A Large Collection of Fortune Magazine (1938 - 1951) (29 issues)

Henry Luce

Fortune Magazine, 1938

[The End of the Great Depression and the Advent of World War II as chronicled by Fortune]  29 volume set.  Large format, 11" × 14".  Printed wrappers, many in Art Deco style. Softcover.  Various shelf wear.  Clean, unmarked pages. Note: The July 1939 issue includes the fold out NYC map.  

Fortune Magazine was created by Henry Luce as "the Ideal Super-Class Magazine" for "wealthy and influential people."  Luce attempted a magazine that was "surpassingly beautiful" and "so richly illustrated and so distinguished in appearance that it will be instinctive to turn the pages. And having turned the pages, his reader will discover the editorial content of such arresting vitality that, were it but mimeographed on cheapest newsprint, he would still pay dearly for it."  Luce's monthly was thick, luxurious, informative, and visually beautiful. 

Issues include: 1938: Dec; 1939: Jan, Feb, MAR (includes insert), APR, JUN (a few pages damaged), JULY (includes map), AUG, OCT, DEC; 1940: Jan, FEB, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, SEPT, OCT, NOV; 1941: JAN, FEB, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL (includes insert), AUG, SEPT; 1951: AUG.  Note: Some pages detached in the 1941 August issue.