Esquire Magazine 1940 - 1949 Issues
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How To Place An Order Magazine Title Index Magazine Condition Grading
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Issue Date: |
Cover/Issue Description: |
Condition: |
Price ea |
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January, 1940 |
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Not Available |
NA |
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February, 1940 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Edgar Lee Masters |
G/VG |
$35.00 |
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March, 1940 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction |
G/VG |
$35.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$30.00 |
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April, 1940 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, 7 pages on 1940 Motoring |
G/VG, bc stain |
$25.00 |
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May, 1940 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, “Stalin, Undertaker of the Revolution” by Diego Rivera, George Biddle art |
Not Available |
NA |
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June, 1940 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Jese Stuart, Morris Kantor art |
G/VG |
$35.00 |
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July, 1940 |
Father’s Day Issue. F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction |
G/VG |
$35.00 |
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September, 1940 |
Back-to-School Issue. F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction,, H.L. Mencken, Jesse Stuart |
G/VG |
$35.00 |
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February, 1941 |
Winter Travel Issue. F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Foldouts by Varga and Petty |
Not Available |
NA |
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March, 1941 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Lawson Little Jr., Foldouts by Varga and Petty |
G/VG, light spotting |
$40.00 |
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April, 1941 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Varga foldout |
Not Available |
NA |
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June, 1941 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Varga & Petty foldouts |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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September, 1941 |
Rupert Hughes, Jesse Stuart, Foldouts by Varga and Petty |
Not Available |
NA |
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November, 1941 |
Foldouts by Varga and Petty |
G/VG, light spotting |
$40.00 |
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March, 1942 |
Arthur Szyk, Varga foldout, John Steuart Curry, Ann Gillis Pinup foldout |
Not Available |
NA |
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April, 1942 |
Arthur Szyk, Varga foldout, Peggy Diggins Pinup foldout |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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May, 1942 |
Arthur Szyk, Varga foldout, Eleanor Parker Pinup foldout |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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Same |
Good, spine tear |
$30.00 |
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June, 1942 |
Arthur Szyk, Varga foldout, Jane Russell Pinup foldout |
G/VG |
$50.00 |
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July, 1942 |
US Flag cover. Arthur Szyk, Varga foldout, Veda Ann Borg Pinpup foldout, Graham Greene fiction |
G/VG |
$60.00 |
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August, 1942 |
The Victory Issue. Two pages of Arthur Szyk illustrations, Varga foldout, “Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” by Grant Wood (foldout), Salvador Dali, Betty Grable pinup |
Not Available |
NA |
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September, 1942 |
Campus Issue. Varga foldout, Frances Gifford Pinup foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print |
Good, back cover stain |
$35.00 |
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October, 1942 |
Varga foldout, Marjorie Woodworth Pinup, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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November, 1942 |
Varga foldout, Rita Hayworth Pinup foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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December, 1942 |
Christmas Issue. Father Flanagan, Salvador Dali foldout, Varga foldout, Janet Blair Pinup foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, 310 pages |
Good, missing Varga foldout and
Janet Blair |
$35.00 |
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January, 1943 |
New Years Cover. Covarrubias Foldout Map of the US, 12 Page VARGA Calendar for 1943, Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Dorothy Kelly Pinup foldout |
G/VG |
$100.00 |
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March, 1943 |
Varga foldout, Jean Rogers Pinup, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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April, 1943 |
Varga foldout, Rebel Randall Pinup, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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June, 1943 |
Varga foldout, Maria Montez Pinup, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes |
Not Available |
NA |
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July, 1943 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes, “The Submarine Appendectomy by John Falter foldout |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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August, 1943 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes, “Bombardier’s Last Breath” by John Falter foldout |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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September, 1943 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes, “The Jap Eradicator” by John Falter foldout |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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October, 1943 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes, “The Commander’s Last Dive” by John Falter foldout |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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December, 1943 |
Christmas issue. Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes, Salvador Dali, “The Pilot Who Kept On Fighting” by John Falter foldout. 322 pages |
Not Available |
NA |
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January, 1944 |
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G/VG |
