Comic books February 1949

Add to cart FR 1.0 $35.00 View scan Cover detached. Full length spine split to cover. Staple rust.

Stories by John Graham and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. After Bud and Lou's plane crashes in the desert, they accidentally steal a sacred camel. This puts them in the middle of a power struggle between Sid Akim and the tyrant El Yako, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Also featuring a vintage full-color comics ad for "The Margaret O'Brien Candy Kitchen," including images of the young movie star. Chic Sheiks; Fool's Luck. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 21, Issue 1 - February, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 23, Issue 2 - February, 1949. Science fiction stories by Rog Phillips, Lester Barclay, Alexander Blade, Craig Browning, Charles Recour, and Joseph R. Galt. Illustrations by Raymon Naylor, Bob Keyes, Malcolm Smith, Julian S. Krupa, and Bill Terry. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 154 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart Very Good $14.00 View scans Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.

Volume 7, Issue 6 - February, 1949. Peter Driben cover. Men's interest magazine with glamour pinups. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Reed Crandall. Featuring: 12 page Blackhawk story "The Schemes of Boorn" drawn by Reed Crandall; 11 page Blackhawk story "The Gila" drawn by Bill Ward; 8 page Chop Chop story "The Insidious Dr. Wo Fang" drawn by Bill Ward; 2 page text story "Piracy, Modern Style"; 14 page Blackhawk story "The Flying Pirates of Captain Harpy" drawn by Reed Crandall. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $3.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 24 pages, B&W

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Cover by Jack Hearne. Stories and art by Art Helfant, Milt Hammer, Harry Lazarus, Henry Kiefer and Jack Hearne. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #97. Blue Bolt has adventures while flying for Glimpses, a photography magazine. Dick Cole makes a daring leap over Dead Man's Gorge, only land in the middle of a gunfight. Edison and Jerry set out to find a replacement turkey for a charity raffle on Thanksgiving eve. Blue Bolt's rival, reporter Marg Hesslin, wants to scoop him on a story about a Mexican volcano eruption, but she's not the one who sabotages Bolt's plane. Edison Bell tells young readers how to build a turkey call and a weather vane. Dick Cole; Dink: The Wild West; Easy Cartooning; Blue Bolt: The Volcano; Even a Dummy; Li'l Sis: Wet Paint; Rick Richards: Dreaded Bandits; Low Lights from the News; Heathcliff the Hobo; Edison Bell; Turkey Call; Weather Vane. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $49.95 or Best Offer View scan 2.75" Cumulative spine split. Cover brittle at spine. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

"Jewels of Jeopardy," "The Dungeon of Doom," "Too Little Too Late," "The Ladder of Death," "The Ancient Vengeance," and "Peace to the Prairie!" Alex Schomburg cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Marguerite Hamilton and others. A kids' anthology in the tradition of Calling All Girls from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, games and quizzes as well as comics. Marco Polar Bear and Bobby put on a play in their trailer; A kindly prince is aided by animals as he tries to free a princess; Paddy Penguin pulls a Pied-Piper stunt to get a new playground for the town kids. Guess My Name; Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven; Marco Polar Bear; Paddy Penguin; The Dwarf's Key; Riddles; What's Wrong?; Bobo; Pug and Curly. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Toilers of the Sea, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 55, 2/49). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart $28.00 View scans Paper: Off white vibrant cover colors, firm spine with moderate wear, moderate edge wear with light chipping and color loss, moderate denting, moderate color breaking spine stress, moderate corner damage with chipping at top and bottom of spine, heavy soiling, moderate scuffing, heavy water damage, moderate staple rust

Volume 8, Issue 3 - February, 1949. 7" x 10", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $4.00 View scans Spine split 15%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $4.00 View scans Spine split 15%. Water damage: Slight.

