Life Magazine 1936 - 1937
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Issue Date: |
Cover/Issue Description: |
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Price |
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July 30, 1936 |
This Is a “Dummy”. 1st Scarce advertising “dummy’
published to promote advertising in the future picture magazine. Approx.
3,000 copies printed. |
Not Available |
NA |
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September 24, 1936 |
Rehearsal Magazine – a “Dummy”. 2nd Scarce advertising “dummy”
published to promote the new (and yet unnamed) Life Magazine. 15,000 copies
printed. Picking Cotton, “Romeo and Juliet”, Air Transport, Stalin, Hitler,
Helen Hayes, Alice Marble, |
Good, tape repairs to cover edge and spine, other edge tears |
$75.00 |
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Same |
Good, cover wear, small cover edge tears |
$75.00 |
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November 23, 1936 |
First Issue – Vol. 1 No. 1. Fort
Peck Dam cover by Margaret Bourke-White. NBC Radio Studios, |
Good |
$40.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good, tears at top of cover |
$30.00 |
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Same |
Good, cover gouge, tape |
$25.00 |
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November 23, 1936 |
MINIATURE Copy of the first issue, measures approx. 6.5” x 8.5”, 96 pages. Exact reproduction except that color ads are b&w. Issued in 1962 as a promotional gift to advertisers and friends. Often misrepresented as a “preview issue” from 1936 – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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November 30, 1936 |
Vol. 1 No. 2 issue. |
Not Available |
NA |
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December 7, 1936 |
Vol. 1 No. 3 issue. Skiing cover. Noel Coward on Broadway, Hitler, Russian Ballet, Norfolk, Galli-Curci, Rachmaninoff, Lloyds of London, Skiing, German Navy – 5 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good, spine tears |
$17.50 |
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December 14, 1936 |
Archbishop of |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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December 21, 1936 |
Lord Beaverbrook's Daughter cover. Abdication, Tattoos, Merle Oberon, London Crystal Palace, Wildfowl by Scott, Spanish Bomb Madrid – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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December 28, 1936 |
Metropolitan Opera Ballet. Speaker of the House Bankhead, “Gone With the Wind” book, Burchfield Paintings, Lindy Hoppers, Dancing, Fred Astaire, Ballet, Life of Christ in Art, The Cruel Chinese & Japan – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
G/VG – torn back cover |
$25.00 |
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Same |
G/VG, edge tear through all pages |
$25.00 |
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Same – 3 copies |
Good |
$25.00 |
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January 4, 1937 |
President Roosevelt cover. Met Opera, WPA Murals, Roosevelt's Record (22 pages), "The Plainsman", How to Ride – 5 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good, spine tears |
$17.50 |
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January 11, 1937 |
Japanese Soldiers cover. Governor of NY, Margaret Sanger, Winslow Homer, Dinosaurs, 1936-37 Broadway Season (w/color photos), Japan's Army – 4 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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January 18, 1937 |
Henry & Edsel Ford at |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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Same – 8 copies |
Good |
$25.00 |
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January 25, 1937 |
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G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good, crease |
$20.00 |
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February 1, 1937 |
Indoor Tennis cover. Roosevelt's 2nd Inaugural, Vassar, Modern Art (Sloan, Marsh, etc.), Camper-trailers, Chinese communists, "Fire Over England"- 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same – 4 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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February 8, 1937 |
Winter on the Range cover. Mississippi Floods of 1937, Grant Wood double page painting, Hermann Goring, Winter in Wyoming, “Maid of Salem” – 11 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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February 15, 1937 |
General Senjuro Hayashi cover. Flood Victims, Supreme Court "Packing", Darryl Zanuck, Van Gogh Art, How to Undress, Oxford Group – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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February 22, 1937 |
Triton Sculpture for |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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March 1, 1937 |
274 Laboratory Mice. US Science Battles Cancer, Golden Gate Bridge Deaths,
Belgrave Babies, Court Tennis, Thomas Hart |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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March 8, 1937 |
Ski Lift at |
Not Available |
NA |
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March 15, 1937 |
Throne in Westminster Abbey. Steel Worker, Tyrone Power, Eleanor Roosevelt Album, The Coronation, Crown Jewels, Mecca, “Love Is News”, If London is Bombed, How a Man Undresses – 9 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$17.50 |
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March 22, 1937 |
Parachute Test with Dummy cover. Austria and Habsburgs, Mayor La Guardia, Parachute jumping, George Washington Carver, "The Soldier and the Lady", Chain Gang – 5 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$17.50 |
