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703113

Ben Franklin's historic/collectible: "The Morals of Chess"...

Item #703113
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, Philadelphia, April, 1792  By far the most significant content is the historic/collectible essay: "The Morals of Chess. By Dr. Franklin", which takes 2 1/2 pages. Note: This essay was first printed in the Columbian Magazine in the Dec. 1786 issue. Regardless, this contemporary printing is among the few publications which printed the essay which is highly desirab... See More  

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703078

Jourdon Anderson's letter to his former slave master

Item #703078

March 07, 1865

(for reference only - item does not exist) SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION, California, Sep. 23, 1865  Jourdon Anderson's letter to his former slave master

Jourdon Anderson's letter to his former slave master
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703074

"In Praise of Graffiti" by Richard Goldstein...

Item #703074

December 24, 1980

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 24-30, 1980



* Zephyr, Futura, Crash, Ali...

* Graffiti artists




The cover has "On, Zepher, Futura! On, Crash and Ali! - In Praise Of Graffiti", by Richard Goldstein. This notable article includes illustrations of several graffiti artists. See images for details.



Complete in 112 pages, a strong mid-fold, a couple of minor ... See More  

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702888

Death of William Butler Yeates... First movie reivew of "Son of Frankenstein"...

Item #702888

January 30, 1939

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 30, 1939



* William Butler Yeats death (1st report)

* Irish poet and playwright

* "Son of Frankenstein" 1st movie review




Page 13 has one column headings that include: "W. B. YEATS DEAD; FAMOUS IRISH POET"; "Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923 Is Stricken in France" and more with photo of Yeats. First report coverage on t... See More  

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702882

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1701...

Item #702882

August 18, 1701

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 18, 1701



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had

* At the turn of the 18th century




This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is ... See More  

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702875

Patty Hearst involed in 1974 bank robbery...

Item #702875

April 16, 1974

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, April 16, 1974 



* Patty Hearst joins terrorist group ?

* Famous San Francisco bank robbery

* Simbonese Liberation Army




The front page has a banner headline: "IDENTIFY PATTY IN BANK RAID PHOTO" with subhead and photo of Hearst. (see images) More reporting on page 22. 

Complete with 104 pages, tabloid size, nice condition.



wikipedia notes: On April... See More  

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702874

1974 War of Attrition in the Bashan Salient...

Item #702874

April 15, 1974

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, April 15, 1974



* War of Attrition in the Bashan Salient

* Israel Jews Jewish vs. Syria Syrians




The front page has a banner headline: "Big Mt. Hermon battle; Israelis and Syrians fight hand-to-Hand" (see images)

Complete with 112 pages, tabloid size, nice condition.

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702870

1974 Pan Am Flight 812 disaster...

Item #702870

April 23, 1974

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, April 23, 1974



* Pam Am Flight 812 disaster

* Boeing "Clipper Climax" airplane

* Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia




The front page has a banner headline: "Jet crashes on Bali" with subhead. (see images)



Complete with 104 pages, tabloid size, nice condition.

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702869

1974 Queen, The Allman Brothers & Lynyrd Skynyrd...

Item #702869

May 02, 1974

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, May 2, 1974



* "Queen" II concert tour - English rock band

* Gershwin Theatre performances advertisement

* The Allman Brothers Band concert advertisement

* Lynyrd Skynyrd "Second Helping" album release

* "Sweet Home Alabama" "Don't Ask Me No Questions"




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702868

The inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris...

Item #702868

January 21, 2021

NEW YORK POST, Jan. 21, 2021



* A day of "firsts"

* Joe Biden sworn in as oldest president to-date

* Kamala Harris 1st female, 1st black, 1st South-Asian Vice-President


* Doug Emhoff 1st "second Gentleman" and first Jewish-American married to a President or Vice-President



The entire front page and pages 3-13 tell of the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President an... See More  

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702867

SS Viking sealing ship explosion disaster....

