Comic books March 1908

Add to cart Fair $262.00 View scans Paper: White Back cover detached 90%. Back Cover Detached. Staple rust: Moderate.

Cosmopolitan is a long-running fashion and entertainment magazine focused on women. Cover by Frederick Lincoln Stoddard. This issue includes: First publication of an essay by H. G. Wells, "The Things that Live on Mars", with four full-page illustrations by William Robinson Leigh, about the habitability and possibility of life on Mars, ideas that Wells had previously explored a decade earlier in his science fiction novel "The War of the Worlds". Also, "Story of the Mars Expedition", an essay by American astronomer David Peck Todd describing the 1907 Lowell expedition to Chile, an attempt to capture images of the purported Martian canals; and "Small Contributions" a regular column to the magazine by Ambrose Bierce. 7" x 10", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $65.00 View scans Oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

March 13, 1908. A Fortune at Stake; or, A Wall Street Messenger's Deal. 11" x 8", 32 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $75.00 View scans

Women's magazine with emphasis on needlework and homecrafts. Merged into Needlecraft in 1930. 10.25" x 14", B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.65 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Issue #512 - Mar. 25, 1908. "A Scout at 16 or, A Boy's Wild Life on the Frontier" by An Old Scout. 8-in. x 11-in., 32 Pages, B&W text only. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart Good $18.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 3" Cumulative spine split. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.

Add to cart Good $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 15, Issue 3 - March, 1908. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.