Comfort (1888-1942 W. H. Gannett) Vol. 50 #6

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.00 View scans Heavy spine stress. Staining to front cover, affecting following page. Heavy edge tearing and abrading to multiple pages. Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Mail order magazine, edited initially by William H. Gannet. In 1888, Gannet created Comfort primarily as a means to advertise his patent medicine, Giant Oxien, a variant of The Moxie Nerve Food. Comfort's circulation increased from 13,000, in 1888, to 1.3 million, in 1894, which made Comfort the first publication in America to reach a circulation of 1 million. 10.5" x 13", 20 pages, B&W.