Vol. 4, No. 12 - February , 1949. Magazine for magicians. 8.5" x 11.75", 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Tony DiPreta and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Mr. Crime narrates the tale of Crag Denby, who wants to use his talents for crime to strong-arm his way to Hollywood stardom. A superstitious hood is undone by the "unlucky" card the four of hearts, just as he had feared. A story that dares the reader to figure out the killer of an heiress in her penthouse. Crag Denby the Movie-Struck Egomaniac; Andy Yole; Superstitious Bill Clements; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; On The Level; Who Dunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $175.00 View scans CGC Qualified Paper: Cream to off white Page 9 and 10 missing. Label #4471846014 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Art by Edmond Good and A. C. Hollingsworth. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. Educational comics focus on exotic animals including gorillas, giraffes, kangaroos, ostriches, camels, cobras, lions, crocodiles, leopards, and elephants; A government agent seeks Safari Cary's help to stop a diamond smuggling ring; Jungle warrior Tangi offers inspiration to a blocked writer. The Forgotten Allah!; The Perfidious Portrait!; Tropical Topics; Jungle Curiosities; Meet the Seminoles; A Dame, Diamonds and Dynamite!; Felony Files; A Purple Parakeet! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $49.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 20%.

Add to cart Good $19.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.

Volume 22, Issue 2 - February, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Vol. 38, No. 1 - February 1949. 6.75" x 9.25", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $1,499.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4628711002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Volume 5, Issue 4 - February, 1949. Men's interest magazine featuring pin-up pictorials with humorous captions. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Auction Item: CGC 6.5 View scans Auction opens January 3 Paper: Off white to white Label #4416090004	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $81.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $28.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart CGC 6.5 $499.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #4416090003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Add to cart CGC 6.0 $449.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4416090009 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart CGC 5.0 $299.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4416200007 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

"The Scarlet Plague" a novelette by Jack London.

Volume 10, Issue 3 - February, 1949. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. Stories by Inez Haynes Gillmore and Jack London. Illustrations by Lawrence Stevens and Leydenfrost. Book-length novel: "Angel Island" by Inez Haynes Gillmore - Five desperate, earthbound men...an isle where Love and Death were neighbors...a day when wings fought free of fetters to make a strange new world. Novelette: "The Scarlet Plague" by Jack London - Across a sick world it had crept, leaving man and his works destroyed. Now, in the twilight of history, only one remembered -- a blurred and faded picture of the death of our times. Also: The Readers' Viewpoint; In the Next Issue; Masters of Fantasy by Neil Austin - M.P. Shiel, High Priest of Phantasy; and The Lawrence Portfolio. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 130 newsprint pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Contains comic strip reprints and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Steve Roper and Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dickie Dare" by Mabel Burwick (as Odin); "Bobby Sox" by Martha B. Links; "Scorchy Smith" by Rodlow Willard; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "Swimming Through" text story by Frank Hammond. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $105.00 View scans Paper: Light tan Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $50.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 11, Issue 2 - February 1949. Cover by Arnold Kohn. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Magician of Misty Cave" by S. M. Tenneshaw. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 156 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Foreign edition: NonEnglish.

French language weekly film magazine. 8 unstapled pages on newsprint.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $6,999.95 or Best Offer View scans CGC Signature Series Paper: Off white to white Signed By Joe Giella on 5/18/19. Label #2493979001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $1,999.95 or Best Offer View scans 5" cumulative spine split/tear (taped), cover detached, edge stains/tears to a few pages, pieces of tape on interior cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Flash stars in "The Rival Flash," written by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Case of the Painted Horse" with pencils by Infantino, inks by Bernard Sachs; Black Canary in "Crime on Her Hands" by Kanigher, pencils by Infantino, inks by Sachs; Atom in "The Vanishing Lighthouse" written by Arthur Adler, art by Paul Reinman; Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop humor by Martin Naydel; and Hawkman in "The Flaming Darkness" by Broome and Joe Kubert. Cover art by Joe Kubert. This was the last issue in the Golden Age Flash series, but it picked up with issue #105 to begin the Silver Age of comics, with Barry Allen in the starring role. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Staple rust: Moderate.

