The Munsey Magazine Vintage Ephemera January 1908

Description: This vintage Munsey magazine, published in January 1908, is a piece of history you won't want to miss. Filled with captivating articles and articles of interest, this magazine is a must-have for any collector or history enthusiast. Published by The Frank A. Munsey Company, this edition is a rare find and a valuable addition to any collection. Featuring articles on a variety of topics, including history, this vintage magazine is a great resource for anyone interested in the past. With its unique insight and perspectives, it's sure to provide you with a wealth of information. Don't miss out on this opportunity to own a piece of history. Munsey's Magazine was an American magazine founded by Frank Munsey. Originally launched in 1889 as Munsey's Weekly, a humorous magazine, edited by John Kendrick Bangs, it was not successful, and by late 1891 had lost $100,000 ($3.39 million in 2023). Munsey converted it to a general illustrated monthly in October of that year, retitled Munsey's Magazine and priced at twenty-five cents ($8.48 in 2023). Richard Titherington became the editor, and remained in that role for the rest of the magazine's existence. In 1893 Munsey reduced the price to ten cents ($3.39 in 2023): this brought him into conflict with the American News Company, which had a near-monopoly on magazine distribution, as they were unwilling to handle the magazine at the cost Munsey asked for. Munsey started his own distribution company and was quickly successful: the first issue at ten cents began with a print run of 20,000 copies but eventually sold 60,000, and within a year circulation had risen to over a quarter of a million issues. Munsey's Magazine included both fiction and non-fiction departments on topics such as art, music, and the theatre, and about famous people. In 1893 Munsey became one of the first publishers to regularly put a picture of a pretty girl on the cover, and circulation was also helped by the liberal use of illustrations. During the mid-1890s Munsey's often included images of nude and semi-nude women, though this became less common later in the decade. Circulation reached a peak of about 700,000 in 1897, and fluctuated thereafter until the 1910s, when it began to decline. It became a fiction-only magazine in 1921. Many well-known writers appeared in its pages, including O. Henry, H. Rider Haggard, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bret Harte, Max Brand, Edgar Rice Burroughs, P. G. Wodehouse, Joseph Conrad, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. By 1924 circulation was only 64,000. In 1929 it was merged with Argosy, another of Munsey's magazines.

Price: 11.5 USD

Location: Glasgow, Kentucky

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