Life Magazine 1950

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Issue Date:

Cover/Issue Description:

Condition:

Price

Ca. 1950 School Educational Pack

“What’s In a Picture…” Large folio of numerous photos & questions for students. With cover letter etc.

Good

$35.00

January 2, 1950

Special Issue: Mid-Century. Carefree 1900s, 50 Years of Women, Advance of Science, Twenties Headliners, A Famous Murder, 28 pages in color

G/VG

$25.00

Same – 6 copies

Good

$20.00

 

Same

Fair/Good, covers detached

$15.00

January 9, 1950

Norma De Landa. Drama of Mexico, Dog's Freud, Jeweled Shoes, Elephant Seal

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$17.50

January 16, 1950

3-Year Old Skater. South Africa Enshrines Pioneer Heroes, Painter Maurice Utrillo, Trouble in LA, “Kiss Me Kate” – 4 copies

G/VG

$20.00

January 23, 1950

Man-Tailored Suits. China’s New Boss Mao Tse Tung, Tropical Fish, Sunday in Missouri photo essay, Julie Harris – 4 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same - 2 copies

Good

$17.50

 

Same

Good, spine splitting

$15.00

January 30, 1950

Childbirth Without Fear. Clement Attlee, Natural Childbirth, Small Cars, Four New Authors – 6 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 5 copies

Good

$17.50

February 6, 1950

Eva Gabor. Churchill Memoirs, College Fraternities, "The Petty Girl"

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Fair/Good, torn spine, cover tape

$12.50

February 13, 1950

The New Nation of Indonesia (11 pages of photos by Cartier-Bresson). Tempest on the Tiber, Judy Holliday, Red Wings, Anna Magnani – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good

$20.00

 

Same

Good, back cover marks

$17.50

 

Same

Fair/Good -Cover mark, spine split

$12.50

February 20, 1950

Gregory Peck in “Twelve O’Clock High”. Churchill Memoirs, Disney’s “Cinderella”, New Kaiser Car, Rise Stevens – 2 copies

G/VG

$35.00

February 27, 1950

Atomic Explosion. War Will Come: Will We Be Ready special section. Churchill Memoirs (on Pearl Harbor), TV Color Controversy, New Yale President

G/VG

$25.00

March 6, 1950

Marsha Hunt in "the Devil's Disciple”. Golf Clothes, Films of '49, White Queen in Africa, The Mississippi in Art – 2 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same

Good

$17.50

 

Same

Good, spine splitting, paint on back cover

$15.00

March 13, 1950

Guided Tour of Spring Fashions. "Cleveland Press" article, "The Third Man", Caribbean Carnival, High School Play – 4 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$17.50

 

Same

Good, tape on spine

$15.00

March 20, 1950

Edward Stevens - 19 Young American Artists. US Building Boom, Golf's Golden Bauers, "Three Came Home" – 3 copies

G/VG

$35.00

 

Same

Good

$30.00

March 27, 1950

Mystery Flight - Mrs. Anne Bromley. Silly Science, Plane Crash, Search for St. Peter’s Bones, Billy Graham in Dixie, Nylon 1950, Paris Couture in Miniature – 8 copies

G/VG

$20.00

April 3, 1950

Iris Mann and David Cole "The Innocents". "Gigi", Luxury Cruises, Black Palace photo essay, Holland’s Royal Daughters, Owls, Spring Hats

Not Available

NA

April 10, 1950

Young Horsewoman. Spring in the Desert photo essay, King Farouk, Big Week at Aiken, Sheer Fashions, The Lowly Amoeba Arises – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

April 17, 1950

Mr. President Eisenhower. Siam Cremation of a King, Movie Star’s Agent, “Annie Get Your Gun”, “Come Back Little Sheba”, Edward Hopper, Men in Plaid – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

April 24, 1950

Blouses Under $5 cover, Bob Hope TV show, Articles by John Foster Dulles, Aldous Huxley (on El Greco), “Destination Moon” – 2 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same

Good

$17.50

 

Same

Good, spine splitting

$15.00

 

Same

Fair/Good, cover wear

$12.50

May 1, 1950

Ruth Roman -Rising Star. Howdy-Doody, Gian-Carlo Menotti, Medical School photo essay, Hindus in India             – 4 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$17.50

 

Same

Fair/Good, back cover stained

$12.50

May 8, 1950

Jackie Robinson: Star Ballplayer Stars in a Movie. Italian Gardens photo essay, Pennsylvania Politics, Paris Mannequin close-up, “City Lights”, Prize-Winning Furniture

Not Available

NA

May 15, 1950

Beach Fashions: Latest in One-Piece Suits. Chrysler Strike, Edward Steichen photos (portfolio), Disease in Films, Toulouse-Lautrec

G/VG

$25.00

May 22, 1950

A King’s Story: The Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Fiery Death of a Canadian Town, Liz Taylor Wedding, Levitt Houses, Sand Sailing  - 2 copies

G/VG

$35.00

May 29, 1950

New York's First Lady. King's Story part 2. American Snakes, M.I.T. wins by an Oar, South Amboy Blast, Pre-Aztec Stone Face

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$20.00

June 5, 1950

Stasia Kos. King's Story part 3, Sugar Ray Robinson, Forever Gloria (Swanson) in "Sunset Boulevard", Bird Cage House, Poison Ivy – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$20.00

June 12, 1950

Hopalong Cassidy. Kings Story part 4, Nine of US Best Fishing Holes, TV Extravaganza, Weimaraner Dogs – 7 copies

G/VG

$40.00

 

Same

Good

$35.00

 

Same

Good, edge stain

$30.00

June 19, 1950

Children's Sand Styles. Gambling, "Kind Hearts and Coronets", Horse “Citation”, The Assy Church

