Comic books April 1919

Add to cart Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Off white Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

Children of the Night" 5/5 by Max Brand Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $72.00 View scans

Issue #4 - Apr. 1919. NOTE: German language text. Der Orchideengarten or The Orchids Garden is considered the first magazine of the macabre and fantastic. Weird Tales, its nearest competitor, was first published in 1923, four years later. Subtitled Phantastische Blatter, loosely translated to Fantastic Pages. Edited by World War I correspondent Karl Hans Strobl and Alfons von Czibulka. Overall, the magazine published a selection of new and reprinted supernatural and horror stories from both domestic and foreign authors (Dickens, Pushkin, Maupassant, Poe, Valtaire, Wells, Hugo). The Orchids Garden is more well known as being one of the most beautiful fantasy magazines ever published. Artists included Heinrich Kley, Alred Kubin, Karl Ritter, Gustave Dore, Tony Johannot, Otto Linnekogel, Rolf von Hoerschelmann and many others. Extremely scarce. 8 3/4-in. x 12-in., 24 pages on rough book paper, black and white.

Add to cart Very Good $35.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight. Foreign edition: NonEnglish.

In 1905 this long-running weekly changed direction to a more risque, general interest magazine with witty, literate articles paired with Art Nouveau and Art Deco artwork produced by the finest illustrators. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 20 pages, B&W with color.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $86.00 View scans Foreign edition: NonEnglish.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $53.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

In 1905 this long-running weekly changed direction to a more risque, general interest magazine with witty, literate articles paired with Art Nouveau and Art Deco artwork produced by the finest illustrators. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 20 pages, B&W with color.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Very Good $3.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Spine stress. Spine split from base. Corner Damage. Foxing.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $3.00 View scans	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $3.00 View scans Spine split 15%.
Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $7.49 View scans Spine split 40%.

Volume 7, Issue 4 (Serial Number 176) - April 1, 1918. Department of Literature. In this issue: "Makers of Modern American Poetry (Men)" by Howard W. Cook. Includes authors such as; Henry Van Dyke, Edgar Lee Masters, Witter Bynner, Joyce Kilmer, Percy Mackaye, and Robert Service. Also includes 6 index cards, each one features a black and white photo of an American poet on the front, and a short biography on the back. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock gravures. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $16.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans

Volume 7, Issue 5 (Serial Number 177) - April 15, 1919. "Glass and Glass-Making." Department of Art and Science. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers, with 6 loose gravures. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fair $9.00 View scans Spine split 30%. Staple rust: Extensive.

UK weekly humor and story magazine. 8.25" x 11.5", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart Fair $8.00 View scans Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 70%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 31, Issue 4 - April, 1919. Mechanical science and technology magazine. 6 3/4-in. x 9 1/2-in. 200 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fair $10.00 View scans Front cover detached 70%. Back cover detached 70%. Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

April, 1919 - Cover by F. Luis Mora. Red Cross Magazine started in 1916 and ran during the buildup to World War I, and throughout the War itself until it went out of business in October 1920. Includes articles, short stories, pictures, and artwork mostly, but not exclusively, relating to G.I.s and the war effort. This magazine series featured some truly classic covers and also interesting ads of the time. Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 10-in., 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $23.00 View scans

Monthy new releases catalog for Victor Records, later to become RCA Victor when purchased in 1929 by Radio Corporation of America. 4.75" x 6.75", 24 pages, B&W with color.

Add to cart Very Good $16.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

Women's magazine with stories, humor, and recipes. 10.25" x 13.5", 40 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.