Item #702867

March 18, 1931

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 18, 1931



* SS Viking sealing ship explosion disaster

* Film producer Varick Frissell




The top of the front page has a two column headline: "24 MISSING FROM THE VIKING; SARGENT, INJURED, IS SAVED; RESCUE BOATS REACH ISLAND" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the SS Viking disaster near Horse Islands off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Always nice to have ... See More  

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702823

Review & opening day ad for "Escape from New York"...

Item #702823

July 14, 1981

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 14, 1981



* "Escape from New York" opening day film ad

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review

* Dystopian science-fiction action cult classic film

* Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) - John Carpenter




Page 58 has a 10 x 4 5 inch advertisement (not counting the locations underneath) for the opening day release of "Es... See More  

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702822

1982 Van Halen MSG concert advertisement...

Item #702822

August 24, 1982

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 24, 1982



* VAN HALEN hard rock band concert advertisement

* Performance at Madison Square Garden - MSG

* "Diver Down" album Tour - North America

* Eddie and Alex Van Halen - David Lee Roth




Pages 90 & 91 has a terrific double-page advertisement for "VAN HALEN In Concert" with a photo of the band for Madis... See More  

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702821

1970 Led Zeppelin MSG concert advertisement......

Item #702821

August 06, 1970

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 6, 1970



* Early Led Zeppelin - English rock band

* 1970 North American Summer tour advertisement

* Robert Plant - Jimmy Page - John Bonham

* 1st time at Madison Square Garden - Manhattan




Page 31 has a nice full page advertisement for the "LED ZEPPELIN" concerts at Madison Square Garden. (see images) This was the first time th... See More  

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702799

1874 Charley Ross kidnapping...

Item #702799

July 30, 1874

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 30, 1874



* 4 year old boy - Charley Ross kidnapping

* 1st American for ransom in U.S. (media coverage)




The top of page 5 has one column headings: "THE KIDNAPPING SHAME" "A Possible Clew Found at Last" and more (see images). Text takes up about 1 1/4 columns.

Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, nice condition.... See More  

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702798

Inside the disco boom... JAWS ad with brief review...

Item #702798

July 21, 1975

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, July 21, 1975  Among the articles is: "Inside the Disco Boom" which takes nearly 4 pages with 10 photos. Also within is a review of the movie "Jaws", with an additional photo and a brief (1-paragraph) review.

Another page has a volume by Arthur Bell, "Bell Tells", in which he focuses on Barry White with the theme o... See More  

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702796

Dramatic report of JFK's 1963 assassination...

Item #702796

November 22, 1963

THE MIAMI NEWS, Florida, Nov. 22, 1963 



* Terrific issue for display

* JFK John F. Kennedy assassination




I believe this to be an "extra" edition put out very quickly to announce: "KENNEDY IS DEAD ! " "Felled By Assassin In Dallas" in huge letters on the front page, as the pagination is odd. There are 8 pages total which is likely all this edition had, but ... See More  

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702795

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1700...

Item #702795

May 16, 1700

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, May 16, 1700



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had

* At the turn of the 18th century




This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is c... See More  

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702794

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1701...

Item #702794

April 03, 1701

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, April 3, 1701



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had

* At the turn of the 18th century




This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is ... See More  

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702793

1967 THE DOORS early concert advertisement...

Item #702793

November 02, 1967

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Nov. 2, 1967



* THE DOORS very early performance ad

* American rock band - Jim Morrison

* Assembly Hall - Hunter Collage (NYC)




Page 22 has a small but early advertisement for "THE DOORS" concert at Hunter Collage in New York City. A school fraternity apparently put on this show. (see image)

I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their wa... See More  

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702792

1983 "National Lampoon's Vacation" opening day ad...

Item #702792

August 02, 1983

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 2, 1983



* "National Lampoon's Vacation" advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie - film release

* American road comedy cult film - Chevy Chase




Page 42 has a 10 x 4 1/2 inch advertisement (not counting the locations underneath) for the opening day release of "National Lampoon's Vacation". (see images) B... See More  

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702789

Five issue lot from before the Revolutionary War...

