Life Magazine – October 10, 1889 (# 354) – The Proposal
Magazine Condition : Fair (All Good, but has a mild spot in cover corner).
Magazine Condition : Fair (All Good, but has a mild spot in cover corner).
History of The Original Life Magazine! Few people know that the true FIRST “Life Magazine“ was a weekly humor publication created by the Life Publishing Company of Manhattan, New York City. These early Life magazines may have a theme but usually don’t have actual articles. Instead, they are filled with very sarcastic historic and social … Read more
Magazine Condition : Good (cover mildly rubbed, minor spots inside)
Magazine Condition : Very Good (centerspread has binder marks at edge)
Magazine Condition : Very Good (centerspread has binder marks at edge)
Magazine Condition : Very Good (centerspread has binder marks at edge)
Magazine Condition : Fair (Generally Very Good, but back cover is soiled and last two pages have a small hole).
Magazine Condition : Very Good (centerspread has binder marks at edge, front cover has very faint creases, still perfectly frameable.)
Magazine Condition : Good (Generally Very Good, but has very minor edge water mark).
Magazine Condition : Very Good (centerspread has binder marks at edge, front cover has very faint creases, still perfectly frameable.)
Magazine Condition : Very Good (centerspread has binder marks at edge, front cover has very faint creases, still perfectly frameable.)
Magazine Condition : Very Good (centerspread has binder marks at edge)
Magazine Condition : Good (All Very Good, lovely, but has a very minor edge water mark).
Magazine Condition : Very Good (centerspread has binder marks at edge)
Magazine Condition : Very Good (centerspread has binder marks at edge)
Magazine Condition : Very Good (centerspread has binder marks at edge)
Magazine Condition : POOR (Generally Good, but has small ad cut out toward back, front cover edges tanned).
Magazine Condition : Fair (All Good, but has mild cover soil).
Magazine Condition : POOR (Once bound, binding string shows and pages are loose. Front cover is missing the lower right corner – see photo). This is your chance to experience an early Life without the expense of a more pristine copy.
Magazine Condition : Very Good
(does not have library stamp shown in sample image.)
(note : centerspread art has two edge marks from binder clips)
Magazine Condition : Very Good, a rarely found issue in any condition. Cover has very slight wear, see “sample” photo which is this exact issue.
Magazine Condition : Very Good (cover has faint central crease).
Magazine Condition : Very Good (Note : two-page center spread art has a white line through it from a printing flaw, it is thin but makes the artwork not suitable for framing. You could touch it up with a lead pencil.)
Magazine Condition : Very Good (faint central crease)
Magazine Condition choices :
Good (All Very Good, but cover has two creases. See sample photo.)
Fair (All Good, but cover has a partial ripple, spine cocked)
Magazine Condition : Very Good
Magazine Condition : Fair (All Good, but all of the white on the cover has pencil doodles)
Magazine Condition : Good (cover has some minor marks in places where it doesn’t affect the artwork).
Magazine Condition : POOR (All Good, a nice copy, but the tipped-in color portrait of Astor is gone. Not an obvious loss.).
Magazine Condition : Good (Has “Sample” stamp in bank area of cover). NOTE : This copy contains a very rare original blank subscription slip.
Magazine Condition : Good (Minor cover wear and “Sample” stamp in blank area).
Magazine Condition : Good (All Very Good, but cover has two mild creases)
Magazine Condition : Good (All Very Good, but has noticeable center crease on front cover – most issues have this crease).
Magazine Condition : Fair (Generally Good, but has water marked corner. Front cover and center art are nice and not marked).
Magazine Condition : Fair (All Very Good, nice!, but has minor margin water mark).
Magazine Condition Choices :
Good
Fair (All Good, nice, but has a minor margin water mark).
Magazine Condition : Good (Library stamp at top of front cover.)
Magazine Condition : Very Good (Cover loosening from original threads).
Magazine Condition Choices :
Fair (Generally Good, but cover is noticeably tanned and has a water marked margin.
Fair (Generally Good, but cover is noticeably tanned with mildly chipped edges)
Please tell me which FAIR you prefer.
Note : all of the copies I have seen of this issue have had a tanned cover, the publisher may have tried a different kind of paper.
Magazine Condition : Very Good
Magazine Condition : Good (Cover partly split along spine).
Magazine Condition : Fair (All Good, but cover partly split along spine, thin edge water mark).
Magazine Condition : Good (cover partly split along spine).
Magazine Condition Choices :
Good (Once bound, binding strings visible)
Fair (All Good, nice, but has very minor margin water mark).
Magazine Condition : Very Good
Magazine Condition : Fair (All Good, but has a small water mark in the corner margin).
Magazine Condition : Fair (All Good, but has faintly water marked margin).
Magazine Condition : Very Good
Magazine Condition Choices :
Very Good (Has paper clip marks on edge of center spread)
Good
Magazine Condition : Very Good
(note : centerspread art has two edge marks from binder clips)
Magazine Condition : Very Good
Cover does not have library stamp shown in sample image.
(note : centerspread art has two edge marks from binder clips)
Magazine Condition Choices :
Very Good (centerspread art has two edge marks from binder clips)
POOR (A nice reading copy, water marked toward bottom, generally faint.)
Magazine Condition Choice :
Very Good (center spread page has two edge marks from binder clips)
Good
Magazine Condition Choices :
Excellent (Has paper clip marks on the edge of the center spread)
Good (with common central crease on cover)
Magazine Condition : Very Good (May have paper clip marks on edge of center spread)
Magazine Condition : Good (cover may have central crease)
Magazine Condition : Very Good
(note : centerspread art has two edge marks from binder clips)
Magazine Condition Choices :
Very Good (Has a short tear along the spine and paper clip marks on the edge of the center spread)
Fair (All Good with nice cover, but cover is nearly loose from staples).
Magazine Condition : Good (mild central crease on cover)
Magazine Condition Choices :
Good
Fair (All Good, but has a faintly water marked corner tip)
Magazine Condition Choices :
Very Good
Good
Magazine Condition : POOR (All Good, but missing first ad page inside)
Magazine Condition : Fair (All Good, nice!, but has faint margin water mark)
Magazine Condition : Fair (All Very Good, but cover is lightly speckled over all)
Magazine Condition Choices :
Good (All Very Good, but has minor cover edge smudge)
Magazine Condition : Good (light cover soil)
Magazine Condition : Good (cover has some creasing)
Magazine Condition : Good (first inner pages have foxed margins)
Magazine Condition : Fair (Generally Good, but cover some wear and soil, not bad)
Magazine Condition : Very Good (Faint central crease)