The most popular magazine for private and commercial aircraft. Articles include the case of the air Navy, what really happened at Clark Field in WWII, civil air patrol, reviews, news and all heavily illustrated. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $15.00 View scans 3/4" Spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached at one staple.

Indicia title is Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE and his SKY ADVENTURE, No. 214. Cover art by Jim Pabian. Mickey Mouse and His Sky Adventure, script by Floyd Gottfredson and Ted Osborne, art by Bill Wright; Mickey and Goofy discover Doctor Einmug's laboratory floating in a cloud high in the sky; Black Pete tries to force the Doctor to give him the formula for the anti-gravity force that keeps the operation aloft. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA and the POLICE PUP, No. 216. Cover art by Dan Gormley. Andy Panda and the Police Pup, art by Dan Gormley; Andy and Charlie buy a pup that they name Presto; He's part police dog and saves the day when Andy and Charlie get caught by a brutal bank robber named Sticky Fingers. Tightrope Walker back cover strip, art by Dan Gormley; Andy tries to be a tightrope walker, but Charlie tries to get into the act and causes problems. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is BUGS BUNNY in COURT JESTER, No. 217. Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Court Jester, art by Ralph Heimdahl; Bugs is hired as a court jester in a castle; He makes friends with the princess, but is thrown in the dungeon when he fails to make the king laugh; The princess rescues him from the dungeon, but Bugs is captured by mistake by two giants in the employ of an evil duke. Out on a Limb back cover strip, art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $471.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4571674014 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Tyrone Krockmeyer. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. A crook convinces Frankenstein that his conscience wants him to help assassinate a DA; Frankenstein encounters Aunty Soshul, who has deadly lightning powers; A machine turns Frankenstein into whatever he eats. Voice of His Conscience; Doc Smith; The Blaster; The Third Promotion; Presto Change-O; Cassidy the Cop; Perfume With a Punch. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Otto Feuer. Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer. Blabber Mouse story, art by Rube Grossman. Blackie Bear story, art by Rube Grossman. The Bravest Mouse In the World starring Giggle-Toons, by Howie Post. J. Rufus Lion story. Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Jesse Marsh, Nicholas Firfires and Elizabeth Beecher. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. Gene intervenes when he sees a rancher about to be ambushed by an outlaw. But when the rancher tells him about his recent gold discovery, Gene puts two and two together. Panhandle Pete tells the story of Cheetwah the Cloud-Rider. The Secret at Bottomless River; The Red Shirt; Panhandle Pete: Cheetwahs Treasure. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Ken Hultgren and others. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Izzy and Dizzy use the magic lamp to stop Uncle Looie from making homemade snow skis; Robespierre and his pals seek a private place for their club meeting; A modern-day take on the Pied Piper. Robespierre; The Secretive Snowman; Stork Delivery Inc.; A Stranger In Little Town; Izzy and Dizzy; Small Trouble-Maker; "Doc" E. Z. Duzit; The Hepcats; The Real Lowdown on the Pied Piper of Hamelin; School Daze. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Carl Anderson's Henry in "Love's Young Scream," "Henry Spins A Yarn About His Uncle" and "Nonsense and Stuff"! Plus: Dusty in an untitled story on the inside front cover; "Henry's Cartoon Lesson!" activity page on the inside back cover; and Henrietta in an untitled story on the back cover! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Rod Reed and Frank Bolle. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Hoppy realizes that stagecoach robber Smirk Taggart is hiding out somewhere in Twin Rivers. Hopalong's dopey sidekick Mesquite has to cope with a fancy-dress costume party and the shenanigans of traveling salesman J. Whitford Gullible. Pistol-Packin' Pattie's fast shootin' prevents a gunslinger from killing a man for snoring, but she can't do anything about the snoring. The Red Dust Uprising!; Hill Billy; The Fatal Decision; Gullible's Prairie Travels; Gun in the Back; Be a Sharpshooter!; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Peace Dance; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone, Jr.: The Rodeo Renegade; Tiger Mouth Cave; Ridin' Herd with William Boyd; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; The Last of the Buffaloes. