitled (“That lumbago that Johnny Walker the traveling fellow had did not get better…”)”
    • 158 · Ethel’s Bathing Suit [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 25 1938, as “untitled (“Yesterday was a nice warm Sunday so I took my wife Ethel to the beach…”)”
    • 164 · Uncle Dan and the Baby Alligators [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 1 1939, as “untitled (“My wife Ethel and me got back from Florida yesterday in the old bucket…”)”
    • 170 · Uncle Dan and the Spies [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 8 1939, as “untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel ses Joe my Uncle Ben was over today.”)”
    • 177 · Between Two Girls [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 22 1939, as “untitled (“The other night I took my wife to the movies and when we got home I ses now look here Ethel…”)”
    • 182 · Two Face [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 12 1939, as “untitled (“The other night when my wife Ethel and I were coming home from the movies we passed Minnie Schultz…”)”
    • 187 · Deb Sings Wuh Wuh Wuh [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 26 1939, as “untitled (“Last night I took my wife Ethel to a night club over in New York…”)”
    • 193 · Bad Language [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 5 1939, as “untitled (“When I got home from work the other evening I ses to my wife Ethel hurry…”)”
    • 199 · Ethel Wins a Dollar [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 26 1939, as “untitled (“The other night I had to work late so my wife Ethel went to the movies…”)”
    • 206 · Uncle Dan and the Fan Dancer [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 2 1939, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses Joe the Worlds Fair is all right now.”)”
    • 213 · Wedding Anniversary [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 9 1939, as “untitled (“Last night when I got home from work my wife Ethel ses Joe do you know what day this is?”)”
    • 219 · Liver and Onions [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 16 1939, as “untitled (“The other night when I got home from work I ses to my wife Ethel well sweets what have you got…”)”
    • 225 · A Tough Audience for Underwear [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 19 1939, as “untitled (“The other night I took my wife Ethel to the movies and when we got home she ses Joe I have been thinking of something.”)”
    • 231 · Catching Cold [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 4 1938, as “untitled (“When I got home the other night my wife Ethel ses why Joe what makes you look so solemn?”)”
    • 236 · Ethel’s Pops and Danged Hard Times [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 3 1938, as “untitled (“My wife Ethel was reading the paper the other day and she ses Joe do you know the difference between the recession and the depression?”)”
    • 241 · Ethel’s Salad Bowl Hat [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 10 1938, as “untitled (“The other night I could not get home for dinner so I had it downtown…”)”
    • 247 · A Billion Dollars [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 17 1938, as “untitled (“My wife Ethel was leading the paper the other night and she ses Joe how much is a billion?”)”

    My Wife Ethel (var. 1) by Damon Runyon (David McKay Company, 1940, $1.75, 242pp, hc, co)
        Collection of 44 stories about Joe & Ethel Turp, 30 of which appeared in the 1939 UK collection of the same title.
    • 1 · Ethel’s Pops and Joe’s Uncle Tim [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 15 1939, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was reading the paper and she ses Joe suppose we went to Paris…”)”
    • 6 · Brooklyn Is All Right [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 29 1939, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was reading the paper and she ses Joe do you know what?”)”
    • 11 · The Cop Says Turp Turp Turp [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 11 1938, as “untitled (“The other night I got out the old bucket and me and my wife Ethel drove over to New York…”)”
    • 17 · “Let Me Explain” [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 20 1938, as “untitled (“The other night when my wife Ethel and me got home from the movies she ses Joe do you know why people…”)”
    • 22 · Beauty Clay and Shaving Soap [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 13 1938, as “untitled (“The other night when I was going to bed my wife Ethel was walking around…”)”
    • 27 · Do You Love Me? [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 16 1938, as “untitled (“Last night when I got home from work my wife Ethel seemed to be thinking about something…”)”
    • 33 · “OO-OO-OO!” [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 20 1938, as “untitled (“My wife Ethel was listening to the radio the other night and she ses Joe what is the idea of those people…”)”
    • 38 · Liver and Onions [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 16 1939, as “untitled (“The other night when I got home from work I ses to my wife Ethel well sweets what have you got…”)”
    • 44 · Diet and Exercise [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 13 1938, as “untitled (“The other night when we came home from the movies I was reading the paper and my wife Ethel was looking at herself…”)”
    • 49 · Is Singing Necessary? [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 27 1938, as “untitled (“When my wife Ethel and me got home from the movies the other night she ses listen Joe is singing necessary?”)”
