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LIFE - October 1998 John Glenn is on the cover. The 12-page feature is half about Glenn's return to space and half about the other surviving Mercury astronauts: Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra. Price: $4 - VG NL (*) 2 pages torn or missing; does not affect the Mercury/Glenn feature |
| 1980s | |
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LIFE - January 1989 Special Issue - "1988 The Year in Pictures". Florence Griffith Joyner and others are on the cover. Celebrities pictured in this issue include George Bush, Dan Quayle, Florence Griffith Joyner, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tom Hanks, Orel Hershiser, George Michael, Stephen Hawking, Mike Tyson and Robin Givens, Donald Trump, Tracy Chapman, Charles and Diana, Ben Johnson, Al Sharpton, and Katarina Witt. Also includes the events of 1988, people who died in 1988, and the 1988 summer Olympics. Price: $5 - VG/G |
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LIFE - Spring 1988 Special issue on Martin Luther King and the history of civil rights in the U.S. Price: $8 - Ex/VG NL |
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LIFE - November 1987 10-page cover feature is on U.S. soldiers missing in action (MIA) in Vietnam. This issue also has a 2-page interview with actress Farrah Fawcett; a 16-page excerpt from Arthur Miller's authobiography, Timebends; 3 pages on actor Bruce Willis; 3½ pages on Dr. Ruth Westheimer; and 3 pages on actress Kelly McGillis. Price: $7 - VG NL |
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LIFE - Fall 1987 Special issue on the U.S. Constitution. Includes articles about American life in the late 1700's, the year 1787 in pictures, the Articles of Confederation, Philadelphia, the Founding Fathers, landmark Supreme Court cases, profiles of current U.S. officeholders, and more. Price: $8 - Ex/VG NL |
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LIFE - January 1987 Special Issue - "1986 The Year in Pictures". Special Issue - "1986 The Year in Pictures". Celebrities pictures in this issue include Jim McMahon, Whitney Houston, David Letterman, Gary Kasparov, . Also includes the Star Wars negotiations, the Challenger explosion, Hallley's comet, other events of 1986, celebrity weddings of 1986, and celebrities who died in 1986. Price: $5 - VG/G |
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LIFE - April 1986 Princess Caroline of Monaco is on the cover and a 7-page feature. This issue also has 7 pages on the America's Cup yacht race; and 6 pages on Joe Kennedy. Price: $6 - VG |
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LIFE - March 1986 Molly Ringwald is on the cover and in a 4-page feature. Other articles are on teenagers in the U.S. This issue also has 7½ pages on the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, focusing on Christa McAuliffe. Price: $7 - Ex/VG |
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LIFE - Fall 1986 Special 50th Anniversary Issue. Over 400 pages of articles and photos. Celebrities pictured in this issue include Helen Hayes, Elizabeth Taylor (age 15 and as adult), Ted Kennedy (age 6), Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Kathleen Turner, Janet Leigh, and Barbra Streisand. Also includes features on war, politics, space exploration, and much more. Price: $8 - Ex/VG NL |
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LIFE - November 1979 Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy is on the cover. The 6-page cover feature is on his potential challenge to President Jimmy Carter. This issue also has 2 pages on Yasser Arafat, 8 pages on Aleksander Solzhenitsyn's "Farewell to Russia", 6 pages on choreographer Bob Fosse, 4 pages on 21 years of Barbie dolls, 4 pages on Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden, and 4 pages on Pope John Paul II's visit to the U.S. Other articles are on bald eagles, winter ski fashions, Tibet, and gold. Price: $10 - Ex |
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LIFE - February 1979 The cover and 6-page feature are on women's lingerie worn in public, photographed by Arthur Elgort. This issue also has 7 pages on former President Richard Nixon, and 9 pages on Edgar Smith. Other articles are on U.S. air power (military), racehorses, Chinese postage stamp mosaics, photograph collecting, and Dracula in movies. Price: $8 - VG |
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LIFE - November 24, 1972 The cover photo and 7-page article are about Governor George Wallace's struggle with paralysis following the assassination attempt. This issue also contains an 8-page article by Margaret Truman on Harry S. Truman's 1944 campaign for the vice presidential nomination. Price: $8 - VG |
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LIFE - July 23, 1971 Clint Eastwood is on the cover and in a 5-page feature. This issue also has 2 pages of color photos of Marilyn Monroe taken in 1947 (when she was 19 and called Norma Jean Doughtery - see sample) and 6 pages on the photography of Thomas Eakins. Price: $9 - Ex/VG |
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LIFE - May 14, 1971 The cover photo and 4-page article are about Carol Burnett and her producer/husband, Joe Hamilton. This issue also contains a 5-page article on the retirement of rock concert promoter Bill Graham. Price: $8 - VG |