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by George Carlson and David Tendlar. Kids' comics featuring the whimsical fables of beloved artist George Carlson, praised by Harlan Ellison as a "comic of the absurd." A Musketeer follows a feisty Gingersnap cookie around the corner and into a classic Carlson madcap adventure. Hortense takes an upside-vacation in Contrary Land. The Pie-Face Prince chases a lost ticket for the Dinglesnoop Raffle, forgetting his pants, and that just won't do. Bingo and Glum in Fairytale Land; Chauncey Chirp and Johnny Jay; Jingle Jangle Tales: The Extra Snappy Musketeer, and the Brave Little Gingersnap; Smarty; The Kid Next Door; 'Tam' the Teen-Age Tornado; Hortense the Lovable Brat; Aunty Spry; The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg; The Old Swap Shop. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $80.00 View scans Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, Battle of the Monsters!"; "Jo-Jo Congo King, Duel With Death!" retitled and reprinted as "Duel With Death..." in Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) #123; "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Garden of Lost Maidens!" retitled and reprinted as "Terror of the Lost Maidens" in Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) #13 and retitled and reprinted as "Spook of the Congo, The Garden of Lost Maidens!" in Spook (1954) #29; and "The Congo is Fatal to Fakers, Fate of a Faker..." reprinted in Sabu the Elephant Boy (1950) #2. "Lost in the Jungle" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $230.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4592820012 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" art by Robert Webb; "The Ghost Gallery", "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker; and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb. "The White Flower" text story by Audrey Anthony "Toni" Blum (as Tom Alexander). 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. The Fall of Classy Eddie Bentz--Underworld Snob, pencils by Jack Kirby; a story about Eddie Bentz, one of the craftiest crooks the FBI ever face. The Violent Mr. Peace; Charles Peace, one of the most successful burglars to ever plague Scotland Yard, is tripped up by a piece of evidence. Eugene Vidocq...First Great Detective, pencils by Bernard Krigstein. The First Hundred Are the Hardest text story. End of a Blackmailer, art by Manny Stallman. The Man Who Was Ashamed of Doing Good...Joe Slade, Wild West Jekyll and Hyde Desperado!, pencils by Will Elder. The Masked Killer text story, pencils by Jack Kirby. Ad for Young Romance and Young Love comics. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $79.95 or Best Offer View scans Lateral spine tear. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Written by Bill Woggon and unknown. Art by Bill Woggon, Ray Gill and unknown. Betty's mother tells her she should sew her own dresses rather than buying them in "Betty Gets the Needle"! Starring Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, Archie Andrews, Alice Cooper and Hal Cooper. Plus: Archie in "Talk of the Town"; Wilbur in "Field Day"; Puzzle Fun activity page; Katy Keene in an untitled story; "Katy Keene 1949 Pin-Up Calendar" page; Suzie in "Nets to You!"; Suzie Puzzle Page; Debby in an untitled story; and 2-page Wilbur text story "What Price Friendship!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $14.00

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $15.25 View scans Cover detached from top staple. 5" Spine split from top. Brittle spine.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $14.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Volume 5, Issue 2 - February, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 158 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Feb 1949. Cover by George Rozen. Western adventure stories by Walker A. Tompkins "Apache Plunder" (featuring Wayne Morgan, the Masked Rider), Nels Leroy Jorgensen "Fill Your Hand, Marshall", A. Leslie, and L. P. Holmes. Illustrations by Al Savitt and Ed DeLavy. 7" x 9 1/2"; black and white; 98 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 40, Issue 158 - February, 1949. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 116 pages, B&W with color.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.70 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Moderate.

8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.