    • 54 · Cafe Society [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner June 12 1938, as “untitled (“Last week I got a raise in salary and when I went home and told my wife Ethel…”)”
    • 60 · God’s Country [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 6 1939, as “untitled (“The other night I took my wife Ethel over to a movie theater on Broadway…”)”
    • 65 · At the Races [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 7 1938, as “untitled (“Last week my boss sent me to Albany to see a fellow about some business…”)”
    • 73 · Do It with Etiquette [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 19 1939, as “untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel was reading a book and I ses whats that you are reading Ethel?”)”
    • 78 · Red Fox Jacket [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 14 1938, as “untitled (“I got up late last Sunday morning and after breakfast I started to read the paper…”)”
    • 84 · One Seconder Kiss [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 30 1939, as “untitled (“One night a couple of weeks ago my wife Ethel ses Joe I have been thinking about something all day long.”)”
    • 89 · Ethel’s Uncle Dan and War [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 4 1938, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses Joe if there was a war would you go to it?”)”
    • 95 · Hefty Hogan and a Black Eye [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 23 1939, as “untitled (“When I got home the other night and was sitting down listening…”)”
    • 100 · Ethel’s Pops and the Mustard Plaster [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 18 1938, as “untitled (“When I got home last night I ses to my wife Ethel see here Ethel what is this I hear…”)”
    • 105 · A Black Cat Is Good Luck [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 3 1939, as “untitled (“When I got home from work last night my wife Ethel was in the kitchen…”)”
    • 110 · Ethel Sings Husky Musky Dusky [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 2 1938, as “untitled (“The other night I took my wife Ethel to a show on some passes a friend of mine gave me…”)”; given as “Ethel Sings Husky Dusky Musky” in the Table of Contents.
    • 116 · Ethel’s Pops Knocks the Government [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 9 1938, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses to me Joe if you had a friend…”)”
    • 121 · The End of the World [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 6 1938, as “untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses Joe people are certainly awfully crazy.”)”
    • 126 · A Good Cry [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 27 1939, as “untitled (“The other night when I got home from work my wife Ethels eyes were red…”)”
    • 131 · Corned Beef and Cabbage Night [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 20 1938, as “untitled (“The other night when I got home from work Mildred Swanson was there…”)”
    • 136 · What Is Oomph? [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 13 1939, as “untitled (“The other night I was reading the paper and I ses to my Ethel what is ump baby?”)”
    • 142 · Ethel and the Blonde Thing [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 27 1938, as “untitled (“The other night after we had a big thanksgiving dinner…”)”
    • 149 · Ethel Experiments [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 3 1939, as “untitled (“The other night the soup my wife Ethel gave me for my dinner was not very good.”)”
    • 154 · Arriving Places [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 11 1938, as “untitled (“The other night when I got home I ses to my wife Ethel hay Ethel what do you think?”)”
    • 160 · The Sunny South [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 18 1938, as “untitled (“That lumbago that Johnny Walker the traveling fellow had did not get better…”)”
    • 165 · Ethel’s Bathing Suit [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 25 1938, as “untitled (“Yesterday was a nice warm Sunday so I took my wife Ethel to the beach…”)”
    • 171 · Uncle Dan and the Baby Alligators [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 1 1939, as “untitled (“My wife Ethel and me got back from Florida yesterday in the old bucket…”)”
    • 178 · Fashionable Manners [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 10 1939, as “untitled (“Last week I made a little unexpected extra dough…”)”
    • 183 · Two Face [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 12 1939, as “untitled (“The other night when my wife Ethel and I were coming home from the movies we passed Minnie Schultz…”)”
    • 188 · Deb Sings Wuh Wuh Wuh [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 26 1939, as “untitled (“Last night I took my wife Ethel to a night club over in New York…”)”
    • 194 · Gentlemen Stand [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 24 1939, as “untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel and I went over to New York…”)”
    • 199 · Bad Language [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 5 1939, as “untitled (“When I got home from work the other evening I ses to my wife Ethel hurry…”)”
    • 205 · Some Good Advice [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 23 1938, as “untitled (“When I got home from work the other night my wife Ethel ses O hello Joe so you are home hay?”)”
