Esquire Magazine 1940 - 1949 Issues

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Issue Date:

Cover/Issue Description:

Condition:

Price ea

January, 1940

Holiday Issue. F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Jesse Stuart

Not Available

NA

February, 1940

F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Edgar Lee Masters

G/VG

$35.00

March, 1940

F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction

G/VG

$35.00

 

Same

Good

$30.00

April, 1940

F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, 7 pages on 1940 Motoring

G/VG, bc stain

$25.00

May, 1940

F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, “Stalin, Undertaker of the Revolution” by Diego Rivera, George Biddle art

Not Available

NA

June, 1940

F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Jese Stuart, Morris Kantor art

G/VG

$35.00

July, 1940

Father’s Day Issue. F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction

G/VG

$35.00

September, 1940

Back-to-School Issue. F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction,, H.L. Mencken, Jesse Stuart

G/VG

$35.00

 

February, 1941

Winter Travel Issue. F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Foldouts by Varga and Petty

Not Available

NA

March, 1941

F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Lawson Little Jr., Foldouts by Varga and Petty

G/VG, light spotting

$40.00

April, 1941

F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Varga foldout

Not Available

NA

June, 1941

F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction, Varga & Petty foldouts

G/VG

$45.00

September, 1941

Rupert Hughes, Jesse Stuart, Foldouts by Varga and Petty

Not Available

NA

November, 1941

Foldouts by Varga and Petty

G/VG, light spotting

$40.00

 

March, 1942

Arthur Szyk, Varga foldout, John Steuart Curry, Ann Gillis Pinup foldout

Not Available

NA

April, 1942

Arthur Szyk, Varga foldout, Peggy Diggins Pinup foldout

G/VG

$45.00

May, 1942

Arthur Szyk, Varga foldout, Eleanor Parker Pinup foldout

G/VG

$45.00

 

Same

Good, spine tear

$30.00

June, 1942

Arthur Szyk, Varga foldout, Jane Russell Pinup foldout

G/VG

$50.00

July, 1942

US Flag cover. Arthur Szyk, Varga foldout, Veda Ann Borg Pinpup foldout, Graham Greene fiction

G/VG

$60.00

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

September, 1942

Campus Issue. Varga foldout, Frances Gifford Pinup foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print

Good, back cover stain

$35.00

October, 1942

Varga foldout, Marjorie Woodworth Pinup, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print

G/VG

$45.00

November, 1942

Varga foldout, Rita Hayworth Pinup foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print

G/VG

$45.00

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

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

March, 1943

Varga foldout, Jean Rogers Pinup, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print

G/VG

$45.00

April, 1943

Varga foldout, Rebel Randall Pinup, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes

G/VG

$45.00

June, 1943

Varga foldout, Maria Montez Pinup, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes

Not Available

NA

July, 1943

Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes, “The Submarine Appendectomy by John Falter foldout

G/VG

$45.00

August, 1943

Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes, “Bombardier’s Last Breath” by John Falter foldout

G/VG

$45.00

September, 1943

Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes, “The Jap Eradicator” by John Falter foldout

G/VG

$45.00

October, 1943

Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes, “The Commander’s Last Dive” by John Falter foldout

G/VG

$45.00

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

 

January, 1944

Holiday Issue. 12 Page VARGA Calendar for 1944, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, Vertes, Constance Dowling Pinup foldout, “In the Year of Our Lord 1943” by John Falter foldout

G/VG

$100.00

 

Same

Good

$85.00

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

March, 1944

Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Keeper of the Faith” by John Falter

G/VG

$45.00

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

May, 1944

Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “The Pilot Who Wouldn’t Bail Out” by John Falter foldout

G/VG

$45.00

June, 1944

Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “The Giant Killer” by John Falter foldout

G/VG

$45.00

July, 1944

Varga foldout, “Bayonet Fighter With Wings” by Leydenfrost foldout

G/VG

$45.00

August, 1944

Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Dempsey & Firpo” Boxing Print foldout by George Bellows

G/VG

$45.00

September, 1944

Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Out at Home” by Fletcher Martin foldout

G/VG

$45.00

October, 1944

Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Tommy Hitchcock: Ten Goal American” Polo Print foldout by Tony Palazzo

G/VG

$45.00

 

January, 1945

12 Page VARGA Calendar for 1945, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Homecoming, New York Harbor: Christmastime” by Stevan Dohanos foldout

Not Available

NA

February, 1945

Jazz Number. Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Victory of the Resolute” by Melbourne Brindle foldout

G/VG

$45.00

March, 1945

Bob Hope, Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Ederle’s Conquest of the Channel” by Stevan Dohanos foldout

Good

$40.00

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

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

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

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

August, 1945

Varga foldout, Alexander Leydenfrost WWII Aviation Print, “Babe Ruth’s Greatest Moment” foldout by Douglass Crockwell

Not Available

NA

September, 1945

Varga foldout, Zane Grey, “Biggest Game Fish Ever Landed” foldout by Melbourne Brindle

G/VG

$45.00

October, 1945

Varga foldout, “The Great Disaster of 1906” foldout by Harper Goff, “The Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise” fiction by J.D. Salinger

G/VG, spine fraying

$100.00

December, 1945

Christmas Issue. Varga Foldout, “The Ordeal of John Paul Jones” by Anton Otto Fischer

G/VG, spine fraying

$40.00

 

January, 1946

Three German Masters, Homecoming Hero, New England Hurricane of 1938, Lost Art of Horse Taming