Item #702789

August 16, 1766

(5) THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, A group of five issues dated Sept. 16, 1758, Nov. 13, 1762, Dec. 13, 1764, April 7, 1768, and May 2, 1772. A nice little group lot providing a flavor of life in England from the period when tensions were growing with its American colonies. 

Each issue is complete in 8 pages, 8 by 11 inches, perhaps minor rubbing & foxing to some, generally in nice condi... See More  

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702788

The Grateful Dead comes East for the 1st time...

Item #702788

June 01, 1967

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, June 1, 1967



* Grateful Dead - first Eastern tour begins

* Very 1st performances in the East advertisement

* Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan

* THE DOORS very early performance ad

* Steve Paul's "The Scene" nightclub




Page 19 has a small performance advertisement for the Cafe Au Go Go nightclub in Greenwich Village with ... See More  

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702787

1972 Patti Smith performace listing....

Item #702787

November 09, 1972

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 9, 1972



* Early Patti Smith performance listing

* American singer songwriter - poet

* Mercer Arts Center - Grand Central Hotel




Page 63 has a listing for "MAC" with a list of performers. One of the performers was a young Patti Smith. Her name is listed twice here in small lettering. (see images)

I suspect this to be an... See More  

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702786

Janis Joplin's last concert with Big Brother....

Item #702786

October 17, 1968

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 17, 1968



* Big Brother and the Holding Company

* Last concert w/ Janis Joplin before going solo

* Hunter College (NYC) performance advertisement




Page 35 has a 4 x 2 1/2 advertisement for "Big Brother & The Holding Company & Janis Joplin" for there upcoming appearance at Hunter College in New York City. (see im... See More  

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702784

Blackwater Fire of 1937.... Cody, Wyomiong...

Item #702784

August 23, 1937

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 23, 1937 



* Blackwater Fire of 1937

* Cody, Wyoming - Park County

* Shoshone National Forest

* Firefighting - firefighters 



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "11 Burned to Death, 40 Hurt as Forest Fire Traps Scores" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the forest fire near Cody, Wyoming that left several fir... See More  

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702783

Closing weeks of the Civil War...

Item #702783

March 25, 1865

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 25, 1865 



* Confederates falling apart 

* Nearing the end of war 

* Averasboro, North Carolina
 



Among the front page one column ads on the Civil War are: "Great Cavalry Campaign", "Land Co-Operation with the Fleet Before Mobile", "From The South", "Official Dispatch From Gen. Grant", "The Reported Fi... See More  

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702722

1973 Pink Floyd & Earth, Wind & Fire concert ads...

Item #702722

June 14, 1973

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 14, 1973



* Pink Floyd - English  psychedelic rock band

* "The Dark Side of the Moon" tour advertisement

* Performance at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City

* Earth, Wind & Fire concert at the Felt Forum ad




Page 62 has a 6 x 8 inch advertisement for "Pink Floyd" concert at Roosevelt Stadium. (see... See More  

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702721

1981 Van Halen MSG concert ad (1st)...

Item #702721

March 24, 1981

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 24, 1981



* VAN HALEN hard rock band concert advertisement

* First performance at Madison Square Garden

* "Fair Warning" album Tour - North America

* Eddie and Alex Van Halen - David Lee Roth




Pages 70 & 71 has a terrific double-page advertisement for "VAN HALEN In Concert" with a strange background for M... See More  

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702720

1918 Krazy Kat & Abie The Agent comic strips...

Item #702720

June 28, 1918

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 28, 1918



* Early "Krazy Kat" comic strip

* Cartoonist George Herriman

* "Abie the Agent" Jewish car salesman

* Harry Hershfield "the Jewish Will Rogers"




Pages 14 & 15 have four early comic strips titled: "Baron Bean", "Abie The Agent" & "Krazy Kat". See images for the full "Krazy Kat&... See More  

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702719

The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1969 MSG concert ad...

Item #702719

May 15, 1969

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 15, 1969



* The Jimi Hendrix Experience performance

* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement




Page 28 has a 5 x 4 inch decorative advertisement for "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" concert at Madison Square Garden. (see images) This was the only time Hendrix played at this famous venue.