    • 210 · Wedding Anniversary [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 9 1939, as “untitled (“Last night when I got home from work my wife Ethel ses Joe do you know what day this is?”)”
    • 216 · Ethel Entertains a Celebrity [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 20 1939, as “untitled (“Last night when I got home from work I heard somebody talking in the kitchen…”)”
    • 221 · A Tough Audience for Underwear [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 19 1939, as “untitled (“The other night I took my wife Ethel to the movies and when we got home she ses Joe I have been thinking of something.”)”
    • 227 · Catching Cold [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 4 1938, as “untitled (“When I got home the other night my wife Ethel ses why Joe what makes you look so solemn?”)”
    • 232 · Ethel’s Salad Bowl Hat [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 10 1938, as “untitled (“The other night I could not get home for dinner so I had it downtown…”)”
    • 238 · Are You a Cracky? [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 24 1939, as “untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel ses Joe do you know what my Uncle Ben ses?”)”

    The Turps: Collected Stories 1: 1937-1939 by Damon Runyon (Wordsmith, December 2024, 979-8303120822, £10.95, 296pp, tp, co) [Joe & Ethel Turp] [edited by Paul Duncan]
        Also available in hardback (979-8303121270, £19.50).
    • · Introduction · Paul Duncan · in
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel and me went to a movie two weeks ago and it was not so hot…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 12 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel and me went to another picture the other night and she is pretty sore about it…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 21 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel and me went over to see a picture in a Broadway movie joint the other night…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner May 6 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel ses she is glad they got the King crowned at last all right and the queen too…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner May 15 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel was listening to the radio the other night and some guy told a joke…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner May 21 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel ses to me yesterday what on earth is the matter with all you men anyway…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner June 28 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel and me went to the movies the other night and it was one of these pictures…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 5 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel ses to me last night hay Joe, I was going by Jim Wong the laundrymans place today…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 2 1937
    • · A Call on the President [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 21 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel and me went to the movies last night and afterwards when we was home…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 21 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel and me went to a movie down town last night and before the movie came on…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 28 1937
    • · untitled (“When my wife Ethel and me got home from the movies last night she ses Joe I want you to explain something…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 10 1937
    • · untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel ses to me Joe it must be a wonderful thing to be Missus Rosefelt…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 1 1937
    • · untitled (“When I got home from work last night my dinner was not ready and I ses to my wife Ethel…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 7 1937
    • · untitled (“The other day was my wife Ethels birthday so I blew her to a big Guinee dinner…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 21 1937
    • · untitled (“One night about a week ago I got home from work my wife Ethels girl friend…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 28 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel and me went to a movie last night and in this movie there was a big fight…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 5 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel came home the other evening with her clothes mussed and her face dirty…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 12 1937
    • · untitled (“I was reading the paper after dinner last night and my wife Ethel was sewing on something…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 19 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel and me went to a movie the other night and when we got home…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 26 1937
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel was reading the paper the other night and she ses hay Joe how does Walter Winchell…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 2 1938
    • · untitled (“When I got home the other night my wife Ethel ses well Joe what have you been doing all day?…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 9 1938
    • · untitled (“Last night when I got home from work my wife Ethel seemed to be thinking about something…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 16 1938
    • · untitled (“When I got home from work the other night my wife Ethel ses O hello Joe so you are home hay?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 23 1938
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel was reading the paper last night and she ses hay Joe I bet Mister Hoover…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 30 1938
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel and me went to the movies the other night and on the way home Ethel ses Joe who is your favorite actress in the movies?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 6 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night when I was going to bed my wife Ethel was walking around…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 13 1938
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel was listening to the radio the other night and she ses Joe what is the idea of those people…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 20 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night when we came home from the movies I was reading the paper and my wife Ethel was looking at herself…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 13 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night when my wife Ethel and me got home from the movies she ses Joe do you know why people…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 20 1938
    • · untitled (“When my wife Ethel and me got home from the movies the other night she ses listen Joe is singing necessary?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 27 1938
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel was reading the paper the other day and she ses Joe do you know the difference between the recession and the depression?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 3 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night I could not get home for dinner so I had it downtown…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 10 1938
