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Item #714130THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, June 4, 1964
* Malcolm X editorial - Muslim human rights activist
* Greenwich Village cafes performance advertisements
* Early Woody Allen as a stand-up comedian advertisement
Page 3 has an editorial headed: "Whites Cheer Malcolm X For Blasts at Whites" coverage continues on another inside page.... Read full description -
Item #714128THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 28, 1701
* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
* At the turn of the 18th century - unique gift idea
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... Read full description -
Item #714127LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 26, 1985
* Best "Amadeus" 57th academy awards
* Movie wins 8 major Oscars - best picture
* Period biographical drama film
A terrific issue on the motion picture hit "Amadeus" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the... Read full description -
Item #714125CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 10, 1935
* re. Storm Trooper Horst Wessel assassination
* Propaganda symbol of Nazi Germany - Nazis
* Martyr for the Nazi Party by Joseph Goebbels
* Two assassins executed by beheading (1st report)
The front page ha sa one column heading: "Nazis Behead 2 Men; Killed Horst Wessel" (see images)
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Item #714117THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. July 31, 1965
* Medicare Act is signed into law
* President Lyndon Johnson signs
* Health insurance for senior citizens
The front page has a three column heading: "Medicare Bill Signing Tribute to Truman" with photo. (see images)
Complete with 36 pages, light toning at the margins, tiny binding holes along... Read full description -
Item #714116THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 31, 1943
* Ellis Hatfield death (1st report)
* Hatfields-McCoys feud fame
Page 17 has small one column headings: "'Ellis Hatfield" and "Participated in Famous Feud in Kentucky=='Devil Anse's' Cousin" First report coverage on the death of Ellis Hatfield , who... Read full description -
Item #714115THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., July 21, 1972
* World Chess Championship (1972)
* Bobby Fischer vs. Boris Vasilievich Spassky
* First American to eventually win (game 5)
The front page has a two column heading: "Fischer Wins Fifth Game" with photo of the two playing. First report coverage continues on page 2 with move by move... Read full description -
Item #714114THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 26, 1939
* World War II about to start
* Adolph Hitler defying World
* Poland attacked in 4 days
The front page features a banner headline: "EUROPE SEEKS TO AVOID WAR" with various subheads. (see images) Germany would attack Poland 5 days later, starting World War II.... Read full description -
Item #714109THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, April 6, 1935
* Raymond Hamilton re-captured
* Outlaws Bonnie and Clyde fame
The front page has a two column heading: "HAMILTON CAUGHT WITHOUT FIGHT BY OFFICERS IN TEXAS" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with all 32 pages, light toning along central fold, tiny binding holes along the spine,... Read full description -
Item #714098NEW YORK EVENING POST, Aug. 11, 1815
* Illustrated advertisements
* Early 19th century original
The front page is filled with advertisements, including illustrated ads for a steam boat and 17 illustrated ship ads. The back page has an ad for a stagecoach and more.
Four pages in good condition.. -
Item #714097THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 22, 1936
* Hindenburg - LZ-129 zeppelin announcement
* Lakehurst, New Jersey disaster fame
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "New Zeppelin to Inaugurate Air Service Between Germany and America on May 6" (see images) Early report on the infamous airship while still under... Read full description -
Item #714096THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, February 2, 1945
* Japanese brutality - horrors
* Post Bataan Death March
* Raid at Cabanatuan prison camp
* Allied prisoners rescued
The front page has a nice banner headline: "BATAAN FLAG FLYING AGAIN" with subheads that include: "Yanks Storm Jap Prison to Rescue 486 Americans" and more.... Read full description -
Item #714094THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 18, 1951
* Fresh Laid Plans released
* Animated comedy short film
* Producer John Sutherland
* Political statement on farming ?
The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Cartoon Film Stirs Dispute in West By Satirizing U. S. Farm Planning" (see images)
Complete 1st section only with all 92 pages,... Read full description -
Item #714069THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, March 27, 1919
* Tragic Week - Bloody Week
* Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Riots and massacres
* Anarchists & communists
* Argentine Patriotic League
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "JEWS BUTCHERED BY THOUSANDS IN BUENOS AIRES" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 14 pages,... Read full description -
Item #714068THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 29, 1902
* Early Army-Navy game
* College football rivalry
* West Point vs. Annapolis
* Played in Philadelphia
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ANOTHER VICTORY FOR WEST POINT" with subheads that include: "Sailors Could Not Play Football with Their Sea Legs" and more.... Read full description -
Item #714066THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 13, 1981
* Bob Marley death by cancer - (1st report)
* Jamaican reggae music singer songwriter - guitarist
Page 19 has a a small and discrete one column heading: "Jamaicans Mourn Bob Marley, Playing His Records Nonstop" (see image) Unfortunate for the discrete report here, but it is what it is, still a first report in this... Read full description -
Item #714060SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, EXTRA, Feb. 3, 1943
* Battle of Rennell Island - Solomons
* Last major naval engagement
* During the Guadalcanal Campaign
* World War II - WWII Pacific theater
The front page has a nice banner headline: "PACIFIC BATTLE RAGES; U.S., JAP SHIPS SUNK" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 24... Read full description -
Item #714059THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Jan. 8, 1954
* Early IBM computer invention trials
* International Business Machines Corp.
