As of yet No Joe and am running out of ideas where he may be so it does not look promising.
However, I did manage to unearth this late 30s morsel I need help in identifying.
What I have are 26 pages which may or maynot represent a 52pager in that there is one loose mangled page that was wadded up somewhat and loose in the bottom of the box the coverless 52pages was found in
which is of the same size and browning as the book but the storyline on the page has no place in any story from the book which makes me think it is just a loose page from who knows where.
Following the splash page 'Words Without Music' is a 2page 'Null and Void', a 2pg Ace&Deuce story with a WM Allison sig, a 2pg 'Cowboy Jake', a 4 pg 'AirPlunder', 'WildWest, Junior' 2 pg, 4 pg 'Tala' by Norman Daniels illus Fred Guardineer,
2pg 'Death Rides the Stage', 1 pg 'The West that Was WMAllison , a couple more 1 pg HomelessOscar& Cheif TwoGun Whitecalf and a 3pg story Illustrated short story 'The Square Ups' by Bard Reynolds illus by R. Astarita
then a sweet centerfold of 'The Old Prospector' (pipe smoker in front of his cabin with a dream balloon of the old west covered wagon scene over his head while an airplane flys by the cabin.)
Another 3pgshort story TheLastHand by Charles R. Allen and stories titled The Gay Desperado1,TommyHawk2, Realman3, Out Where...1, Lyin Lou2, Pedro&Pancho2, PoisonWater3, Praire Dog1,Palsy-Walsy1, JessPhoolin1 and the book finishing with 5 more 1pg shorts.
Hope someone might be able to identify the book for scanning. May be able to get a cover from off Heritage. Thanks.