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NOTE: Most of the following are either Philadelphia, Southeast Pennsylvania, or Central Pennsylvania editions

Pre-National Editions:

Issue Date:

Cover/Issue Description:

Condition:

Price

TV Digest

Pre-National edition from Philadelphia. June 17, 1950 – Kay Kyser, TV Father of the Year

Good

$25.00

 

June 24, 1950 - Rising Young Star: Alan Young

G/VG

$25.00

 

September 22, 1951. Arthur Godfrey

Good

$25.00

 

October 13, 1951. (PA State edition) The Langford – Ameche Team

Good, ink mark on cover

$20.00

 

October 27, 1951. Bert Parks Celebrates

Good

$25.00

 

November 24, 1951. Herb Shriner, Hoosier Comedian

G/VG

$25.00

 

December 8, 1951. Dinah Shore

G/VG

$25.00

 

December 29, 1951 – The Mummers Parade

G/VG

$20.00

 

January 5, 1952. Get Hep to the Hit Paraders

Good

$25.00

 

January 12, 1952. Sensational Song Team: Marion Marlowe & Frank Parker

G/VG

$25.00

 

March 15, 1952. Luscious Lucy Knoch – Red Skelton Discovery

G/VG

$25.00

 

March 22, 1952. Johnny Ray

G/VG

$25.00

 

April 26, 1952. Perry Como

Good

$20.00

 

May 10, 1952. Mothers Day cover

Good, cover mark

$20.00

 

June 7, 1952. Dennis James

G/VG

$25.00

 

July 26, 1952 (PA State edition). Julius La Rosa & Betty Luster

G/VG

$25.00

 

September 6, 1952. “Your Show of Shows” – Imogene Coca & Sid Caesar

Good

$25.00

 

September 13, 1952. Frank Parker and Marion Marlowe

G/VG

$25.00

 

    Same

Good

$20.00

 

October 18, 1952. Perry Como

G/VG

$25.00

 

October 25, 1952. Dennis Day

G/VG

$25.00

 

November 8, 1952. Inside Story of Eddie Fisher

Good, corner scuffed

$20.00

 

November 15, 1952. Godfrey the Great

G/VG

$25.00

 

December 6, 1952. Marion Marlowe

G/VG

$25.00

 

January 31, 1952. The Three Mary Hartlines

G/VG

$25.00

 

February 28, 1952. Godfrey’s Lucky Touch

G/VG

$25.00

 

January 24, 1953. Frankie Lane

G/VG

$25.00

TV Digest & Guide

(Philadelphia). March 13, 1952. Janette Davis

G/VG

$25.00

 

2/28/1953. Arthur Godfrey. Penna. Edition

G/VG

$25.00

 

    Same

Fair, stained

$12.50

 

TV Guide (National Editions):

May 8, 1953

Vol. 1 No. 6 – Arthur Godfrey

G/VG

$30.00

July 10, 1953

Dave Garroway and Mr. Muggs

G/VG

$25.00

August 21, 1953

Mary Hartline and Claude Kirshner

G/VG

$25.00

September 11, 1953

Ralph Edwards & Joan Caulfield on “This Is Your Life”

Fair/Good, stain

$15.00

October 9, 1953

Bishop Sheen

Good

$20.00

November 6, 1953

Warren Hull – 2 copies

Good

$20.00

November 20, 1953

Dorothy McGuire and Julius La Rosa

Fair/Good, creased

$12.50

December 18, 1953

Bob Hope: On the Run

G/VG

$25.00

December 25, 1953

Merry Christmas – Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Patti Page on the cover

G/VG

$35.00

 

February 5, 1954

Jack Benny

G/VG

$20.00

February 26, 1954

Liberace. Review of “I Love Lucy” within

Good

$25.00

March 12, 1954

Maria Riva

G/VG

$20.00

March 19, 1954

Groucho Marx

G/VG

$35.00

April 2, 1954

Eve Arden

G/VG

$20.00

April 23, 1954

Lucille Ball

Good, crease marks

$15.00

May 21, 1954

Patricia Benoit and Wally Cox

G/VG, ink mark on cover

$17.50

June 4, 1954

Arthur Godfrey

G/VG

$20.00

November 20, 1954

Bebe Daniels & Ralph Edwards

Good

$20.00

December 11, 1954

Marion Marlowe

Not Available

NA

December 18, 1954

Bob Hope: On the Run

G/VG

$25.00

 

January 8, 1955

Arthur Godfrey by Norman Rockwell

Good, torn cover edge

$17.50

March 26, 1955

Eve Arden in Gale Gordon of “Our Miss Brooks”

G/VG

$25.00

April 2, 1955

Tony Martin

G/VG

$25.00

June 25, 1955

Summer Preview Issue. Barbara Nichols, Sid Caesar, Cliff Norton

G/VG

$25.00

August 13, 1955

Roxanne & Bud Collyer

Fair/Good, stained

$10.00

September 17, 1955

Milton Berle, Esther Williams

Good

$20.00

November 19, 1955

Jack Benny

Fair/Good, pencil marks on cover

$12.50

 