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March 29, 1937 |
Easter Choristers cover. Air Stewardesses, Texas School Tragedy, Harvard Swimmer, Smith College, Paul Cadmus Art, “The King and the Chorus Girl”, Palm Springs – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 4 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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April 5, 1937 |
Terrier Barking Up Tree. Sit-Down Strikes (Chrysler), Gas-House Gang in Training (Baseball), “Silent Barriers”, Richard II, The Amish & One–Room Schools |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good, crease |
$17.50 |
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April 12, 1937 |
Centenarian cover. Oldest man, "Elephant Boy", Quezon, Cezanne Art, Spanish Loyalists, Quezon of the Philippines, Beer for Kansas – 6 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$17.50 |
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April 19, 1937 |
Queen |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$22.50 |
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April 26, 1937 |
White Leghorn Rooster (only cover with Logo moved from upper left position - is in small letters at the bottom). Wagner Act, Oil Wells, "Captains Courageous", Pacific Defense, Hawaii, Gardens, Neville Chamberlain, Lou Gehrig ad back cover – 5 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good, creases |
$17.50 |
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May 3, 1937 |
Harlow in Hollywood. England Fills Up for Coronation, Hollywood photo essay, Shirley Temple, “A Star Is Born”, Edward Hopper Art, India’s Northwest Frontier, Religion in Russia – 6 copies |
G/VG |
$35.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$30.00 |
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May 10,1937 |
Migs (Boy shooting marbles). Middletown (Muncie, IN), Glenn Martin, "The Prince and the Pauper", Westminster Abbey, Mexican Propaganda Movie, Trout Fishing – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good, tear |
$17.50 |
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May 17, 1937 |
The Dionne Quints. Hindenburg Disaster photos, Kentucky Derby, Sam Goldwyn, John Kane Art, Tallest King, British Character Cartoons – 6 copies |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$25.00 |
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May 24, 1937 |
Spring Lamb cover. Cordell Hull and State Dept., Roosevelt Fishing Vacation, Lamb Breeding, "Kid Galahad", Coronation Photos – 6 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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May 31, 1937 |
Golden Gate Bridge. Theatre & Censorship, Henry Ford, Kent School Rowing, The Coronation, Water Colors, Elkton Marriage Mill Ends - 4 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good, edge tears |
$17.50 |
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Same |
Good – spine damage |
$15.00 |
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June 7, 1937 |
The Class of 1937. Big Missouri, Virginia Campus, Harvard Library, 1937 Students – 4 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 4 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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June 14, 1937 |
A United States Senator. Senate & Senators, “Parnell”, Dachshunde, Waugh’s Seascapes, Eye & Ear – 7 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good, library stamp, crease |
$15.00 |
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June 21, 1937 |
Reno Divorce Myth. “A Day at the Races”, Braddock vs. Louis, The Windsor Wedding, U.S. Dust Bowl – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good, crease |
$17.50 |
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June 28, 1937 |
Sea, Sand and Siren. Flight to Bermuda, “The Road Back”, Confederate Reunion, “You Can’t Take It With You”, “Room Service”, German Racer, Priests on Mussolini – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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July 5, 1937 |
July Corn. Steel Strike, Paper Production, Renoir, Palestine, “Knight Without Armor” – 4 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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July 12, 1937 |
Grace the Dummy (Mannequin). Death in Spain (Robert Capa Spanish Civil War photos), East Indian Dummy, Pilgrims, Lunt & Fontaine, Audubon’s Birds, Transcontinental Trucking - 2 copies |
G/VG |
$35.00 |
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July 19, 1937 |
Summer Shower. Amelia Earhart Disappears, Scottsboro Boys, Billy Rose’s Shows, Vermont, Vanderbilt Cup Racer, Puppeteers – 6 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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July 26, 1937 |
Polo Pony. US Fascists, Infant Behavior, “Topper”, Charlie McCarthy, Rockettes in Paris, Picasso Painting – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
G/VG – 2” cover tear |
$17.50 |
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Same |
Good |
$17.50 |
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August 2, 1937 |
Sister Making Salad. Wheat, Pre-Fab House, Cup Yachts, “Toast of New York”, Iceland – 7 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 3 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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August 9, 1937 |
Watermelons to Market. Motorized Maneuvers, Martha’s Vineyard & Nantucket, Democratic Split, Archery, “Life of Emile Zola” – 7 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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August 16, 1937 |
Young Camper. Madame Chiang Kai-shek, President’s Album, Private Flyers, How To Fly, Long Island Aviation Club, Summer at Camp – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$17.50 |