The front page has a one column heading: "Electronic Brain Now A Linguist" with lead-in: "Translates" (see images) An interesting article hearkening to the very beginning of the computer... Read full description -
Item #714058THE NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 9, 1869
* Early Women's suffrage meeting in Manhattan
* Susan B. Anthony as chairwoman - Ernestine Rose
Page 5 has an article headed: "The Working Women's Association. (see images)
Other news of the day. Complete with 12 pages, good condition. -
Item #714056LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 6, 1986
* Richard Ramirez preliminary hearing
* The "Night Stalker" serial killer
* Best title to be had ?
The top of page 7 of section II has a report on the "Night Stalker" murder case of Richard Ramirez, with one column heading: "Judge in Night Stalker Case Brings... Read full description -
Item #714053FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Sept. 24, 1952
* Rocky Marciano wins heavyweight boxing title
* Knocks out Jersey Joe Walcott in 13th round
Page 8 under "Sportfolio" is a small heading: "King Rocky Still Crude Nugget; Walcott Glitters Despite Loss" and more. (see images)
Complete with 18 pages, light toning at the... Read full description -
Item #714051THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, May 26, 1917
* Andale, Kansas tornado outbreak
At the bottom of the front page is a one column heading: "30 PERSONS KILLED IN KANSAS STORM" with subhead. (see image)
Fourteen pages, light toning, a little margin wear, mainly along the top spine area, loose along the spine, should be handled with... Read full description -
Item #714048THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 1, 1934
* John Dillinger gang robbery & shootout
* Evergreen Park, Illinois roadhouse
The back page has a one column heading: "DILLINGER BATTLES POLICE IN CHICAGO" with subheads. First report coverage on the John Dillinger shootout outside the Beverly Garden Dine and Dance roadhouse. Nice to have in... Read full description -
Item #714046ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, Feb. 2, 1933
* Adolph Hitler - newly appointed chancellor
* First speech in his new role (radio)
* Nazi Germany begins climb to total power
* First event that led to the eventual Jewish Holocaust
Page 2 has a one column heading: "HITLER POLICE SEIZE BERLIN RED QUARTERS" with subhead. (see images)... Read full description -
Item #714043THE CLEVELAND PRESS, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1963 This is an uncommon same-day report (most newspapers reported the assassination on Nov. 23) on John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, with the two-line banner headline: "KENNEDY IS DEAD, SHOT BY ASSASSIN". Two front page photos show Kennedy, and another with his wife: "Shortly... Read full description -
Item #714038THE CLEVELAND PRESS, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1941 Nice banner headlines on the bombing of Pearl Harbor, plus America's entry into World War II: "1500 DEAD IN HAWAII RAID" "Congress Wildly Cheers F. D. R. As...U.S. VOTES WAR ON JAPS".
Seeming the complete issues with pages 1-38, in two sections, however one interior leaf is lacking. No wear at the... Read full description -
Item #714036THE STARS AND STRIPES - EXTRA, Germany Edition, May 8, 1945
* Germany Surrenders
* V-E day - Nazis quit
* Great title to have in
This famous newspaper is subtitled: "Daily News of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations", and being the "Germany Edition" it is perhaps the very best... Read full description -
Item #714033NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Dec. 21, 1860 With Lincoln's election determined, much national focus is on the slavery issue and the secession of Southern states.
Certainly the most notable content is the detailed report from the South Carolina convention on seceding from the Union, ultimately approved on December 20.
The page... Read full description -
Item #713972NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, May 17, 1817 The front page has: "Robbery of the Mail". Inside has: "The War Tables - Land & Naval Battles in the Late War" "Delaware & Raritan Canal" which takes 4 pages.
Much more, including 3 full pages of charts of the: "Aggregate of... Read full description -
Item #713943THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Feb. 14, 1984
* Kathy Boudin - American radical leftist
* Weather Underground militant organization
* 1981 Brink's robbery suspect & murder convict
* Eventual Columbia University professor
* Extremely lengthy editorial with a few photos
* LAST ONE IN INVENTORY ***
The... Read full description -
Item #713942THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 9, 1983
* "Risky Business" advertisement
* Grand opening day movie premiere
* Teen coming-of-age film - Tom Cruise
* The Cure - English rock band ad
Page 49 has a 12 x 4 1/2 inch advertisement for the opening day of the film "Risky Business" (see... Read full description -
Item #713941THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, May 26, 1980
* The Empire Strikes Back - Star Wars: Episode V
* Opening week film review and movie advertisement
* "The Shining" opening week advertisement
* Jack Nicholson psychological horror
* Third week for "Friday the 13th" ad
* LAST ONE IN INVENTORY ***... Read full description -
Item #713937CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 15, 1935
* Al 'Scarface' Capone - Chicago Beer baron
* Put in solitary confinement for fighting
* Alcatraz Prison - San Francisco Bay
The front page has a one column heading: "Capone 4 Days In Solitary For Fight At Prison". (see image) Nice to have from the city where he... Read full description -
Item #713923NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 3, 1943
* Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii warning
* Joseph Grew warned the State Department
The front page has a two column heading: "Japan's Plans Long Known, '31-'41 State Papers Reveal" Lengthy text continues on page 36. This was when this report was first made public to the American citizens.