I suspect this to be an extr... See More  

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702712

1935 Death of Billy Sunday...

Item #702712

November 07, 1935

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Nov. 7, 1935



* Billy Sunday death (1st report)

* Baseball player & evangelist




The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "BILLY SUNDAY DIES AT 72 OF HEART ATTACK" with subheads and photo. (see images)

Complete with 20+ pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small binding holes and a little wear along the spine, generally nice.... See More  

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702705

Thomas Jefferson's inaugural address...

Item #702705

March 14, 1805

BOSTON GAZETTE, March 14, 1805 



* President Thomas Jefferson

* Inauguration - inaugural address




Page 2 has the lengthy: "President Jefferson's Speech" which is his inaugural address, introduced with: "This day, at 12 o'clock, Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, took the oath of office & delivered the following Inaugural Speech..." which tak... See More  

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702699

Jews ordered to turn over their valuables...

Item #702699

February 24, 1939

NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 24, 1939 



* The Jewish Holocaust in progress

* Jews ordered to give up valuables

* Hermann Goering - Adolph Hitler




The top of page 3 has a one column head: "Reich Orders Jews To Cede Valuables" with subheads: "German or Stateless Ones Must Turn In All Precious Metals and Stones in Fortnight" "'Compensation' To Be Set" "Mo... See More  

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702697

Hebron massacre of 1929... Graf Zeppelin...

Item #702697

August 28, 1929

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, August 28, 1929 



* Hebron Massacre - murders

* Palestine riots - Arabs vs. Jews

* Western Wailing Wall

* Graf Zeppelin around World flight

* Historic aviation feat (airship)




The front page has a one column heading: "HOLY LAND RIOT INFLAMES ARABS TO WIDE REVOLT" with subhead. (see images) More on page 8 with related map.

Also a nice front page banne... See More  

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702695

Start of World War II imminent in 1939...

Item #702695

August 28, 1939

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 28, 1939 



* World War II about to start

* Adolf Hitler defying World 

* Poland attacked in 3 days




The front page has a nice banner headline: "DANZIG OR WAR: HITLER EDICT" with various subheads. (see images) Nice for display. More on the following pages. Full back page pictorial as well. Germany would attack Poland 3 days later, starting Wo... See More  

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702694

Al 'Scarface' Capone in Jail for 1 Year In 1929...

Item #702694

June 27, 1929

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 27, 1929 



* Al 'Scarface' Capone - Chicago Beer baron 

* 1 Year Jail term - Avoids murder for hire 

* Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia, Pennsyvania




The top of page 3 has a small one column heading: "Al Capone Says His Jail Isn't So Bad, And Neither Is He" (see) Probably only found is a Chicago publication.

When it comes to g... See More  

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702693

Hauptmann is electrocuted for the murder of the Lindbergh baby...

Item #702693

April 04, 1936

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., April 4, 1936 



* Bruno Hauptmann execution (1st report)

* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping




The front page has a banner headline: "Bruno's Secret Dies With Him" with subheads. (see images)

More on this on pages 4 and 5 as well.

Complete with 10 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, more so along the spine, generally good.... See More  

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702692

One of the more famous front pages of the Village Voice: 'Is God Dead?' on the passing of Andy Warhol...

Item #702692

May 05, 1987

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, May 5, 1987  



* re. Andy Warhol death



The front page is one of the more famous in the history of the Village Voice: "IS GOD DEAD ? relating to the death of pop culture icon Andy Warhol.

After Warhol exhibited his work in several galleries in the late 1950s, he began to receive recognition as an influential and controversial arti... See More  

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702688

Bob Dylan transitions from acoustic to electric: his Newport Folk Festival concert...

Item #702688

September 02, 1965

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Aug. 5, 1965 



* Bob Dylan & his electric guitar controversy 

* Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island




The top of page 6 has a heading: "Newport: It's All Right, Ma", a reference to Dylan's transition from folk to rock at the Newport Folk Festival. The writer editorializes on the transition, and noting that all will still be well w... See More  

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702687

Liberation of Warsaw, Poland by the Russians...

