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Best Sellers

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December 1934

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Week of December 3, 1934

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WINE FROM THESE GRAPES
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1

WINE FROM THESE GRAPES

WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
Cover of WHILE ROME BURNS
2

WHILE ROME BURNS

EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
H. G. Wells
Cover of EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
3

EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

FORTY-TWO YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Irwin H. Hoover
4

FORTY-TWO YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE

CANTERBURY TALES
Geoffrey Chaucer
Cover of CANTERBURY TALES
5

CANTERBURY TALES

CITY EDITOR
Stanley Walker
Cover of CITY EDITOR
6

CITY EDITOR

SOUTH OF THE SUN
Russell Owen
Cover of SOUTH OF THE SUN
7

SOUTH OF THE SUN

Week of December 10, 1934

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WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
Cover of WHILE ROME BURNS
1

WHILE ROME BURNS

EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
H. G. Wells
Cover of EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
2

EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

CANTERBURY TALES
Geoffrey Chaucer
Cover of CANTERBURY TALES
3

CANTERBURY TALES

FORTY-TWO YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Irwin H. Hoover
4

FORTY-TWO YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE

WINE FROM THESE GRAPES
Edna St. Vincent Millay
5

WINE FROM THESE GRAPES

WILD FLOWERS
Homer D. House
6

WILD FLOWERS

SOUTH STREET
Richard C. McKay
Cover of SOUTH STREET
7

SOUTH STREET

Week of December 17, 1934

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WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
Cover of WHILE ROME BURNS
1

WHILE ROME BURNS

WINE FROM THESE GRAPES
Edna St. Vincent Millay
2

WINE FROM THESE GRAPES

EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
H. G. Wells
Cover of EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
3

EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

FORTY-TWO YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Irwin H. Hoover
4

FORTY-TWO YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE

CANTERBURY TALES
Geoffrey Chaucer
Cover of CANTERBURY TALES
5

CANTERBURY TALES

WHY NOT TRY GOD?
Mary Pickford
Cover of WHY NOT TRY GOD?
6

WHY NOT TRY GOD?

ROMAN SPRING
Mrs. Winthrop Chanler
7

ROMAN SPRING

Week of December 24, 1934

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WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
Cover of WHILE ROME BURNS
1

WHILE ROME BURNS

FORTY-TWO YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Irwin H. Hoover
2

FORTY-TWO YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE

R. E. LEE
Douglas S. Freeman
Cover of R. E. LEE
3

R. E. LEE

EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
H. G. Wells
Cover of EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
4

EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

WINE FROM THESE GRAPES
Edna St. Vincent Millay
5

WINE FROM THESE GRAPES

CANTERBURY TALES
Geoffrey Chaucer
Cover of CANTERBURY TALES
6

CANTERBURY TALES

WHY NOT TRY GOD?
Mary Pickford
Cover of WHY NOT TRY GOD?
7

WHY NOT TRY GOD?

Week of December 31, 1934

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WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
Cover of WHILE ROME BURNS
1

WHILE ROME BURNS

EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
H. G. Wells
Cover of EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
2

EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

R. E. LEE
Douglas S. Freeman
Cover of R. E. LEE
3

R. E. LEE

WINE FROM THESE GRAPES
Edna St. Vincent Millay
4

WINE FROM THESE GRAPES

WHY NOT TRY GOD?
Mary Pickford
Cover of WHY NOT TRY GOD?
5

WHY NOT TRY GOD?

SKIN DEEP
M. C. Phillips
6

SKIN DEEP

FORTY-TWO YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Irwin H. Hoover
7

FORTY-TWO YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.