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LIFE - March 26, 1971 The cover photo and 4-page article are about Carol Burnett and her producer/husband, Joe Hamilton. This issue also contains a 5-page article on the retirement of rock concert promoter Bill Graham. Price: $8 - VG |
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LIFE - February 12, 1971 The cover feature is on "Jackie-watching", the media's preoccupation with Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis. The cover and 6-page feature has photos by Ron Galella, known for his persistence in tracking and photographing Jackie (see below). This issue also has an 8-page feature on terriers (dogs). Price: $7 - VG/G |
| 1960s | |
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LIFE - December 13, 1968 Cover and 7-page feature are on the Indianapolis Colts. This issue also has 4 pages on women jockeys; 6½ pages on producer David Merrick; 3 pages on NASA's Saturn V astronaut escape system; 8 pages on black activists including Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Malcom X, Jesse Jackson, and Eldridge Cleaver. Price: $13 - Ex/VG |
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LIFE - October 25, 1968 The cover and 10-page feature are on the Apollo 7 mission and its commander, Wally Schirra. Price: $7 - G/F |
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LIFE - September 27, 1968 The cover and 11-page feature are on fashions in Sweden. This issue also has 10 pages on Hubert Humphrey; a 2-page article on "Law & Order" by New York City mayor John V. Lindsay; 4 pages on Hell in the Pacific starring Lee Marvin; and 2 pages on retired football coach Vince Lombardi. Price: $13 - Ex/VG |
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LIFE - October 13, 1967 Ingrid Bergman is on the cover and in a 4-page feature. This issue also has 6 pages on Cleveland mayoral candidate Carl Stokes; 14 pages on Egypt; 4 pages on the defensive line of the Los Angeles Rams; 4 pages on public nudity in the U.S; and 4½ pages on Vassar University. Price: $13 - Ex/VG |
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LIFE - September 15, 1967 Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, is on the cover and in a 16-page feature. This issue also has 7 pages on the presidential election in Viet Nam; and 3 pages on "The Pirates of the Caribbean" attraction at Disneyland. Price: $12 - VG |
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LIFE - May 19, 1967 The Apollo 2 mission is the 8-page cover feature, with a cover photo of commander Wally Schirra. This issue also has 2½ pages on California First Lady Nancy Reagan; a 10-page photo layout of rural North Carolina by Burk Uzzle; 6 pages on black activist Stokely Carmichael; 3½ pages on the acting career of Jim Brown. Price: $13 - Ex/VG |
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LIFE - August 5, 1966 Cover and 8-page feature are photographs from space. This issue also has 13½ pages on Kenya. Price: $11 - VG/G |
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LIFE - October 15, 1965 Cover and 16½-page feature are on Pope Paul VI's visit to the United States. This issue also has 3 pages on tennis player Arthur Ashe; 5 pages on oil tycoon Nubar Gulbenkian; 4 pages on life in Sealab by Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter; and 9 pages on a volcanic eruption in the Phillippines. Price: $12 - VG |
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LIFE - August 13, 1965 This issue has ten pages on First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. This issue also has 7½ pages on Art Buchwald at Parris Island. Price: $16 - Ex NL |
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LIFE - July 9, 1965 Cover and 16-page feature are on the lives of the rich and famous on the French Riviera. This issue also has 8 pages on the Pan American Flight 843 fire. Price: $8 - G |
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LIFE - January 17, 1964 Cover photo and 14-page feature are on Pope Paul VI's pilgrimage to the Holy Land. This issue also has a 3-page editorial on foreign policy by Barry Goldwater; 14 pages on the World's Fair in New York City; a 10-page memoir by Gen. Douglas MacArthur; and 3 pages on Tom and Dick VanArsdale of Indiana basketball. Price: $12 - VG |
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LIFE - October 26, 1962 The 20-page cover feature is on the human body. This issue also has 10 pages on the Mercury 8 flight by Wally Schirra; and 4 pages on Mme. Nhu of Viet Nam. (*) Many pages of the human body feature have been clipped. Price: $7 - VG (*) |
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LIFE - September 21, 1962 Cover and 8-page feature are on an earthquake in Iran. This issue also has 3 pages on anti-Castro rebels in Cuba; 11 pages on "key clubs" - restaurants featuring sexy female hostesses and entertainers; 8½ pages on leisure life at Newport; and 5½ pages on the Ford Foundation. Price: $11 - VG/G |
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LIFE - July 28, 1961 The cover and 2 pages are on Brigitte Bardot. This issue also has 7 pages on the language abilities of dolphins. Price: $7 - G/F |
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LIFE - February 18, 1957 Julie London is on the cover and in a 3-page feature. This issue also has 9 pages on the nuclear power industry, 5 pages on the revolt in Hungary, and 1 page on baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller. Price: $14 - Ex NL |
