Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine comic books in grade FN or better

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Full index for issues 1-106. Text only, no photos or plates. Cover price $0.25.

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7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus six card-stock cards. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 2, Issue 6 (Whole Number 58) - May 1, 1914. In this issue: "Holland" by The Department of Travel featuring The Ryks Museum, Veen Kade, Street Scene in Rotterdam, Street Scene in Amsterdam, Montalbans Tower, and a Scene in Haarlem, each with their own Black and White plate, with a photo on one side and a biography on the other. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $7.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Publication of the Department of Fine Arts at Harvard University. Issue features 6 gravures. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus full-color card-stock prints. Cover price $0.15.

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Publication of the Department of Fine Arts at Harvard University. Issue features 6 gravures. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus full-color card-stock prints. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $7.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Publication of the Department of Fine Arts at Harvard University. Issue features 6 gravures. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock prints. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $7.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 3, Issue 13 (Whole Number 89) - June 15, 1914. In this issue: "The Philippine Islands" featuring A Taal Volcano in Activity, The Summer Capitol, Mayon Volcano, The San Juan Bridge, General Aguinaldo and Director of Education, Frank L. Crone, and A Filipino Quarter at Manila, each with a 7" x 9.5" index card, that features a black and white photo on the front and a biography on the back. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock cards. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 3, Issue 14 (Whole Number 90) - September 1, 1915. In this issue: "Great Galleries of the World , The Louvre" by Professor John C. Van Dyke. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock cards. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $7.00 View scans Spine split 15%.

Volume 3, Issue 18 (Whole Number 94) - November 1, 1915. This version has a picture cover. "The Story Of The Danube." Department of Travel. Issue features 6 gravures. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 4, Issue 4 (Whole Number 104) - April 1, 1916. Department of Fine Arts. In this issue: "Great Galleries of the World: The National Gallery, London" by Professor John C. Van Dyke. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 4, Issue 5 (Whole Number 105) - April 15, 1916. Department of Fine Arts. In this issue: "Masters of the Violin" by Henry T. Finck. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $7.00 View scans Spine split 10%.

Add to cart Fine $7.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 4, Issue 6 (Whole Number 106) - May 1, 1916. Depatment of Literature. In this issue: "American Pioneer Prose Writers" by Hamilton W. Mabie. Issue features 6 gravures of Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Brockden Brown, Washington Irving, James Kirke Paulding, and James Fenimore Cooper, each with a black and white photo on one side and a biography on the other. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $56.00 View scans

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Volume 4, Issue 8 (Whole Number 108) - June 1, 1916. Department of Travel. In this issue: "Shakespeare's Country" by William Winter. Issue features 6 gravures of "Warwick Castle, Warwick", "Kenilworth Castle, Kenilworth", "Charlecote, Stratford-Upon-Avon", "The Church and the River, Stratford-Upon-Avon", "The Village of Shottery", and "The Guild Chapel and the Site of New Place, Stratford-Upon-Avon" each with a black and white photo on one side and a biography on the other. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart Fine $7.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 4, Issue 9 (Whole Number 109) - June 1, 1916. In this issue: "Historic Gardens of New England" by Mary Harrod Northend. Issue features 6 gravures of "Longfellow's Garden", "The Hoffman Garden", "The Peabody Garden", "The Moulton Garden", "The Derby Garden", and The Wendell Garden", each with a black and white photo on one side and a biography on the other. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock prints. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 4, Issue 10 (Whole Number 110) - July 15, 1916. Department of Science. In this issue: "The Weather" by C.F. Talman. Issue features 6 gravures of The Central Office of the U.S. Weather Bureau, A Simple Weather Station, A majestic Cumulus Cloud, The Observatory on Monte Rosa, Launching a Meteorological Kite, and The Effects of Snow and Ice at the Campus of Princeton University, each with a black and white photo on one side and a biography on the other. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart Fine $7.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 4, Issue 11 (Whole Number 111) - July 15, 1916. Department of Literature. In this issue: "American Poets of the Soil" by Burges Johnson. Issue features 6 gravures of Will Carleton, Joaquin Miller, Bret Harte, Eugene Field, Edwin Markham, and James Whitcomb Riley, each with a black and white photo on one side and a biography on the other. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $56.00 View scans

Add to cart Fine $2.65 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fine $7.00 View scans Spine split 5%.

