[rear cover missing, otherwise a good sound copy with general external wear; front cover has a small ink mark across "m" in title, a few small edge-tears, a small column of mostly-erased numbers at left edge, small surface-peel scar near upper right corner]. (illustrations, photographs, advertisements) As the cover blurb states: "Read this issue and see why Cosmopolitan is America's Greatest Magazine." Based on the content of this issue, you won't get an argument from me. Herein are (a partial list): an article, "Ninety-Nine Per Cent Efficiency," by Elbert Hubbard; an article, "The Battle of... View More...
[creasing and light wear to edges of covers due to slight overlap of text block; spine slightly turned, light external soiling]. (B&W photographs, cartoons, ads) Digest-sized publication, issued monthly for the amusement and titillation of the British male. Contains a mixture of light feature articles (on topics such as "Canoes Can Go Anywhere" and "Why I Hate Father's Day"), photographs of buxom but wholesome beauties (no nudity, in fact not even decent cheesecake, at least by American standards), and lots of cartoons (some captioned as stand-alone gags, others illustrating ... View More...
[a lovely copy with only light handling wear; original subscriber's name and address stamped neatly in upper corner of rear cover (amazing to think that at one time this went through the U.S. Mail -- it honestly appears to have barely been touched by human hands); NOTE that this item has been graded according to book-grading standards, NOT comic-book guidelines]. (cartoon drawings) Early Disney magazine, the precursor to the comic book-format "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" (which first appeared under that title in October 1940). This issue contains these stories: "The White Goat" by Sari;... View More...
[minor handling wear, rear cover has subscriber's address label and an array of vintage postage stamps affixed]. (B&W photographs) Small-format (8-1/2" x 5-1/2") TV collectors' fanzine, with two primary features in this issue: the cover story, a tribute to the recently-deceased character actress Natalie Schafer, best remembered for her portrayal of Mrs. Thurston P. Howell III on "Gilligan's Island," incorporating comments from several of her professional colleagues; and a brief feature and episode guide to "The Hathaways," a one-season sitcom that starred Peggy Cass and Jack Weston as a marrie... View More...
[random ink scribbling at left side of front cover, rear cover has subscriber's address label and an array of vintage postage stamps affixed]. (B&W photographs) Small-format (8-1/2" x 5-1/2") TV collectors' fanzine, with two primary features in this issue: the cover story, a long tribute article about the recently-deceased actor James Franciscus, who starred in several successful TV series during the 1960s and 1970s, incorporating several interviews and quoting from his personal correspondence with the publishers; and a production-history article + episode guide for "Land of the Giants," a fan... View More...
[sharp-looking copy, minor edgewear and a few tiny edge-nicks to front cover]. (B&W photographs, advertisements) A typical issue of one of the numerous "Confidential"-inspired scandal mags of the era, purporting to supply "all the facts [and] all the names." The latter, in this issue, include: Red Skelton ("he rode a non-stop carousel of babes and bourbon"); Marlon Brando (about his purported romance with Rita Moreno); Marilyn Monroe (an article about "the hidden secrets behind [her] tragic bust-ups!"); and Loretta Young (her "uncensored" story, "a story you won't see any Sunday night!"). T... View More...
[minor foldover at right side of front cover, otherwise a nice clean solid copy with only light wear, one tiny tear at top of front cover]. Novel: "Wing Warriors" by T.W. Ford. Novelette: "Canyon of Crashes" by Arch Whitehouse. Stories and features include: "Kilt in Action" by Joe Archibald; "Blue Flare Below" by James Perley Hughes; "The Kite-Conqueror" (about WWI RAF pilot Richard Bernard Munday); "Spandau Snare" by F.E. Rechnitzer; "'Plane Dope" by Arch Whitehouse (about WWI German pilot Bruno Loerzer). [Note the inverted swastika ... View More...