$100.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$85.00 |
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February, 1944 |
Jazz Number. Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “The Mission to Port Lyautey” by John Falter foldout, Dinah Shore Pinup |
Not Available |
NA |
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March, 1944 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Keeper of the Faith” by John Falter |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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April, 1944 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “The Private Who Led the Attack” by John Falter |
G/VG, chip from cover edge |
$40.00 |
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May, 1944 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “The Pilot Who Wouldn’t Bail Out” by John Falter foldout |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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June, 1944 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “The Giant Killer” by John Falter foldout |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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July, 1944 |
Varga foldout, “Bayonet Fighter With Wings” by Leydenfrost foldout |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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August, 1944 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Dempsey & Firpo” Boxing Print foldout by George Bellows |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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September, 1944 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Out at Home” by Fletcher Martin foldout |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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October, 1944 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Tommy Hitchcock: Ten Goal American” Polo Print foldout by Tony Palazzo |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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January, 1945 |
12 Page VARGA Calendar for 1945,
Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Homecoming, |
Not Available |
NA |
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February, 1945 |
Jazz Number. Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Victory of the Resolute” by Melbourne Brindle foldout |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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March, 1945 |
Bob Hope, Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Ederle’s Conquest of the Channel” by Stevan Dohanos foldout |
Good |
$40.00 |
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April, 1945 |
Varga foldout “Gravy For the Navy”, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Man O’ War Beating John P. Grier” by Frank Voss foldout |
Not Available |
NA |
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May, 1945 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Jimmy Doolittle’s Flying Engine” (Bee Gee plane) foldout by Boris Artzybasheff |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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June, 1945 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Bobby Jones Tying Putt in the ’29 Open” Golf print foldout by Robert Fawcett |
G/VG |
$60.00 |
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July, 1945 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Eddie Rickenbacker, “De Palma Pushes His Mercedes Home” foldout by Peter Helck, Ann Sheridan Pinup |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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August, 1945 |
Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Babe Ruth’s Greatest Moment” foldout by Douglass Crockwell |
Not Available |
NA |
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September, 1945 |
Varga foldout, Zane Grey, “Biggest Game Fish Ever Landed” foldout by Melbourne Brindle |
G/VG |
$45.00 |
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October, 1945 |
Varga foldout, “The Great Disaster of 1906” foldout by Harper Goff, “The |
G/VG, spine fraying |
$100.00 |
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December, 1945 |
Christmas Issue. Varga Foldout, “The Ordeal of John Paul Jones” by Anton Otto Fischer |
G/VG, spine fraying |
$40.00 |
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January, 1946 |
Three German Masters, Homecoming Hero, |
Not Available |
NA |
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February, 1946 |
1946-All American Band Awards, Jazz Section, Buying a Camera, Give Me a
Cigar, |
Not Available |
NA |
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March, 1946 |
Varga Foldout, “Winger Run of the De Witt Clinton” by Harper Goff foldout |
Not Available |
NA |
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May, 1946 |
When the Aeroplane First Saluted Liberty, They Fought for News, Gatto, Esquire Girl Foldout (no artist credited), Eddie Foy Jr. |
Not Available |
NA |
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June, 1946 |
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G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good, edge stain |
$17.50 |
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Same |
G/VG, Auto Print missing |
$12.50 |
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July, 1946 |
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G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Fair/Good |
$12.50 |
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August, 1946 |
“Sailing in San Francisco Bay” by Melbourne Brindle foldout, Duke Ellington, Ray Bolger, Vivien Leigh, Arlene Dahl, Walter Huston |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Fair/Good, corner stain |
$12.50 |
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September, 1946 |
The Esquire Gallery, Music for the Movies, Voodoo, Horatio Alger Jr., Fashion Quotient, The Match King – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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October, 1946 |
The Esquire Girl, In England Now, Singer Tom Moore, The Great Crash, Rodeos, Harvard’s Hooton – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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November, 1946 |
Football, Ylla, In |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good, small edge stain |
$20.00 |
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December, 1946 |
Christmas Issue. 380 pages |
Good, edge stain |
$20.00 |
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January, 1947 |
New Years in Front of TV cartoon cover. 1947 Esquire Calendar by J.
