Life Magazine
1953
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January 5, 1953 |
Special Issue: The American and his Economy. Cover – Family Buys “Best $15,000 House”. Farm Revolution, Chemical Age, Working Wives, Smiling Employees, Closed-Circuit TV |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$17.50 |
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January 12, 1953 |
Majorca Displays Resort Clothes from US and |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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Same |
Good |
$15.00 |
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January 19, 1953 |
Big-Time Managers in the Cabinet (Defense & Treasury Secretaries). |
Good |
$15.00 |
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January 26, 1953 |
Stylist For Ohrbach's Low-Cost High Fashions. |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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February 2, 1953 |
Eisenhower Inauguration – In Color. Comeback for Big Families, Rouault Art, Male-Inspired Fashions – 2 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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February 9, 1953 |
The World We Live In: Miracle of the Sea. Dog of Distinction, King of Cambodia, Women's Suits, Yehudi’s Yoga, New Cardinals, Top Doberman at Westminster Dog Show – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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February 16, 1953 |
Her Majesty's Own Guards (A Coldstream Sergeant). Robert Ruark on the Mau Mau's, North Sea Terror, 3-D Hits Hollywood, “Peter Pan”, Rita Hayworth as “Salome” - 4 copies |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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February 23, 1953 |
Nell Owen: Prettiest |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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March 2, 1953 |
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Good |
$17.50 |
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March 9, 1953 |
Vanessa Brown Shows How to Wear Stoles. |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$17.50 |
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March 16, 1953 |
Malenkov and Stalin. Death of Stalin. Broadway, Love Among the Irish, Leslie Caron |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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March 23, 1953 |
Budding Starlet. Malenkov, Stalin Funeral, Legacy of Mackenzie King photo essay, Igor Stravinsky Close-up, US College in Near East photo essay, Coventry’s New Cathedral, Dorothy Dandridge – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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March 30, 1953 |
Coronation Fashions: Countess of Dalkeith. Marine's Photos of Korean Fighting, Preparing for Coronation, Battle of City Streets (Saul Steinberg art) |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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April 6, 1953 |
Lucille Ball & Family. Stalin’s Ghastly Secrets, 12 Great American Preachers, Shrine of St. Ursula photo essay, Japan’s Giants, Mme. Chiang at Wellesley |
Good, light stain on top edge |
$25.00 |
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April 13, 1953 |
The World We Live In - Delicate Arch, |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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Same – 3 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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April 20, 1953 |
Marlon Brando as Marc Antony. Japanese Art, Parakeets, Patrice Munsel, NY Yankees of 1957 (including Mickey Mantle) |
Good |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Fair/Good |
$17.50 |
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April 27, 1953 |
Elizabeth II - Official Coronation Portrait. Stalin's Secrets, "Shane" movie review, Benny Goodman |
Good |
$20.00 |
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May 4, 1953 |
Special Issue: Africa – A Continent in Ferment. Masai Warrior, Rocky Sahara, Tangier, Nasser, Liberia, Albert Park, Ethiopia’s Haile Salassie, Victoria Falls, South Africa, Art in the Congo, Kenya, Diseases, Morocco – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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May 11, 1953 |
Denim Gets Dressy: A Cocktail Coat. Truth About Korea by Van Fleet, Color TV, Emile Zola photo essay, Caddy to a President, Bye Bye Blue Denim, Ingres – 5 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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May 18, 1953 |
Harvest of Arts in the Midwest: Coed Opera Student. Truth About Korea, Survivors Watch "Titanic" movie – 4 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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May 25, 1953 |
Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell in “Gentleman Prefer Blondes”. New Look at Ford, Valley Forge GI’s, Lutheran Sects, Jon Lindbergh’s Dive, New Warfare on Old Bugs |
Good, minor edge dmg |
$60.00 |
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June 1, 1953 |
Daughters of the Stars: Brooke Hayward. Coronation Guide, Josh Logan vs. TV, Nato's Boss Gruenther, Collie & Pups photo essay, Ping-Pong in Iron Curtain – 4 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 5 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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June 8, 1953 |
Baseball's Greatest Catcher: Roy Campanella. World We Live In, Italy Election, Penny Stocks, “Split Second”, Ford’s Geodesic Dome, Edna Wallace Hopper |
G/VG |
$35.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$25.00 |
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June 15, 1953 |
The Coronation in Color. New Life for Brodie Twin, House with Reasons, Hi-Fi, Everest at Last – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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June 22, 1953 |
Commencement cover. Whittaker Chambers on the "Witch Hunt", Art on the Andrea Doria, The Lowly Penny photo essay, US Glass House Embassy in Rio, Dorothy McGuire’s Maternity Dress, Shot-Put Record Breaker– 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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June 29, 1953 |
Cyd Charisse. Victory on |
Good |
$20.00 |
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July 6, 1953 |
Terry Moore. Complete “Bridges at Toki-Ri” by James Michener, Texas Drought, Visit to our Past photo essay, Squaw Skirts, Milwaukee Braves – 3 copies |
Good |
$25.00 |
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July 13, 1953 |
Conquest of Everest.
