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Date of Issue:

Cover/Issue

Condition:

Price

1896 Issues

Jan. (missing covers), Sept. (split covers)

Fair

$7.50 ea.

July, 1897

“Appleton’s Popular Science Monthly”

Good

$15.00

1898 Issue

Jan.

Good

$15.00

1899 Issues

May (cover tear), June, Aug.

Good

$15.00

1899 Issues

July (back cover missing), Nov. (split covers), Dec. (front cover missing)

Fair

$7.50 ea.

 

October, 1918

Riding the “Air Elephants” (Balloon)

Good, chipped corner

$17.50

 

March, 1923

Leviathan – Most Palatial Ocean Liner cover

Good, missing back cover

$15.00

 

June, 1924

Man Fishing at Camp with Portable Radio Set

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good

$20.00

July, 1924

How to Fix a Balky Electric Fan

Good

$20.00

August, 1924

Father, Children and Radio Set Troubles

Good

$20.00

October, 1924

“Politics in the Air” – Two Men Listening to Radio

Good

$17.50

 

September, 1925

Giant Plane Designed to Cross Atlantic in a Day

Good, cover wear

$15.00

November, 1925

Skyscraper Steel Worker

Not Available

NA

 

February, 1926

How Fast Can Your Mind Work?

Good

$15.00

 

Same

Fair/Good, taped spine

$10.00

 

January, 1927

Pilot Coming Down in Parachute

Good

$17.05

May, 1927

Skyscraper Riveter

Good

$15.00

October, 1927

Big Band with Microphone

G/VG

$20.00

 

January, 1928

Observatory Telescope by Paus

G/VG

$20.00

February, 1928

Crane Lifting Train Engine by Paus

G/VG

$20.00

April, 1928

Aviator Photographer cover

Good, some edge chipping

$17.50

 

Same

Good, edge tears

$17.50

May, 1928

Aircraft Carrier & Planes by Paus – 2 copies

Good

$17.50

June, 1928

Hoist at Train Yard by Paus

G/VG

$20.00

August, 1928

Speed Motorboat Racers by Paus

G/VG

$20.00

November, 1928

Railroad Signalman by Paus

Good

$17.50

 

January, 1929

Wilbur & Orville Wright: Inventors of the Airplane

Good, dog-eared

$17.50

March, 1929

Parachutist by Paus

Good

$17.50

April, 1929

Bridge Surveyors by Paus

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same

Good

$17.50

December, 1929

Skyscraper Welder by Paus

Good, spine starting to fray

$17.50

 

January, 1930

Installing Cruise Ship Propeller by Paus

G/VG

$17.50

February, 1930

Steel Worker by Paus

G/VG

$15.00

March, 1930

DO-X Flying Boat by Dornier

Good, edge tear

$15.00

April, 1930

Glider by Herbert Paus – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

June, 1930

Air Mail Pilots cover by Paus

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good

$15.00

July, 1930

Double-decker Bus – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$10.00

August, 1930

Splicing a Cable Mid-Atlantic – 2 copies

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good

$15.00

September, 1930

Mass Military Flying

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good

$15.00

 

Same

Good, taped spine

$12.50

October, 1930

Monorail cover – 2 copies

Good

$20.00

November, 1930

Locomotive by Paus

Good

$15.00

December, 1930

Streamlined Photo Can Almost Fly

Not Available

N/A

 

January, 1931

Wings on Skis

G/VG

$15.00

March, 1931

Successful Helicopter

G/VG

$17.50

April, 1931

Boat Travels on Water or Land

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

May, 1931

Spinner Plane

Not Available

NA

July, 1931

House on Wheels Has All Home Comforts

Good

$15.00

August, 1931

Speedboats Race Standing Still – 2 copies

Good

$15.00

October, 1931

Uncle Sam’s New Motorcycle Cavalry

Not Available

NA

November, 1931

Sleeping Volcano Flames at Touch of Electric Key

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Fair/Good

$10.00

December, 1931

Prof. Goddard’s Turbine Rocket Ship for Flight to Moon

G/VG

$20.00

 

January, 1932

Monster Electric Plant Run by Wind – 3 copies

Good

$15.00

February, 1932

Speedy Ski-Car Rides Winter Snows

Good

$15.00

March, 1932

Rocking Landscape Trains Flyers Indoors

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good

$15.00

April, 1932

Each Wheel a Steam Engine

Good

$15.00

May, 1932

Motor-Driven Hoop

Good

$15.00

June, 1932

Ocean Marvels Seen From Underwater Bus – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

July, 1932

Magnetic Air Line

Not Available

NA

August, 1932

Winged Target for Flying Gunners – 2 copies

Good

$15.00

September, 1932

Ocean Landing Fields of Artificial Ice

Good

$15.00

October, 1932

Whirlpool Tube For Submarine Rescues

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1933

Landing Airplane on Ramp Dragging from Ship

G/VG

$15.00

February, 1933

Defroster For Orchards – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

May, 1933

New Rail Car Rises From Track At High Speed – 2 copies

Good

$15.00

October, 1933

A Short Cut To Flying

G/VG

$15.00

November, 1933

War Tank on One Wheel

Good

$12.50

 