G/VG

$25.00

June 26, 1950

Actress Cecile Aubry. Surviving Parenthood, Return to Fellbach photo essay, Ben Hogan, Pablo Casals 

Not Available

NA

July 3, 1950

The American Revolution: Washington at Trenton. Visible Heat, Fancy Sweaters, Human Embryo, Governors Meeting – 4 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$17.50

July 10, 1950

Miroslava in "The Brave Bulls". Crisis in Asia (Korea) – Beginning of the Korean War special section, “Our Lady of Risk” by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, House for Family Living, John Marin art, Beatrice Turner

G/VG

$35.00

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$30.00

July 17, 1950

US Jet Pilot After Shooting down a Yak. War by Jet and GI (Korea), World of William Wordsworth, Week the War Ended (WWII) – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good, top right corner chew, light wear

$17.50

July 24, 1950

A Boy Scout Goes to the Jamboree. War in Korea, A-Bombs, French Models, “The Gunfighter” – 4 copies

G/VG

$30.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$25.00

July 31, 1950

24th Division Soldiers at Front (Korea) US Museum Purchases, That Infernal Weather, Marlon Brando Profile, Indian Menace in India, Ping-Pong For Pigeons – 2 copies

G/VG

$30.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$25.00

August 7, 1950

Peggy Dow: Camera Chameleon. Silver City Goes to War, Artists and Statesman by Karsh, Is Formosa Next?, Caves in Color, Shelley Winters – 2 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$17.50

August 14, 1950

Uncle John Hoskins: Naval Air Boss in Far East. The Montesquious photo essay, Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl, St. Ives Artists, Campus Styles, Summer Kids Movies – 5 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$17.50

August 21, 1950

Bubble Bath Girls. Report From the Orient, U.S. Water, Spanish Styles, “Panic in the Streets”, Mosquito Fish

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same

Good

$17.50

August 28, 1950

Douglas MacArthur: A New Portrait. War and Politics, Japan: Bulwark of the Far East, Tent Opera, Rescue Balloon  - 3 copies

G/VG

$35.00

September 4, 1950

Marines on Reconnaissance (in Korea). Life of the Chinook, What Makes Russians Patriotic, “No Way Out”, Paris Nightclubs, Giant Pottery – 3 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same

Good

$17.50

September 11, 1950

American Elegance. What Jews Believe, Great Loves of Great Artists, Kid's World Series, Irene Dunne as Queen Victoria – 4 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$17.50

September 18, 1950

Ezio Pinza in Hollywood. Air War in Color, South Africa Photo Essay by Bourke-White, John Huston, Begonias, “This is War”

G/VG

$35.00

 

Same

Good, spine tears

$25.00

September 25, 1950

Swedish Red Cross Girl Bound For Korea. Baseball Pennant Fever, MacArthur and Asia, Hidden Canyon photo essay, The “Liberte”, Boy Who Played Alone photo essay – 3 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$20.00

October 2, 1950

Stuart Symington: Boss of Mobilization. The Invasion (Inchon, Korea), Alaska photo essay, Girl War Correspondent, Marshlands in the Fall, “Prehistoric Women” – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$20.00

October 9, 1950

Busiest Actress: Jean Simmons. Seoul & Victory, Mark Clark, "Trio", GI Painters in Korea, Toledo Train Station, Geography of the Universe pictorial essay – 3 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good

$20.00

 

Same

Good, tape on spine

$17.50

 

Same

Good, wear

$17.50

October 16, 1950

Special Issue: U.S. Schools: Winnetka High School Girl

Good

$20.00

October 23, 1950

TV Gets Top Comics: Ed Wynn. Churchill Memoirs - How Our Russian Troubles Began, Best Ballet, Evangelists, Stephen Greene Art, Korean War

G/VG

$30.00

 

Same

Good

$20.00

October 30, 1950

First-Night Fashions: Faye Emerson. Churchill's Memoirs, October in the Southwest, Korea, Michigan Band photo essay, Graham Greene article, “Call Me Madam” - 3 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good

$20.0

 

Same

Good, wear

$17.50

November 6, 1950

Horse Rider Show cover, Connecticut River photo essay, Al Jolson obit, Churchill Memoirs, Lipizzans, “Mad Wednesday” – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

November 13, 1950

Top Back on a Top Team: Kyle Rote. Assassination Attempt on Truman, Ellis Island 1950, Churchill Memoirs

G/VG

$35.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$30.00

November 20, 1950

The Nile - 12 Pages. Snobs, CBS Starts Color on the Air, George Bernard Shaw obit, Aggressive China, Modern Art, Queen Fredericka of Greece, “Cyrano de Bergerac”

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good

$20.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good, spine splitting, wear

$17.50

November 27, 1950

UCLA Queen: Allyn Smith. MacArthur Letters, Underwater Wonders photo essay, Mass Murders in NJ, Mystery Billionaire close-up – 5 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$17.50

December 4, 1950

Berlin Girl: West Berlin – a Gay and Courageous City. Boswell Detective Story, “The Country Girl”, Football-Crazy Town, The B-47, “The Jackpot” – 2 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same

Good

$17.50

December 11, 1950

Lilli Palmer and Rex Harrison. Eva Peron Close-Up, Tree Frogs, Beating in Korea, Harrisons on Broadway, Jockey’s Clash at Bowie 

Not Available

NA

December 18, 1950

Secretary of Defense: George C Marshall. Korean Retreat, Preparing for Atomic War, Trouble in Red China, Christmas Toys, Best Home Furnishings

Not Available

NA

 December 25, 1950

Special Section for Children: 23 Pages of Christmas Fun, Christmas in Korea photos, Ogden Nash article, “Guys and Dolls”

G/VG

$35.00

 

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