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel was leading the paper the other night and she ses Joe how much is a billion?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 17 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night I was setting in our living room reading the paper…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 24 1938
    • · Nothing Happens in Brooklyn [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s April 30 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was reading the paper and she ses Joe what about Missus Dionne?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner May 1 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night I took my wife Ethel to a fight at the Ridgewood Grove…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner May 22 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was reading the paper and she ses Joe how did Mister Kennedy ever come out about the short pants?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner May 29 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses to me hay Joe there is a picture with Clark Gable in it downtown so lets go see it.”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner June 5 1938
    • · untitled (“Last week I got a raise in salary and when I went home and told my wife Ethel…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner June 12 1938
    • · untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel ses to me Joe I bet it is a lot of fun being a Roosevelt.”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner June 19 1938
    • · untitled (“Last night I took my wife to see Joe Louis and Max Schmeling fight…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner June 26 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night I ses to my wife Ethel honey I feel like a movie tonight and she ses why Joe that is swell.”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 3 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was reading the paper and she ses Joe what do you think of the gall of that Danish fellow?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 10 1938
    • · untitled (“I had a day off yesterday and so I got out the old can and drove my wife Ethel down to Floyd Bennett Airport…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 17 1938
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel ses to me last night Joe do you know long hair is coming back?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 24 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night when we got home from the movies I ses to my wife Ethel see here Ethel…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 31 1938
    • · untitled (“Last week my boss sent me to Albany to see a fellow about some business…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 7 1938
    • · untitled (“I got up late last Sunday morning and after breakfast I started to read the paper…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 14 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night when my wife Ethel and me got home from the movies I ses Ethel…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 21 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was late getting home to make my dinner…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 28 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses Joe if there was a war would you go to it?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 4 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night I got out the old bucket and me and my wife Ethel drove over to New York…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 11 1938
    • · untitled (“When I got home last night I ses to my wife Ethel see here Ethel what is this I hear…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 18 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night I took my wife Ethel to a show on some passes a friend of mine gave me…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 2 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses to me Joe if you had a friend…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 9 1938
    • · untitled (“The other day my wife Ethel showed me the picture of a house in the paper…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 16 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses to me Joe do you know what a terrible thing Mussolini…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 24 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was reading a lot of newspapers one after the other…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 30 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses Joe people are certainly awfully crazy.”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 6 1938
    • · untitled (“The day after election my wife Ethel ses Joe the paper ses Mister Dewey sent a telegram…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 13 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night when I got home from work Mildred Swanson was there…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 20 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night after we had a big thanksgiving dinner…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 27 1938
    • · untitled (“When I got home the other night my wife Ethel ses why Joe what makes you look so solemn?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 4 1938
    • · untitled (“The other night when I got home I ses to my wife Ethel hay Ethel what do you think?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 11 1938
    • · untitled (“That lumbago that Johnny Walker the traveling fellow had did not get better…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 18 1938
    • · untitled (“Yesterday was a nice warm Sunday so I took my wife Ethel to the beach…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 25 1938
    • · untitled (“My wife Ethel and me got back from Florida yesterday in the old bucket…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 1 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel ses Joe my Uncle Ben was over today.”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 8 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was reading the paper and she ses Joe suppose we went to Paris…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 15 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night I took my wife to the movies and when we got home I ses now look here Ethel…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 22 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel was reading the paper and she ses Joe do you know what?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner January 29 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night when my wife Ethel and I were coming out of the movies…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 5 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night when my wife Ethel and I were coming home from the movies we passed Minnie Schultz…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 12 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night I took my wife Ethel to the movies and when we got home she ses Joe I have been thinking of something.”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 19 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night I took my wife Ethel to a night club over in New York…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner February 26 1939