Item #702687

January 17, 1945

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., January 17, 1945



* Liberation of Warsaw Poland by the Russians



The front page has a banner headline: "WARSAW LIBERATED BY REDS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.



Complete with 10 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, generally very nice.

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702676

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1671...

Item #702676

June 15, 1671

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, June 15, 1671



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measuri... See More  

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702672

1808 Theatrical ad includes Edgar Allan Poe's father...

Item #702672

December 26, 1808

BOSTON GAZETTE, Dec. 26, 1808



* Edgar Allan Poe's father theater ad



A curious literary item here as the top of page 3 has an advertisement for the "Boston Theatre" with the performance of: "BATTLE OF HEHAM", a theatrical performance, with one of the principal characters being "Mr. Poe" as "Montague". He was the father of Edgar Allan Poe.

Four page... See More  

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702671

Printed at an institution for the criminally insane...

Item #702671

July 01, 1921

THE FARVIEW ECHO, Farview (Waymart), Wayne County, Pennsylvania, July, 1921  This is an interesting four page newspaper published by the "Farview State Hospital" which was for the criminally insane. The issue contains a wide range of various news tidbits and no advertisements.

Measures about 12 1/2 by 17 inches, good condition. An unusual newspaper.

Item from Catalog 340 (released for March, 2024)

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702669

1978 Hillside Strangler murders in Los Angeles...

Item #702669

February 18, 1978

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 18, 1978



* Hillside Strangler serial killings

* Best title to be had ? (rare as such)

* Last victim - Cindy Lee Hudspeth




The front page has a banner headline: "Another Strangling Victim" with subhead and related photo. (see images) This was the last victim of the infamous murder spree. Coverage continues on page 26. Great to have in this L.A. publication. ... See More  

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702668

Death of Andy Kaufman in a L.A. paper...

Item #702668

May 17, 1984

LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 17, 1984



* Andy Kaufman death (1st report)

* American actor - performance artist

* Entertainer - professional wrestler

* Best publication to be had ?




Page 3 has a two column heading: "KAUFMAN: Offbeat Comedian, TV Series Performer Dies at 36" with photo. (see) Nice to have this death report in a newspaper from the capital of the entertainment industry.

Co... See More  

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702667

The Grateful Dead in 1968....

Item #702667

December 19, 1968

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 19, 1968



* Grateful Dead concert in Hallandale, Florida

* Miami Pop Festival at Gulfstream Park

* Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan

* Nice decorative, psychedelic art advertisement




Page 39 has a great full page advertisement for "GRATEFUL DEAD" for there upcoming appearance at the Miami Pop Fes... See More  

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702665

1976 movie "Carrie" opening review...

Item #702665

November 29, 1976

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 29, 1976



* Grand Opening movie premiere review

* "CARRIE" supernatural Horror film

* Actress
Sissy Spacek as Carrie White



The top of page 53 has a photo of Carrie White covered blood during the stage scene with heading "Never Torture a Wallflower" (see images) This was a review of the film shortly after it&#... See More  

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702644

Serial killer Velma Barfield execution...

Item #702644

November 03, 1984

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 3, 1984



* American killer Margie Velma Barfield

* 1st Woman executed after resumption of capital punishment

* First Woman execution by lethal injection

* Central Prison - Raleigh, North Carolina




The top of page 7 has a three column heading: "Woman Executed in North Carolina" with photo. (see images) Related article on the same page.

Complete with 32 pag... See More  

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702643

1957 Gaza Strip riots...

Item #702643

March 11, 1957

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, March 11, 1957



* Arabs riot and lynchings

* Jews - Jewish - Israel

* U.N. troops in Gaza Strip - Palestine

* Return of Egyptian administration




The front page has a nice banner headline: "ARAB RIOTERS STONE U.N. POLICE IN GAZA" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 48 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, small libr... See More  

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