[nice clean copy, minimal handling wear, tiny nick in right edge of front cover, some minor stress lines along spine]. (B&W photographs, ads) This issue includes: an account by editor FJA of his visit with Basil Rathbone on the set of Curtis Harrington's VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET; a preview (with a full plot synopsis, lots of spoilers!) of DIE, MONSTER, DIE! (referred to by its working title, HOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD; this seems to be an article reprinted from an earlier issue, since the movie had been released four years earlier, and there's also no mention of Karloff having died... View More...
[very light wear along spine, otherwise unblemished]. (B&W photographs) Monthly magazine of the Hollywood photographers' union. The primary feature of this issue is a six-page photographic layout regarding George Stevens's film I REMEMBER MAMA, shot by Gaston Longet and including four full-page location shots taken on the streets of San Francisco. There is also a lovely full-page portrait of actress Ann Blyth, photographed by Ray Jones. Other articles in this issue include: "Landscape Photography," by Edwin Broomer; "Ambassador from Hollywood," an article about photographer ... View More...
[nice clean copy, binding (staples) firm, a bit of wear at spine ends, bumping and slight crinkling at upper right corner, one-time owner's name discreetly rubber-stamped in "q" of title on front cover]. (photographs, cartoons, ads, etc.) One of the harder-to-find 1930s issues of "The Magazine for Men," despite its general lack of household-name contributors (which is to say no Fitzgerald or Hemingway), due in large measure to its inclusion of the first appearance of Pietro di Donato's "Christ in Concrete," his story of Italian-American construction workers. It's acco... View More...
[creasing/wrinkling at all corners and along spine, otherwise a decent copy, internally clean]. (B&W photographs) "Special Sexuality Issue," featuring a long article by David Madden, "Marble Goddesses and Mortal Flesh: Notes for an Erotic Memoir of the Forties." Also: articles by Harry M. Geduld, Lawrence Becker, and others; an examination of the films of Ken Russell, by Jack Fisher; poetry by Annabelle Hebert and Fred Chappell; a feature on MAD Magazine movie satires (reproducing individual frames from various satires, with themes relating to sexuality). View More...
[nice clean copy with only minimal handling wear, minor bend at top right corner of front cover, very slight insect-nibbling at lower right edge of front cover] (B&W photographs) Inaugural issue of a magazine dedicated to presenting "original documents and critical evaluations that will be useful to scholars, teachers, students or anyone seriously interested in film." Contents of this issue include: a conversation with director Vilgot Sjman and actress Lena Nyman, coupled with a compilation of reactions to their film I AM CURIOUS--YELLOW at the Hollins Cinema Conference, and a biography and ... View More...
[nice clean copy, light external wear only, no damage to spine]. (B&W and color photographs, graphics, ads) A mid-run issue publisher Huntington Harford's ambitious attempt at creating a Life-type magazine devoted exclusively to the performing arts, including movies and TV; never a huge success, its initial large-format run lasted from just 1961 until 1965. (For an acerbically hilarious account of its rise and fall, see "Whistling Girl," a 1978 memoir by Helen Lawrenson, who served as the publication's associate editor for much of its run. An equally short-lived resuscitation, from 1970 to 1... View More...
[nice clean copy, just a trace of handling wear]. (B&W photographs) In this issue: an interview with Vittorio Taviani; "Confessions of a Feminist Porn Watcher," by Scott MacDonald; "The Voice of Documentary," by Bill Nichols (including discussion of SOLDIER GIRLS, ROSIE THE RIVETER and WEDDING CAMELS); an article about racial discrimination and ethnographic filmmaking in Australia, with focus on the documentary film TWO LAWS; "Human Artifice and the Science Fiction Film," by J.P. Telotte (discussing THE THING, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS and BLADE RUNNER). Films rev... View More...