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Volume 4, Issue 12 (Whole Number 112) - August 1, 1916. Department of Travel. In this issue: "Argentina" by E.M. Newman. features 6 Mentor Gravures of "The Colon Theater, Buenos Aires", "The New House of Congress, Buenos Aires", "Members Stand at Race Track, Buenos Aires", "The Spanish Monument at Palermo Park, Buenos Aires", "Trans-Andine Railroad", and "La Rambla at Mar Del Plata", each with a 7" x 9.5" index card, that features a black and white photo on the front and a biography on the back. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock cards. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $7.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Volume 4, Issue 14 (Whole Number 114) - September 1, 1916. Department of Fine Arts. In this issue: "Raphael" by John C. Van Dyke. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $5.00 View scans Spine split 5%.

Add to cart Fine $5.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 4, Issue 15 (Whole Number 115) - September 15, 1916. Department of Literature. In this issue: "Walter Scott" by Hamilton W. Mabie. Issue features 6 gravures of "Lucy and the Master" from The Bride of Lammermoor, "The Black Knight at the Hermitage" from Ivanhoe, "Varney, Leicester and Amy Robsart" from Kenilworth, "Flora MacIvor from Waverley, "Meg Merrilies Directs Bertram to the Cave" from Guy Manning, and "Effie Deans and Geordie from Heart of Midlothian, each with a black and white photo on one side and a biography on the other. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $4.00 View scans Spine split 5%.

Volume 4, Issue 16 (Whole Number 116) - October 2, 1916. In this issue: "The Yosemite Valley" by Dwight L. Elmendorf featuring Cathedral Spires, Yosemite Falls, El Capitan, Half Dome, Three Brothers, and View from Glacier Point Trail, each with a color plate with a photo on one side and a biography on the other. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock full-color prints. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $4.00 View scans Spine split 10%.

Volume 4, Issue 18 (Whole Number 118) - November 1, 1916. Department of Fine Arts. In this issue: "Russian Music" by Henry T. Finck. Issue features 6 gravures of Rubinstein, Moussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glinka, and Stravinsky, each with a black and white photo on one side and a biography on the other. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock prints. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $8.00 View scans

Volume 5, Issue 2 (Whole Number 126) - March 1, 1917. In this issue: "Brazil" by E.M. Newman. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $2.65 View scans

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $2.65 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 5, Issue 3. In this issue: "The American Triumvirate: Clay, Webster, Calhoun" by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of Government, Harvard University. Also includes four card-stock prints of John C. Calhoun; the home of Henry Clay; the birthplace of Daniel Webster; and the home of John Calhoun. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 5, Issue 5 (Serial Number 129) - April 16, 1917. "The Story of the American Navy." Department of History. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers, with 6 loose gravures. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $8.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fine $6.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 5, Issue 6 (Serial Number 130) - May 1, 1917. "Lace and Lace Making." Department of Fine Arts. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers, with 6 loose gravures. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $4.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 5, Issue 7, Serial Number 131 - May 15, 1917. Department of Fine Arts. In this issue: "American Water Color Painters" by Gustav Kobbe. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Fine $17.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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

Volume 5, Issue 8 (Whole Number 132) - June 1, 1917. "Peru". Department of Travel. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus 6 card-stock pictures. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $2.65 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 5, Issue 9 (Whole Number 133) - June 15, 1917. "The Story of the American Army". Department of History. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $6.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fine $6.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 5, Issue 10 (Whole Number 134) - July 1, 1917. "Our Planet Neighbors." Department of Nature. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock pictures. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $9.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 5, Issue 14 (Whole Number 138) - September 1, 1917. "Hawaii." Department of Travel. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock pictures. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $7.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 5, Issue 20 (Whole Number 144) - December 1, 1917. In this issue: "The American Government" by Albert Bushnell Hart. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.20.