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Date:

Description

Condition

Price

October, 1906

Vol. 8 No. 10 issue. Scarce!

G/VG

$35.00

 

August, 1912

The Seven Wonders of the Modern World

G/VG

$30.00

November, 1912

Mountain Transportation in Wintry Weather

Good, insect damage

$25.00

January, 1913

Duck Hunting From a Plane

Good, missing back cover

$17.50

March, 1913

Mississippi River Lock at Keokuk

Good, cover chipping

$20.00

August, 1914

Cleaning the Statue of Liberty’s Hand

Good, edge chipping

$20.00

February, 1916

Photographing Winter Sports From a Whizzing Bobsled (Skier cover)

Good – no back cover

$15.00

August, 1916

WWI Aviation – Man Falling From Plane

Good

$25.00

November, 1916

Conducting An Orchestra From the Screen

Good, cover wear

$20.00

February, 1918

WWI Issue

Good – ragged spine

$17.50

June, 1919

Airplane Collides With Locomotive

Good

$20.00

 

June, 1920

Lifeguard Rescue Vehicle

Good

$20.00

August, 1920

Woman Bather “Sailboat”

Fair/Good, cover chipped

$15.00

December, 1920

Combination Train/Auto Highway

Good, torn cover

$20.00

 

February, 1921

Biplane cover

G/VG

$25.00

April, 1921

Electric Oil Can Lights Its Own Way (Locomotive cover)

G/VG

$25.00

May, 1921

Undersea Welding

Good

$20.00

July, 1921

Pack Horses

Not Available

NA

September, 1921

Rocket-shaped Sea Boat

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1924

Abandoned Monastery Falls Into Sea

Fair/Good, spine fraying, c cover tear

$15.00

February, 1924

Monster Searchlights Are Eyes of Fleet

Fair/Good, cover torn

$10.00

April, 1924

Locomotive Through Mountain Tunnel

Good

$17.50

May, 1924

Oil Volcano in Ocean

G/VG

$20.00

June, 1924

$78,3000 Offered For Ideas

Good

$17.50

July, 1924

$112,600 For Your Ideas

Not Available

NA

December, 1924

Over the Mountains with White Coal (Locomotive cover)

Not Available

NA

 

March, 1925

Wind Towers Drive Ship. Albert Payson Terhune article, Marconi on Radio

G/VG

$25.00

May, 1925

Fishing by Balloon

G/VG

$20.00

August, 1925

Four Years at Annapolis

Good

$17.50

October, 1925

High-Pressure Locomotive Has Greater Power – 2 copies

Good

$20.00

 

April, 1926

Plane Flying in the Arctic

Good

$17.50

November, 1926

Shipbuilding

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1927

Color Making Navy Shells

G/VG

$20.00

March, 1927

Man Carrying Kite Is Steadier Than Balloon

Good

$20.00

June, 1927

Non-Sinkable Surfboard

Good

$20.00

August, 1927

Boy Playing Home-made Farm Sax – “A Kitchen Kabinet Band”

G/VG

$20.00

October, 1927

Kite Drop for Ships

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1928

Skylining Our Lumber

G/VG

$20.00

February, 1928

Single-rail Sled – 2 copies

G/VG

$20.00

Mach, 1928

Flying Hospital Plane Carries Loaded Auto

G/VG

$20.00

April, 1928

Propeller-driven boat/sled

Good

$17.50

May, 1928

Deep Sea Divers – 2 copies

Good

$17.50

August, 1928

Parachuting from Plane – 3 copies

Good

$17.50

September, 1928

Huge Hydroglider Built for Atlantic Speed Record

Not Available

NA

December, 1928

Pick-up Chute for Air Mail

Good

$20.00

 

February, 1929

Rescue Submarine with Underwater Exit

Good

$17.50

March, 1929

Major Seagrave’s Speed Car at Daytona

Good

$17.50

December, 1929

328 MPH Plane Circles Ship

Good

$17.50

 

February, 1930

Airship – Liner of the Future

Good

$20.00

September, 1930

Plane with Rotating Wing/Parachute

Good, edge stain

$15.00

October, 1930

Pontoon Hydroplane Boat

Good

$17.50

November, 1930

Hard-Boiled Hunt For Treasure (under the Sea)

G/VG

$20.00

December, 1930

Early Radar – “Huge Ears Locate Enemy Planes”

Not Available

N/A

 

January, 1931

Iron Men Under the Sea

Good

$15.00

December, 1931

Earthquakes Made to Order – 2 copies

Good

$15.00

 

