Popular Science Magazine, May 1946 – Vintage Aviation Cover Art
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This is Popular Science Monthly for May 1946, Volume 148, Number 5, with a cover of a rocket streaking over the earth and the headline Fifty Miles Up This Summer.
The cover has a slight stain, wrinkling, and wear on the spine and edges, while the pages are whole with no rips or tears, as the photos show.
Popular Science began in 1872 as The Popular Science Monthly, written for a general audience, and this issue covers aviation along with shop projects and inventions. Inside you get What's Your Ingenuity Quotient?, the Workshop Wisdom column, photo how-to pages, and period ads for International Correspondence Schools drafting courses, Graflex cameras, and Edwards pipes.
Details
- Item: Monthly science magazine, single issue
- Title: Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 148, No. 5, May 1946
- Author: None credited
- Illustrator: Cover art by Ray Pioch, per the listing
- Publisher: Popular Science Monthly. Cover art by Ray Pioch, per the listing
- Publication Year: May 1946
- Edition and Printing: Vol. 148, No. 5, May 1946. Printing: Not confirmed from photos
- Format and Binding: Paper, soft cover. Full color rocket cover in yellow, green, and orange. Black and white pages with some color ads. Cover price 25 cents. Aviation coverage with drawings, plans, schematics, and diagrams
- Dust Jacket: None, soft cover
- Pages: Not confirmed from photos
- Genre: Science and technology magazine. 1940s science magazine with period advertising
- Language: English
- ISBN: None shown
- Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1 inches
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
- No rips or tears.
- The rocket cover art keeps strong color.
- Drawings, diagrams, and photos print clearly.
- The contents page is complete.
- Period ads are intact, including Graflex and Cascamite.
Issues / Wear
- A slight stain on the cover.
- Wrinkling on the cover and pages.
- Wear on the spine and small chips along the cover edge.
- Age toning to the pages.
Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual item you will be receiving.
This May 1946 Popular Science gives you a rocket cover and a full run of period shop ads, and it suits a shelf of science magazines or 1940s aviation art. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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