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    Omnibook Magazine [v11 #4, March 1949] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 162pp, 5.4" x 7.75")
    A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”.
    • 1 · The Young Lions · Irwin Shaw · n. Random House 1948; abridged.
    • 57 · How to Call a Man a Name? [from The Lewis English Refresher and Vocabulary Builder] · Norman Lewis · ex Wilfred Funk 1945
    • 59 · The Lunatic Fringe [from Blackstone and White Rock] · Milton Farber · ex Dutton 1948
    • 62 · The Running of the Tide · Esther Forbes · n. Houghton Mifflin 1948; abridged.
    • 118 · Sweet and Sour · Joseph Wechsberg · ss The New Yorker Sep 27 1947
    • 123 · Shake Well Before Using · Bennett Cerf · nf Simon & Schuster 1948; abridged.
    • 157 · How Satan Brewed His Snake Oil [from Joseph Goebbels: The Devil’s Advocate] · Curt Riess · ex Doubleday 1948
    • 162 · Back and Forth · [Various] · ms (r)



    Omnibook Magazine [v11 #11, October 1949] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 146pp, 5.4" x 7.75")
    A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”.
    • 1 · The Brave Bulls · Tom Lea · n. Little, Brown 1949; abridged.
    • 46 · Mysteries and Adventures along the Atlantic Coast · Edward Rowe Snow · ex Dodd, Mead 1948
    • 56 · Alexander Duval’s Dynasty [from Vines in the Sun] · Idwal Jones · ex Morrow 1949
    • 58 · With a Feather on My Nose · Billie Burke & Cameron Shipp · nf Appleton-Century 1949; abridged.
    • 88 · Calling Names [from The Jumbo Entertainer] · Harold Hart · ex Hart Publishing 1946
    • 89 · Cream Hill Calendar [from Cream Hill] · Lewis Gannett · ex Viking 1949
    • 98 · The Chain · Paul I. Wellman · n. Doubleday 1949; abridged.
    • 144 · Barbs by Oscar Wilde · Oscar Wilde · ms (r)
    • 146 · Back and Forth · [Various] · ms (r)


    Omnibook Magazine [v11 #12, November 1949] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 146pp, 5.4" x 7.75")
    A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”.
    • 1 · The Aspirin Age: 1919-1941 · ed. Isabel Leighton · nf Simon & Schuster 1949
    • 43 · Morning Faces · John Mason Brown · ex Whittlesey House 1949
    • 50 · Call It Treason · George Howe · nf Viking 1949; abridged.
    • 99 · Black Bart [from Wells Fargo] · Edward Hungerford · ex Random House 1949
    • 103 · Who Said It— [from The Jumbo Entertainer] · Harold Hart · ex Hart Publishing 1946
    • 105 · The Blue Field · John Moore · ex Whittlesey House 1948
    • 118 · The Doctor Wears Three Faces · Mary Bard · nf J.B. Lippincott 1949; abridged.
    • 144 · Shafts by Shaw · George Bernard Shaw · ms (r)
    • 146 · Back and Forth · [Various] · ms (r)






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