    • · untitled (“When I got home from work the other evening I ses to my wife Ethel hurry…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 5 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night I was going along Flatbush Avenue with my wife Ethel…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 12 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel went to a movie alone…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 19 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night I had to work late so my wife Ethel went to the movies…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner March 26 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses Joe the Worlds Fair is all right now.”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 2 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night when I got home from work my wife Ethel ses Joe do you know what day this is?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 9 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night when I got home from work I ses to my wife Ethel well sweets what have you got…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 16 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night when I got home from work I ses to my wife Ethel what is this jam…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 23 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel woke me up out of a sound sleep…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner April 30 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses Joe do you know ladies skirts are getting shorter?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner May 7 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses Joe what people important?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner May 14 1939
    • · untitled (“When I got home the other night I ses to my wife Ethel hello there Ethel…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner May 21 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel ses Joe what becomes of all the money when nobody has any?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner May 28 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel ses Joe do you know what I would like to have?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner June 4 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night I took my wife Ethel to Ebbets Field to see the Brooklyn Dodgers…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner June 11 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night I told my wife Ethel I would take her to the Worlds Fair…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner June 18 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night I took my wife Ethel and her Moms and her Pops and her Uncle Ben…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 2 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel ses Joe when are we going to go to the Worlds Fair again?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 9 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel and I started out to see the movies…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 16 1939
    • · untitled (“When I got home the other night and was sitting down listening…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 23 1939
    • · untitled (“One night a couple of weeks ago my wife Ethel ses Joe I have been thinking about something all day long.”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner July 30 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night I took my wife Ethel over to a movie theater on Broadway…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 6 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night I was reading the paper and I ses to my Ethel what is ump baby?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 13 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night when I got home from work I heard somebody talking in the kitchen…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 20 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night when I got home from work my wife Ethels eyes were red…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner August 27 1939
    • · untitled (“When I got home from work last night my wife Ethel was in the kitchen…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 3 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night I took my wife Ethel to a movie and they showed the pictures of Tony Galento…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 10 1939
    • · untitled (“Every day for the past couple of weeks my wife Ethel has been getting all the newspapers…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 17 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel ses Joe do you know what my Uncle Ben ses?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner September 24 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel ses Joe my Uncle Ben was here again today…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 1 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night when I got home I ses to my wife Ethel hay Ethel whats this about…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 8 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night my wife Ethel and I went to the movies and the only seats we could find…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 15 1939
    • · untitled (“When I got home last night my wife Ethels Uncle Ben was there…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 22 1939
    • · untitled (“Last Saturday was my wife Ethels birthday…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner October 29 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night when I got home the furniture in our living room…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 5 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel was reading the paper and she ses hay Joe listen to this.”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 12 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel was reading a book and I ses whats that you are reading Ethel?”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 19 1939
    • · untitled (“Last week my wife Ethels Moms spent a few days at our house…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner November 26 1939
    • · untitled (“The other night the soup my wife Ethel gave me for my dinner was not very good.”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 3 1939
    • · untitled (“Last week I made a little unexpected extra dough…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 10 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel ses Joe I wish we had an awful lot of money.”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 17 1939
    • · untitled (“Last night my wife Ethel and I went over to New York…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 24 1939
    • · untitled (“Last Sunday night I was taking my bath…”) [Joe & Ethel Turp] · Damon Runyon · vi San Francisco Examiner December 31 1939

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