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August 23, 1937 |
Transoceanic Transport (Airplane). Summer Theatres, Egypt’s King, Golf, Girl Scouts Jubilee, London Holiday – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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August 30, 1937 |
Life Goes on a Frog Hunt. Military Cemeteries in Europe, Ku Klux Klan & Justice Black, Atom Smasher, The Japanese, “Dead End” – 7 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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September 6, 1937 |
Harpo Marx. National Labor Relations Board, Lily Pons, Shanghai Bombed, Deanna Durbin, “A Hundred Men and a Girl”, Paris Fashions & Reporters – 2 copies |
Good |
$25.00 |
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September 13, 1937 |
Weir of Weirton. Chinese Fight Japan at Shanghai, Lilly Dache, Twins Convention, Photoelectric Signs, Robert Riggs Art, “The Prisoner of Zenda”, Amateur Golf, Where Robert Ripley Lives – 2 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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September 20, 1937 |
Menuhin’s Hands. New York Prepares to Pick a Mayor, Battle of Antietam 75th, Bacteria, Avaitors, Doris Lee, Mussolini & Hitler Caricatures, Hollywood Starlets, Carole Lombard, Iowa Farm photo essay – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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September 27, 1937 |
Nelson Eddy. Woods Hole, Dressing for Football, MGM Photographer, “Stage Door”, Mountain Climber’s Album photo essay – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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October 4, 1937 |
7:15 In a Legionnaire’s Home. New York Legion Parade, Legion Biography, Hong Kong Typhoon, “Victoria the Great”, Three Di Maggios Make Good, Australian Flight – 2 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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October 11, 1937 |
No. 1 Trojan (Football Player). Leviathan Junked, New Boeing Bomber, The X-Ray, Grand Coulee Dam, Dude Ranch Church, Myrna Loy, Lou Little, Queen Mary Sister Ship, Murals by Palmer – 4 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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October 18, 1937 |
Veils Today and Tonight. Roosevelt & Foreign Policy, Romans in |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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October 25, 1937 |
Hunting Spaniel. George M. Cohan Plays FDR, Canada’s Governor General, Spanish Propaganda, James Daugherty’s Murals of America, “Heidi”, Danielle Darrieux, How Spaniels Are Trained to Hunt – 4 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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November 1, 1937 |
Jupiter and Mercury on Broadway. Stock Market Crash, San Francisco Ballet, Italy in Spain, Foreign Cars, Rockwell Kent Portfolio, Football, Harvard Law School photo essay, “Stand-In”, The Lunts – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$35.00 |
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Same |
Good, spine tear |
$30.00 |
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November 8, 1937 |
Greta Garbo. Windsors in America, Six-Man Football, Universe Through Mt. Wilson’s Telescope photo essay, Czechoslovakia photo essay, “Conquest”, 200-In. Telescope |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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Same – 6 copies |
Good |
$25.00 |
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November 15, 1937 |
And Many a Lightship Lad (Mrs. Simpson). Republicans Carry New York, “It’s Love I’m After”, Old Cars on Screen, American Housing photo essay, Field Hockey – 6 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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November 22,1937 |
One Year Old (Baby cover). Joe Kennedy Reports on American Merchant Marine, Caldwell & Bourke-White Look at Cotton Country, Ramsay MacDonald obit, Fall of Shanghai, Bennington photo essay, French in North Africa, “The Hurricane”, Madame Curie by Daughter Eve |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good, spine splitting |
$17.50 |
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November 29, 1937 |
United States Capitol. Government and Business, Supreme Court Portrait, Tuberculosis photo essay, Period Rooms in Miniature, “Damsel in Distress”, Memo to Walter Wanger – 8 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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December 6, 1937 |
Fatalist With Machine Gun (Japanese Soldier). Americans Go Hunting, “Nothing Sacred”, “Wild Bill” Wellman, Conquest of Asia photo essay, Cosmic Rays, Skating Craze – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same – 3 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good, cover wear |
$17.50 |
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December 13, 1937 |
Billions of Dollars & Millions of Men (Trains). Dream House, ICC, Biggest Toy Train Maker -Lionel, Black Haiti photo essay, Disney’s “Snow White” (in color), “True Confessions”, Antiaircraft Guns – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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Same |
Good, soiled, sun fade |
$35.00 |
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December 20, 1937 |
Prettiest Girl in Paradise. The Kennedy Family, Japanese Front, Wines of Burgundy (photo essay), Riverside Church photo essay, “Tovarich”, Deana Durbin is 15, Europeans Sweep Carnegie Show |
Not Available |
NA |
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December 27, 1937 |
The Frick Collection. “Panay” Incident, New York Deb, Television, Portfolio from Frick Collection, New Movies of 1938: A Long Look at Hollywood, Xmas With the Quints – 2 copies |
Good |
$22.50 |