January, 1934

Sea Tractor Saves Wrecked Ships – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

February, 1934

Cylinders Replace Wings in Airplane

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good

$15.00

March, 1934

Boat on Wheels

Good

$15.00

April, 1934

New Streamlining for Big Ships

Good

$12.50

 

Same

Fair

$6.00

May, 1934

Swinging Car Ride – 3 copies

Good

$15.00

June, 1934

Unsinkable Motor Boat with Round Hull

Good

$15.00

August, 1934

Gyrocopter

Not Available

NA

September, 1934

Spearing Balloons Boat Race

G/VG

$15.00

October, 1934

Power From the Sun

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$10.00

November, 1934

Paddle Wheels Drive Wingless Plane

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Fair – soiled cover

$7.50

December, 1934

Underwater Sea Craft – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

 

January, 1935

Tiny Plane Launched from Back of Newest Aircraft

Good

$15.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$10.00

February, 1935

Ski Parachute

Good, cover scuff

$12.50

March, 1935

Flying Whirligig

G/VG

$15.00

April, 1935

Monorail Car

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

May, 1935

Dirigible Hangar Rotates to Reduce Wind Peril

G/VG

$15.00

June, 1935

Safety Liner with Lifeboat Chutes

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

August, 1935

Boat Driven by Self-Bailing Rotors

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

September, 1935

Sphere-Wheeled Car

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

October, 1935

Tractor Boat

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good, covers loose

$10.00

November, 1935

Windmill Operates Like a Turbine

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$12.50

December, 1935

Streamline Plane Is Flying Wind Tunnel

G/VG

$15.00

 

January, 1936

Ship on Stilts Rides Above Waves

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

February, 1936

Paddle Wheel Plane

Good

$12.50

March, 1936

Power From Polar Gales

Good

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good

$10.00

April, 1936

Big Guns Speed Mail Rockets

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$12.50

May, 1936

Spiral Rollers Drive Speed Boat – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

June, 1936

Motor Cycle Pulls Trailer for Camping

Fair/Good – loose covers

$7.50

July, 1936

Rolling Ball War Tank – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

August, 1936

Paddle Wheels Drive Plane

Not Available

NA

September, 1936

Gasoline Motor Drives Speedy Road Toboggan – 3 copies

G/VG

$15.00

October, 1936

Oxygen Masks for Mountain Climbers – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

November, 1936

Giant Sparks to Thrill Visitors at Exposition (France) – 2 copies

Good

$15.00

December, 1936

Armored Motorcycle Tractor

Good

$12.50

 

January, 1937

Amphibian Lifeboat Speeds Rescue

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Fair/Good

$10.00

February, 1937

Tank Truck Fights Fire with Wall of Water

Good

$15.00

March, 1937

Oil Hunting Craft – 3 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good

$10.00

April, 1937

Training Glider – 3 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good

$10.00

May, 1937

Kangaroo Car Runs on Rear Wheels

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

June, 1937

Bulletlike Rail Car Launches Giant Planes – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

July, 1937

Jungle Craft for Filming Animals – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

 

Same

Good, rolled spine

$10.00

August, 1937

Outboard Motor Drives Novel Surfboard

Good

$12.50

September, 1937

Directional Sound Detector Finds Ships in Fog – 4 copies

G/VG

$15.00

October, 1937

Biggest Atom-Smasher – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

November, 1937

Air Propelled Navy Craft

Good

$12.50

December, 1937

Octopus Sprinkler Fights Forest Fires – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

 

January, 1938

Air-Driven Boat

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

February, 1938

Bullet-like Motorcycle Sets Speed Record

G/VG

$15.00

March, 1938

Two-Wheel Car Runs on Giant Hoops

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

April, 1938

Rocket Ride Is Planetarium Visit

Good

$15.00

May, 1938

Amphibious Tank Carrier – 3 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

June, 1938

Hi-Speed Racing Car with Twin Hulls – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$12.50

July, 1938

Tank cover – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good, spine damage

$7.50

August, 1938

21 Mile Parachute Jump – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

September, 1938

Water Wheel Racing – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

October, 1938

Tool Throws Dirt on Flames

Not Available

NA

November, 1938

Mechanical Horse Runs Movie Race

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Good, missing bc

$6.00

December, 1938

Movies Train Big-Game Fishermen

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1939

Ice Sailing

Good

$10.00

February, 1939

Windmill Planes

Good

$12.50

March, 1939

New York Worlds Fair Parachute Drop cover – with 6 pages in color within on Fair Attractions

Good

$15.00

April, 1939

Boat Rides on Underwater Wing

G/VG

$12.50

May, 1939

High-Speed Train

G/VG

$12.50

June, 1939

Mechanized Water Polo

Good

$12.50

July, 1939

Firemen Use Telescoping Water Tower – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

August, 1939

Wind-Powered Turbines

Good

$12.50

September, 1939

(Smaller format hereon) Aircraft Engine Testing

Good

$10.00

October, 1939

Sailing Bicycle

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

December, 1939

Army Aircraft

Not Available

NA

 

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