[minor paper loss to spine covering at both ends, pages tanned but not brittle, typical edgewear to yapped covers (tiny nicks, bends), small nick at left edge of front cover]. (pen and ink illustrations) Novelettes: "Satan Sees Red," a Satan Hall story (Carroll John Daly); "A Private Affair," a Seor Lobo story (Erle Stanley Gardner). Short stories: "The Other Fellow's Game" (Maurice Beam); "The Expert" (Donald Barr Chidsey). Serial: "The Shadow Man," Part 5 of 6. True stories: "I Looted Broadway," Part 6 (Al Lewis and Howard McLellan); "Illustrated Crimes: Caught by Radio" (Stookie Allen). ... View More...
[pages tanned but not brittle, typical edgewear to yapped covers, 1.5" closed tear at bottom of front cover, about 2" separation of cover front spine at top front hinge, soft vertical crease in front cover]. (pen and ink illustrations) Novelette: "Satan's Mark" (Carroll John Daly). Short stories: "The Yellow Rat" (Sidney Herschel Small); "Death Waits" (J. Allan Dunn); "Touchdown" (Henry La Cossitt); "Death Rides at Anchor" (Howard Finney, Jr.); "Hit and Run" (Charlotte Dockstader). Serial: "The House of Creeping Horror," Part 3 of 5 (George F. Worts). True stories: "Illustrated Crimes: The... View More...
[pages tanned but not brittle, typical edgewear to yapped covers, about 2" loss of paper covering at top of spine, light soiling to rear cover]. (pen and ink illustrations) Complete short novel: "Behind the Curtain," a Mr. Strang story (Carroll John Daly). Short stories: "Shot with Indigo" (H.W. Guernsey); "The Nervous Corpse" (Allen Saunders); "Clue of the Hard-Boiled Eggs" (Edward Parrish Ware); "Dead Line" (Irma Benjamin). Serial: "The Eel Walks," Part 2 of 2 (Joel Townsley Rogers). True stories: "Illustrated Crimes: The Jealous Killers of Glendale, N.Y." (about Ernest and Marie Vetter) (... View More...
[pages tanned but not brittle, slightly heavier than usual edgewear to yapped covers, rear cover wrinkled/soiled, small tear at right edge of front cover]. (pen and ink illustrations) Novelette: "Satan Strikes," a Satan Hall story (John Carroll Daly). Short stories: "A Dead Man in the Cast" (Edward Parrish Ware); "Red Rebound" (Frederick C. Davis); "Head Hunt" (Charles Alexander); "Murder Terrace" (Robert Arthur). Serial: "The Ship of Death," Part 2 of 5 (Michael Keyes). True stories: "The 'Pipe' Murders" (Bert Mohrman); "Illustrated Crimes: The Owl Car Murders" (Paul Berdanier); "I Am a C... View More...
[a little chipping/paper loss along right edge of cover due to typical pulp cover extending a bit beyond the text block, a little soiling/darkening to bottom edge, small bit of spine covering missing at base of spine (no loss of spine text), light soiling to rear cover; pages still reasonably supple despite inevitable aging and toning]. Novelettes: "Satan's Creed" (Carroll John Daly); "The Crimson Coffin," featuring Kong Gai (Sidney Herschel Small). Short stories: "A Personal Question" (J. Lane Linklater); "Cops 'n' Robbers" (Robert H. Rohde); "Two Hours of Darkness" (John Reid Byers); "The ... View More...
[typical edgewear to yapped covers (tiny nicks, bends, etc.), pages tanned but not brittle, small ragged (but closed) horizontal tear at left edge of front cover, some soiling/staining to rear cover (pen and ink illustrations) Novelette: "Death Follows the Rat," a Twist Sullivan story (Carroll John Daly). Short stories: "Bright Copper!" (Roland Phillips); "Stormy Night" (Edward Parrish Ware); "The Edge of the Blade" (Eugene P. Lyle, Jr.). Serial: "Wanted for Murder," Part 2 of 5 (Hulbert Footner). True stories: "Broadway Wolf," Part 3 of 6 (No. "000"); "Illustrated Crimes: The Six-Years Man... View More...
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