Not Available

NA

February, 1946

1946-All American Band Awards, Jazz Section, Buying a Camera, Give Me a Cigar, Chicago Jazz History, Saga of a Horseman

Not Available

NA

March, 1946

Varga Foldout, “Winger Run of the De Witt Clinton” by Harper Goff foldout

Not Available

NA

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

June, 1946

New York to Paris by Auto 1908 (foldout print), Ludicrous Luftwaffe, Paul Bunyan on Saipan, Beale Street, George Bellows, Rita Hayworth

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good, edge stain

$17.50

 

Same

G/VG, Auto Print missing

$12.50

July, 1946

Hungary, The Casbah, Wire Tapping, Mongol Hoard, How to Make a Movie For Nothing by Irving Wallace, Gertrude Stein

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$12.50

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

 

Same

Fair/Good, corner stain

$12.50

September, 1946

The Esquire Gallery, Music for the Movies, Voodoo, Horatio Alger Jr., Fashion Quotient, The Match King – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

October, 1946

The Esquire Girl, In England Now, Singer Tom Moore, The Great Crash, Rodeos, Harvard’s Hooton – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

November, 1946

Football, Ylla, In England Now, Fortunes in Souvenir Swords, Harlem Love Potions. 284 pages – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good, small edge stain

$20.00

December, 1946

Christmas Issue. 380 pages

Good, edge stain

$20.00

 

January, 1947

New Years in Front of TV cartoon cover. 1947 Esquire Calendar by J. Frederick Smith, Fiction, Sports, etc. 256 pages.

Good, edge stain

$15.00

February, 1947

1947 Jazz Forum, Jazz Awards, Leonard Bernstein, Gene Krupa, The Johnstown Flood

Not Available

NA

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

 

Same

Good, edge stain

$15.00

April, 1947

Elevator cartoon cover. Veronica Lake, Death Valley Scotty's Record Breaking RR Run, Fashions, Food. 244 pages – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

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

June, 1947

Helicopter Wedding cover. University of Wisconsin, Frederic Varady, Lola Montez, Al Moore

G/VG

$25.00

July, 1947

Travel cartoon cover by E. Simms Campbell. David Sarnoff, Ray Prohaska, I Remember the Ziegfeld Follies by Eddie Cantor, University of Virginia

G/VG

$25.00

August, 1947

Bill Cunningham, My Own Five Foot Shelf by Louis Untermeyer, Call on Stoeger Arms, Bourbon, Rover Fawcett, Tulane University

G/VG

$25.00

September, 1947

Miss America cartoon cover by Shermund. Irwin Shaw, In Defense of Hollywood by Andy Rooney, Danny Thomas, University of Washington, Peter Helck, Where Were Our Rockets?, Madison Square Garden. 190 pages – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

October, 1947

Fiction by Irwin Shaw, Robot Wings of Death, Are Husbands Helpless? By Nathanial Benchley, Mystery of Mayerling, Everett Henry, Karsh of Ottawa, University of Minnesota, Nikola Tesla, Dizzy Gillespie. 236 pages

G/VG

$25.00

November, 1947

Football cartoon cover. Golf’s War of Nerves, Empress Theodora, Allen Saalburg, MIT, Nat Rogers, Make Mine Wine, Bermuda, The Duck and I

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good, edge stain

$17.50

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

 

January, 1948

New Years Celebrations cover. Holiday Issue. Fiction, "Armchair in Hell" by Henry Kane, Cartoons, Photos, much more. 198 pages

G/VG

$25.00

February, 1948

Ice Skater cartoon cover. Story of Blood & Guts George Patton, Al Moore fold-out. 144 pages

Not Available

NA

July, 1948

Fathers Day in Central Park by McKay. Fathers Day Issue. Fiction, Fashions, Sports, Cartoons, Al Moore pinup page, 158 pages  – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good, edge stain

$17.50

August, 1948

Park Ranger cartoon cover by Shermund. Liquor Intelligencer Special Section, Love on Broadway, Budapest – Paris of the Balkans, Fred Ludekens, Forest Hills Tennis

G/VG

$25.00

September, 1948

Sailing Cartoon cover by Campbell. Fiction, Articles, Al Moore fold-out ("Here, Kitty!"), Fashions, Sports

Good, edge stain

$17.50

October, 1948

12 page Guide to Good Hunting, Fold-out Girlie art, Fashions, Polo Sports fold-out illustrations, Fiction, Capri, Sports, George Jessel

G/VG

$25.00

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

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

 

January, 1949

Al Moore Foldout, Big 10 Vacation Guide, Frank Lloyd Wright, Al Jolson, Al Moore foldout – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

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

 

Same

Good

$20.00

May, 1949

12 page section on Sailing, Fiction by Budd Schulberg - others, The Stork Club, Ethan Allen, Al Moore fold-out

Not Available

NA

June, 1949

12 page supplement on Esquires 1949 Auto Show. Fiction, 1949 Cars, Degas, Fashions – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good

$20.00

July, 1949

Fathers Day Supplement, “Champion” by Ring Lardner, Al Moore Foldout, Abe Lincoln Licks Jack Armstrong foldout, The Corbina

G/VG

$20.00

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

 

Same

Good

$20.00

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

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

December, 1949

Traditional Christmas Annual. Henry Kane Mystery, Christmas Gift, Christmas in New England, J.P. Morgan. 266 pages

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good

$20.00

 

Same

Fair/Good, corner stain

$12.50

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