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Item #713922THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 9, 1943
* Naval Battle of Vella Lavella
* Solomons Islands - Pacific Campaign
The top of the front page has a five column headline:
"U.S. SHIPS SINK JAPANESE CRUISER AND 2 DESTROYERS IN SOLOMONS" with subheads that include: "2 More Enemy Ships Hit and Others Flee From Vella Gulf Carnage" and more... Read full description -
Item #713903ALL THE YEAR ROUND, Feb. 3, 1872
* Ornate Masthead
* 1871 Original
* Charles Dickens
This 24 page issue is in great condition and measures 6 x 9 inches. This was a weekly journal which was conducted by Charles Dickens as noted in the masthead. Some of the stories in this particular issue are titled: "THE WICKED WOODS OF... Read full description -
Item #713901NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, August 28, 1937
* Battle of Shanghai, China
* Imperial Japanese Army
* "Bloody Saturday" bombings
The front page has a banner headline: "BULLETS STRIKE U. S. REFUGEE LINER" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 36 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good. -
Item #713900LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 16, 1989
* Best "Uncle Buck" movie advertisement
* Grand Opening Day premiere review
* American comedy film - John Candy
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Uncle Buck" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the... Read full description -
Item #713899THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. November 24, 1944
* James T. Scales, Pikeville, Tennessee lynching
* Great World War II coverage vs. Japanese
The front page has one column heading: "NEGRO TRUSTEE SLAIN BY MOB" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on the lynching of Negro teen James T. Scales in Pikeville,... Read full description -
Item #713895NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, April 3, 1860 On page 5 headed: "The California Pony Express" is a report about the schedule and departure of this bit of romanticized lore of the Old West.
The text is headed: "The California Pony Express" and is datelined St. Louis, with portions including: ... Read full description -
Item #713892NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Jan. 24, 1860 There is considerable reporting on the slavery issue, with a few mentions of Abraham Lincoln. However, of particular significance is the front page, column two re-printing of a portion of Lincoln's very famous speech in 1858 during... Read full description -
Item #713891NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, May 15, 1860
* Abraham Lincoln gaining recognition
* At the Chicago Republican Convention
This issue is one of those so desired by collectors, when innocent reports--often inconspicuous amongst the jumble of lengthier articles--wold only find relevance in the passing of years.
Keep in... Read full description -
Item #713890NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, May 18, 1860
* Abraham Lincoln about to make history
* Republican convention in Chicago, Illinois
A very notable issue from near the end of the Republican Convention at Chicago, during which Lincoln would be their nomination for President.
The front page begins with: "The... Read full description -
Item #713889CALENDAR section only of the Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1996 (Calendar section)
* Full-page premier ads for The Birdcage, Fargo, Executive Decision, Homeward Bound II
An issue on the premiere of the motion picture hits "The Birdcage", "Fargo", "Executive Decision" (1... Read full description -
Item #713888NEW-YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, May 22, 1860
* Abraham Lincoln accepts the nomination for President
The last column of the front page has very nice heads: "THE CHICAGO CONVENTION" "The Presidency" "The Struggle Between Seward and Lincoln" "LINCOLN NOMINATED For President" "Only Three... Read full description -
Item #713885THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 8, 1934
* John Dillinger gang
* Tommy Carroll killed
The front page has a one column heading: "DILLINGER GUNNER MEETS WATERLOO" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on American bank robber Tommy Carrol being shot & killed by police.
Complete with 24 pages, light... Read full description -
Item #713883CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 2, 1933
* Rumrunner Larry Fay killed
* Prohibition era rum-running
* NYC bootlegger - gangster
The front page has a one column heading: "Racketeer Fay of N. Y. Slain at Night Club" Related photo on the back page (see images)
Complete with 52 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #713882MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, July 5, 1945
* Japanese Kamikaze suicide attacks
* USS Twiggs & USS William D. Porter
* United States Navy Destroyers
* Battle of Okinawa - Japan
The top of page 3 has a two column heading: "Jap Aerial Attacks Sink 2 Destroyers" (see images) Coverage on the Japanese Kamikaze attack on the USS... Read full description -
Item #713881NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, May 29, 1860
* Abraham Lincoln gaining familiarity
With Lincoln's very recent nomination as the Republican candidate for President, it is not surprising that this issue would have much concerning this little-known politician.
Inside pages contain: "Lincoln And Hamlin In Ohio... Read full description -
Item #713878NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, June 12, 1860
* Abraham Lincoln accepts the nomination for President
The front page contains Lincoln's acceptance of the Republican nomination, prefaced with the letter from George Ashimun telling Lincoln he won the nomination. Following this is Lincoln's letter of... Read full description
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