March, 1932

Cradle to Land Planes on Roof

Not Available

NA

May, 1932

Aircraft of the Future Controls. “More Speed!” by Sir Malcolm Campbell

Not Available

NA

October, 1932

“Sovereign Of the Seas” Ship

Good

$12.50

 

January, 1933

Future Air Passenger Liner – 2 copies

Not Available

NA

March, 1933

Deep-Sea Divers & Underwater Wreck Reclamation

Fair, missing back cover

$6.00

April, 1933

Passenger Plane for Air & Water

Not Available

NA

July, 1933

Ultra Modern Factory Building

Not Available

NA

August, 1933

Speedboat Racing

Good

$12.50

October, 1933

Balloon Birds

Not Available

NA

November, 1933

Streamlined Race Boat

Not Available

NA

December, 1933

Streamlined Hood on Bicycle Racers

G/VG

$15.00

 

April, 1934

Amazing Ship Model

Not Available

N/A

September, 1934

5,000 Mile Racer

Good

$12.50

October, 1934

“Miss America X” Speed Boat – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

November, 1934

Aircraft Carrier

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

December, 1934

Speedboat Racing

G/VG

$12.50

 

January, 1935

The “Queen Mary” Ocean Liner

Good

$17.50

February, 1935

Speed Ice Sled – Outboard Motor Driven

G/VG

$12.50

April, 1935

Double-deck Passenger Aircraft

Not Available

NA

June, 1935

300 Miles an Hour Motorcycle

G/VG

$15.00

August, 1935

Boat Driven by Self-Bailing Rotors

Good

$12.50

September, 1935

 

 

 

October, 1935

Seadrome

Good

$12.50

November, 1935

Streamline Ship

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1936

Battery of Fans Make Flying Save – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

March, 1936

Streamlined Locomotive

Not Available

NA

April, 1936

Doughnut Boat for Sea Rescues

Good, edge tear

$10.00

May, 1936

Deep-Sea Diver – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good, taped cover

$7.50

June, 1936

Aerial Acrobat cover. Porcelain Enamel in home & office decoration article (in color - ART DECO etc.)

Good

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good, taped cover

$10.00

July, 1936

Fast French Destroyer

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Fair/Good

$7.50

August, 1936

Two-Deck Flying Boat cut-away diagram cover

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

September, 1936

Ocean-Going Ferry Designed in Wind Tunnel

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good, taped cover

$7.50

October, 1936

Boat Driven by Air Screws

Good

$12.50

November, 1936

Train Locomotive cover – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

December, 1936

Future Titan of the Sky

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1937

Motoring on Skis

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good, stains

$6.00

February, 1937

Tank – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

March, 1937

Deep-Sea “Home” for Divers – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

April, 1937

Skyscraper Made of Wood

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

May, 1937

Early Radar cover – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

June, 1937

Speed Boat cover – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good, back cover missing

$7.50

July, 1937

Floating Base for Ocean Air Liners

G/VG

$12.50

August, 1937

Power Generator – 6 copies

G/VG

$12.50

September, 1937

Deep-Sea Diver cover – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

October, 1937

Speed Boat cover – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

November, 1937

Attack Bomber Has Six Machine Guns

Good

$10.00

December, 1937

Streamlined German Race Car

G/VG

$12.50

 

January, 1938

Tractor Razes Buildings from Top Down – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

February, 1938

Flying Wing

G/VG

$12.50

March, 1938

Stainless Steel Streamlined Locomotive – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

April, 1938

Battleships cover. Flying the China Clippers

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

May, 1938

Balloon Traffic Monitor – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

June, 1938

Large Commercial Airplane – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

July, 1938

Model Railway Built for Movies – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

October, 1938

Air Races cover

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

November, 1938

Submarine Launching Torpedo

Good

$12.50

December, 1938

Anti-Aircraft Guns Aimed Automatically

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1939

Fighting Oil Well Fires – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

February, 1939

Palomar Observatory Interior

Good

$10.00

March, 1939

Ship Launching Torpedoes

G/VG

$10.00

April, 1939

Ship Transport by Rail

G/VG

$12.50

May, 1939

Sky Freighter (Plane)

G/VG

$12.50

June, 1939

Northern Pacific Iron Horse Locomotive

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good, chipped cover corner

$10.00

July, 1939

Aviation Thrills – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

August, 1939

Pleasure Boat Designed like Plane – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

September, 1939

Cement Cover Turns Wrecked Ship Into Pier

Good, stain

$7.50

October, 1939

Snow Cruiser to Explore Antarctic –3 copies

G/VG

$15.00

November, 1939

Streamliner Train. 1940 Cars

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

December, 1939

Aerial Mine Field Guards Against Planes – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good, fraying

$10.00

 

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