Life Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 23, 1936

Quarto {Format is approximately 10.5 inches by 14 inches]. 96 pages, plus cover. Wraps. Illustrations (some in color). Front cover has bottom tear at spine. Cover has wear and soiling. Front cover has a large photograph of a dm at Fort Peck, Montana taken by Margaret Bourke-White. This issue contains a articles on Franklin Roosevelt's Wild West, LIFE on the American Newsfront, "Overweather", Chinatown School, The Preisdent's Album, Curry of Kansas, "Greatest Living Actress" [Helen Hayes], .and Helen Hayes' child [Mary Hayes MacArthur], N.B.C., Brazil, Cheerleader, Fort Knox, Fort Belvedere, The Camera Overseas, Robert Taylor.into "Camille", One Legged Man on a Mountain, LIFE's Pictures (An Index). Russia Relaxes, Private lives, Black Widow, Gooney Golf, and LIFE Goes to a Party. Life was an American magazine published weekly until 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, and as a monthly from 1978 to 2000. During its golden age from 1936 to 1972, Life was a wide-ranging weekly general interest magazine known for the quality of the photography. Originally, Life was a humor magazine with limited circulation. Founded in 1883, it was developed as being in a similar vein to the British magazine, Punch. This form of the magazine lasted until November 1936. Henry Luce, the owner of Time, bought the magazine in 1936 solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name, and launched a major weekly news magazine with a strong emphasis on photojournalism. Luce purchased the rights to the name from the publishers of the first Life but sold its subscription list and features to another magazine; there was no editorial continuity between the two publications. Premier Issue, presumed first edition/first printing thus.…