Articles by |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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July 20, 1953 |
Senator Kennedy Goes Courting ( |
Not Available |
NA |
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July 27, 1953 |
Cancan Lingerie. The Sea Elephant, Cinemascope and "The Robe", Larry Storch – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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August 3, 1953 |
Nicole Maurey: Bing's New Leading Lady. |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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Same |
Fair/Good |
$10.00 |
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August 10, 1953 |
Irish Invade Fashion World. How the Truce Came to |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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August 17, 1953 |
The Pretty Wittlingers. |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$17.50 |
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August 24, 1953 |
Ballerina's At Beach. Kinsey Report on Women, Animals of the Desert, "Roman Holiday" – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same - 4 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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August 31, 1953 |
Donna Reed in “From Here To Eternity”. "From Here to Eternity", Perils of Space Flight, War by Television, Dior Short Skirts – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same – 3 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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September 7, 1953 |
World We Live In: |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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Same – 6 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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September 14, 1953 |
Casey Stengel's Winning Smile (World Series). Polygamy Uproar – |
Not Available |
NA |
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September 21, 1953 |
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Not Available |
NA |
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September 28, 1953 |
Life Goes to a $100,000 Party. Faulkner - His Family - His County,
The |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$17.50 |
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October 5, 1953 |
From Italians Into Americans. Faulkner, Part 2, “1984” on TV, Atomic Farm, Football Game in Color, Street Fashions |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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October 12, 1953 |
Backs are Back in Fashion. Autumn in Shenandoah, Stalking the Striper, Recording Authors Voices, Traubel Quits Met – 5 copies |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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October 19, 1953 |
The World We Live In - Age of Mammals. Crimean War, Fastest Flight, Jackie Gleason's Girls, “Tea and Sympathy” - 6 copies |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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Same – 3 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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October 26, 1953 |
Vikki Dougan: Actress, Model and Mother. Churchill's War Memoirs, Elgin Marbles photo essay, The Death of “Assassino”, Cooking Game Birds, Harvard’s New President, Farm Problem |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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November 2, 1953 |
Churchill: Nobel Prize for Literature. Silver Anniversary for Walt Disney & Mickey Mouse, Greenwich Village Fashions |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 4 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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November 9, 1953 |
Small-Town Girl Gets New Name and a New Career. Churchill's Memoirs, Dress & Décor from Paris, Lizards – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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Same – 4 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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November 16, 1953 |
Queen Frederika of |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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Same |
Good |
$15.00 |
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November 23, 1953 |
Sandra Krasne: College Art Student. Harry Dexter White, Renaissance of the
Rails, Churchill Memoirs, |
Good |
$15.00 |
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Same |
Good – label cut off |
$12.50 |
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November 30, 1953 |
Creatures of the Sea. Navy Radio, Horse Show, New American Comes Home, India’s General Thimayya, “Kiss Me Kate” – 4 copies |
G/VG |
$17.50 |
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Same – 5 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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December 7, 1953 |
Audrey Hepburn (Classic Cover). Racers in |
G/VG |
$60.00 |
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December 14, 1953 |
Nixon, A Vice-President Making Good. "The Caine Mutiny", High School Education in the US, Bermuda Summit, France in Vietnam, Great Art Works of Poland photo essay, Scrabble Game, Ronald Reagan Van Heusen Shirt Ad |
G/VG |
$35.00 |
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December 21, 1953 |
Canasta Pajamas. House of Saud, "Kismet", Shipwrecked Goddess found in the Aegean, Annapurna, How High Schools Have Made Hoosiers the No. 1 Team – 4 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$17.50 |
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December 28, 1953 |
Virgin |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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