January 21, 1956

Lawrence Welk

Not Available

NA

February 4, 1956

Judy Tyler & Ed Sullivan

Fair/Good

$15.00

February 25, 1956

Gisele MacKenzie

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same

Good, corner wear

$15.00

March 3, 1956

Lynn Dollar, Hal March

VG, no label

$20.00

March 10, 1956

Frances Rafferty, Spring Byington

Not Available

NA

March 17, 1956

Maurice Evans, Lilli Palmer in “Taming of the Shrew”- 2 copies

G/VG

$20.00

March 24, 1956

Dave Garroway

VG, no label

$25.00

March 31, 1956

Arlene Francis and John Daly

VG, no label

$25.00

April 21, 1956

Nanette Fabray

G/VG

$20.00

May 5, 1956

George Gobel & Mitzi Gaynor

VG, no label

$25.00

June 9, 1956

Patti Page

Not Available

NA

July 14, 1956

Gordon and Sheila MacRae – 2 copies

G/VG

$20.00

July 21, 1956

Bill Lundigan and Mary Costa

G/VG

$20.00

August 18, 1956

GOP Convention

Good

$17.50

September 1, 1956

Alice Lon

Not Available

NA

October 13, 1956

The Nelson Family

Fair/Good, cover wear

$10.00

October 20, 1956

Perry Como, Phyllis Goodkind

G/VG

$20.00

December 15, 1956

Dinah Shore

VG, no label

$25.00

December 22, 1956

Merry Christmas

Not Available

NA

 

February 2, 1957

Jane Wyman. Star’s Children, Pat Carroll

Not Available

NA

February 9, 1957

Hugh O’Brian

Good, cover tear

$15.00

March 2, 1957

Dorothy Collins & Gisele Mackenzie

Not Available

NA

March 9, 1957

Arthur Godfrey, Pat Boone

Not Available

NA

April 13, 1957

Nanette Fabray

Fair/Good, wear

$12.50

May 25, 1957

Sid Caesar – cover by Al Hirschfeld

G/VG

$25.00

June 29, 1957

Gale Storm

Good

$15.00

July 6, 1957

John Daly , Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen – by Al Hirschfeld

G/VG

$25.00

August 24, 1957

Marjorie Lord and Danny Thomas

G/VG

$25.00

October 19, 1957

Loretta Young by Jon Whitcomb

G/VG

$25.00

December 21, 1957

Christmas Greetings

G/VG

$20.00

 

May 31, 1958

Phyllis Kirk of “The Thin Man”

Not Available

NA

June 7, 1958

Pat Boone – Columbia ‘58

Not Available

NA

June 21, 1958

Ed Sullivan

Not Available

NA

July 5, 1958

Bill Cullen of “The Price Is Right”

Not Available

NA

July 19, 1958

Dale Robertson

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$15.00

July 26, 1958

Marvin Miller of “The Millionaire” – 3 copies

Good

$15.00

August 2, 1958

Walter Brennan of “The Real McCoys” – 2 copies

G/VG

$17.50

August 23, 1958

Edie Adams and Janet Blair

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good, edge stain

$15.00

September 6, 1958

Arthur Godfrey

Not Available

NA

September 13, 1958

The Lennon Sisters & Lawrence Welk

Not Available

NA

September 20, 1958

Special Issue: Fall Preview 1958/59 Shows

G/VG

$35.00

September 27, 1958

Garry Moore – 2 copies

G/VG

$17.50

October 11, 1958

Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same

Good – corner stain

$15.00

October 18, 1958

Perry Como

Good – cover creases

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good, cover wear

$10.00

October 25, 1958

George Burns

Not Available

NA

November 1, 1958

Jack Paar

Good – corner stain

$12.50

November 8, 1958

Loretta Young

Good, covers marks

$15.00

November 15, 1958

“The Lineup’s” Warner Anderson and Tom Tully

G/VG

$17.50

 

Sane

Good – corner stain

$12.50

November 29, 1958

Victor Borge – 2 copies

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good – corner stain

$12.50

December 13, 1958

Danny Thomas – 3 copies

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good

$15.00

December 20, 1958

Christmas

Not Available

NA

 

January 3, 1959

Lola Albright & Craig Stevens of “Peter Gunn”

Good

$15.00

January 17, 1959

James Garner and Jack Kelly of “Maverick”

G/VG

$20.00

January 24, 1959

Red Skelton

Good

$15.00

January 31, 1959

George Gobel as Boy Scout – 2 copies

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good

$15.00

February 7, 1959

Johnny Crawford and Chuck Connors of “The Rifleman”

Not Available

NA

February 21, 1959

Barbara Hale and Raymond Burr of “Perry Mason”

Not Available

NA

March 7, 1959

Walter Brennan of “The Real McCoys”

Good

$15.00

March 14, 1959

Arthur Godfrey

G/VG

$17.50

March 28, 1959

Tennessee Ernie Ford

G/VG

$17.50

April 4, 1959

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. & Roger Smith

Not Available

NA

April 18, 1959

Dinah Shore

Good – corner stain

$12.50

April 25, 1959

Dick Powell

Not Available

NA

May 2, 1959

Hugh O’Brian of “Wyatt Earp”

Not Available

NA

May 9, 1959

Edward Byrnes of “77 Sunset Strip”

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good – corner stain

$12.50

July 18, 1959

Janet Blair

Not Available

NA

July 25, 1959

John Russell of “Lawman”

Good, label removed

$15.00

August 15, 1959

Lawrence Welk

Good

$15.00

August 22, 1959

“I’ve Got a Secret” – Bess Myerson, Henry Morgan, Betsy Palmer, Bill Cullen

G/VG

$17.50

September 12, 1959

Arthur Godfrey

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good

$15.00

September 19, 1959

Fall Preview 1959/60 Special Issue

Not Available

NA

September 26, 1959

Jackie Cooper & Abby Dalton of “Hennessey”

Good – corner stain

$12.50

October 31, 1959

Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase

Good – corner torn

$15.00

November 14, 1959

Perry Como. “How TV Revolutionized Politics” by Senator John F Kennedy.

Good

$17.50

November 28, 1959

Art Carney

G/VG

$17.50

December 5, 1959

Cast of “Dobie Gillis”

Good

$15.00

December 12, 1959

Danny Thomas

Good – creases

$15.00

December 19, 1959

Merry Christmas

Not Available

NA

 

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