Frederick |
Good, edge stain |
$15.00 |
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February, 1947 |
1947 Jazz Forum, Jazz Awards, Leonard Bernstein, Gene Krupa, The |
Not Available |
NA |
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March, 1947 |
Woman Skier cartoon cover. Hollywood Agent, Stanford University, Journey Into Space, Mexico – Land of Contrasts, I’ll Take Cooking by Joe Pasternak, Ginger Rogers, Fred Fulton |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good, edge stain |
$15.00 |
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April, 1947 |
Elevator cartoon cover. |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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May, 1947 |
Paul Gallico, Ben Stahl Art, Comics Are a Funny Business, Guatemala, In England Now, Bad Time of Hollywood’s Bad Men, The Supersalesman, Cecil Beaton, Princeton University |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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June, 1947 |
Helicopter Wedding cover. |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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July, 1947 |
Travel cartoon cover by E. Simms Campbell. David Sarnoff, Ray Prohaska, I
Remember the Ziegfeld Follies by Eddie Cantor, |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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August, 1947 |
Bill Cunningham, My Own Five Foot Shelf by Louis Untermeyer, Call on
Stoeger Arms, Bourbon, Rover Fawcett, |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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September, 1947 |
Miss |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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October, 1947 |
Fiction by Irwin Shaw, Robot Wings of Death, Are Husbands Helpless? By
Nathanial Benchley, Mystery of Mayerling, Everett Henry, Karsh of |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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November, 1947 |
Football cartoon cover. Golf’s War of Nerves, Empress Theodora, Allen
Saalburg, MIT, Nat Rogers, Make Mine Wine, |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good, edge stain |
$17.50 |
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December, 1947 |
Christmas Issue. HEFTY Annual Christmas issue - Full of fiction, articles, humor, fashions, pictorial features (including an Al Moore illus. foldout). 332 pages |
Good, pinup pages removed |
$15.00 |
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January, 1948 |
New Years Celebrations cover. |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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February, 1948 |
Ice Skater cartoon cover. Story of Blood & Guts George Patton, Al Moore fold-out. 144 pages |
Not Available |
NA |
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July, 1948 |
Fathers Day in |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good, edge stain |
$17.50 |
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August, 1948 |
Park Ranger cartoon cover by Shermund. Liquor Intelligencer Special Section,
Love on Broadway, |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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September, 1948 |
Sailing Cartoon cover by |
Good, edge stain |
$17.50 |
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October, 1948 |
12 page Guide to Good Hunting, Fold-out Girlie art, Fashions, Polo Sports
fold-out illustrations, Fiction, |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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November, 1948 |
Fiction, Chef’s Guide for Hosts, Michigan's Sherlock Holmes, Jerome Robbins profile, Al Moore fold-out ("Thanksgiving Dish"), Fashions |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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December, 1948 |
Christmas Issue - Fiction, Articles, MANY Christmas features, Sports, John Crosby profile, Christmas Gifts, Murder Mystery by Henry Kane, Al Moore fold out - "Red and Green". 254 pages |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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January, 1949 |
Al Moore Foldout, Big 10 Vacation Guide, Frank Lloyd Wright, Al Jolson, Al Moore foldout – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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February, 1949 |
Travel, 16 Page Fashion Coordinator, Al Moore foldout, Eugene Berman, Confessions of a Nightcrawler by Earl Wilson, Habits of Good Golf by Ben Hogan, Lex Thompson, Soledad 1942 by Eugene Berman |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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May, 1949 |
12 page section on Sailing, Fiction by Budd Schulberg - others, The Stork Club, Ethan Allen, Al Moore fold-out |
Not Available |
NA |
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June, 1949 |
12 page supplement on Esquires 1949 Auto Show. Fiction, 1949 Cars, Degas, Fashions – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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July, 1949 |
Fathers Day Supplement, “Champion” by Ring Lardner, Al Moore Foldout, Abe Lincoln Licks Jack Armstrong foldout, The Corbina |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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August, 1949 |
Fiction by Arthur Miller ("A Regular Death Call"), Walter Duranty, Henry Kane, others, Articles on Sports, Drinks ("The Esquire Refresher" special section), Shape of Cars to Come – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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October, 1949 |
Man’s Dog – Supplement, “The Crime of McSwane” by H.L. Mencken, Al Moore page, Man’s Crusade for Easy Childbirth, General Patton – Off the Record – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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November, 1949 |
Fortune Tellers Never Starve, Man’s Triumph Over the Prostate, Most Beautiful Body, Bill Zeckendorf, Wedding Time, Golf Made Easy, James Bowie |
Fair/Good, corner stain |
$12.50 |
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December, 1949 |
Traditional Christmas Annual. Henry Kane Mystery, Christmas Gift,
Christmas in |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Fair/Good, corner stain |
$12.50 |