{"product_id":"ballerina-planet-dance-moonlight-dancing-female-painter-life-1913-lot-x-2-issues","title":"Ballerina planet dance Moonlight dancing Female Painter Life 1913 lot x 2 issues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Old Magazines, Early 20th Century Periodicals, Life Magazines, Arts, Dance, Ballerina, Female Artist).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife Magazine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished weekly, New York by Life Publishing Company.\u003cbr\u003e2 issues, each c. 50 pages. Text in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpectacular cover art of a ballerina dancing on the planet earth under the illumination of the moon. With a wonderful cover of a young female art student\/ painter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfusely illustrated throughout. Nice assortment of dated advertising as well, often illustrated. Color front \u0026amp; rear cover plus a color ad inside the front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNice lot of 2 scarce early 20th century magazines with pleasing visual content. Issues included in this lot are October 23rd \u0026amp; November 13th 1913.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBindings remains clean, tight, and sound, left edge with visible old evidence of having once been in a bound volume (stitch binding holes), various mostly small signs of age, time and handling, nothing offensive or major. Old soft fold down center likely due to original subscription mailing. Overall a nice looking example.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall age flaws or defects include possible random old creasing, edge chipping, small light old staining, etc. Overall entirely acceptable examples of what are scarce survival. The pictures give a very good sense of how each magazine survives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirtually all periodicals of this era are somewhat scarce today as loose complete issues. Like most random survivals of old periodical printing, any specific example (like this one) is likely among a relative handful still extant. As each decade goes back from 1950, the rate of scarcity for any specific magazine or paper item increases noticeably.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText blocks remain overall clean, and display a pleasing age patina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease review photos for more detail and our best attempt to convey how this antique lot survives. This lot is not new- it is old and has been handled by different owners in the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagazine Measures c. 10 3\/4\" H x 8 3\/4\" W.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[B2237].\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brian DiMambro- Antiquarian Books, Maps \u0026 Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914840281153,"sku":"bed1793770868263","price":59.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/9309\/6257\/files\/ballerina-planet-dance-moonlight-dancing-female-painter-life-1913-lot-x-2-issues_1.jpg?v=1793770875","url":"https:\/\/moiremix.shop\/products\/ballerina-planet-dance-moonlight-dancing-female-painter-life-1913-lot-x-2-issues","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}