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Life Magazine January 7, 1957 : Cover - In Austria, Vice President Richard Nixon warmly hugs two small Hungarian refugees dressed for a Christmas pageant. Malibu disaster: Battle to save the rich, fire-stricken California resort areas, erie photos of stalled motorist and frightened horses against a smoky orange sky.  An important man from the East, Pandit Nehru. Photo essay - The strange living fossils of Australia, astounding full page color photos of unusual wildlife. The age of Psychology in the U.S. - a new Life series. Disputatious "Doll," moral outrage over "lewd and sinful"  suggestive film by Elia Kazan. A mix-up of markers Richmond, Virginia. Full page color cartoon-style Borden's Milk ad featuring "Elsie and Elmer" discussing the he-man qualities of milk. Stylish full page color Big Thrills Buick introducing red and white Caballero wagon ad. Enticing full page color Canadian Club whiskey ad with hitchhikers on skis, plane on skis, Switzerland skijoring adventure narrative. Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with Murray Colub, Civil Engineer on the Connecticut turnpike.
G - $17

Life Magazine January 14, 1957 : Color cover - 'Li'l Abner girls whoop it up on Broadway in pigtails and fishnet stockings. New Poland achieves some liberties, Cardinal Wysynski admonishes children against anger. Death in the faces of Mont Blanc climbers - Jean Vincendon and Francois Henry - a gruesome story of failed rescue attempt. Photo from Elvis' pre induction Army physical. Murder charge against a kindly doctor in England. Psychology tests - Part 2. Beach fashions in color- beehive hats, billowing chiffon scarves and Cape Breton stripes for American bathing beauties. First gorilla born in captivity, a face only its mother could love! University of Denver's ski team trains by leaping railroads and carrying teammates up stadium steps. Gene Fullmer vs. Sugar Ray, do you know who won? So many pink ads! Car buffs will appreciate two-page full color Goodyear tire ad with illustrations of cars from 1915-1956. Delightful full page red and black Webcor Fonograf ad featuring Benny Goodman.
G - $42
F (Generally G, but lower margin and corner margin are water marked) - $18

Life Magazine January 21, 1957 : Color cover - Britain's MacMillan, new prime minister, formal portrait with cigar. Malcolm Muggeridge appraisal of the new PM. Photo of "Spanky" McFarland, age 28, looking for work. Drought and its human toll in 14 states, including Colorado and the southwest. The Mideast - lets get started, editorial about Eisenhower diplomacy. "Epic of Man" Part 8 by Lincoln Barnett - Seafaring Minoans, bare-breasted woman vaulting over the back of a charging bull. Red China's efforts to become modern, many photos of education and industry. Psychologists service Part 3. Arthur Larson. Brilliant hoaxer Marvin Hewitt, who without a high school diploma passed himself off as a PhD and taught at 8 U.S. schools and universities, becomes an engineer . Piggy back motor drives 40-mph skates invented by Pirrello. Actress Marie McDonald and her version of her kidnapping reenacted. New Navy Polaris missile from the ocean. Pointed toes on shoes, x-ray of foot. Outrageous full page color ad for Cherry Nugget Sealtest Ice Cream with a palette and paintbrushes.
G - $20
F (All G, but center pages are loose) - $10

Life Magazine January 28, 1957 : Cover - Take-off of Globe-Circling B-52 from Castle Air Force Base in California, article about B-52 crews making flight around the world, Lieut. Colonet James H. Morris, Captain Gerald A. Rusch, Major Salvador Felices, Airman 1/C Eugene N. Preiss. A eulogy for a tough guy is given at Humphrey Bogart's funeral, photo from "The African Queen". Memphis TV program using methods of Frank Laubach teaches literacy. Photo essay - The many uses of winter. All the town's a stage for Natalie Wood, who practices her art on people on the street. The wooing of a wonder boy, Wilt Chamberlain by Kansas. New Jersey's Governor, Bob Meyner, weds Helen Stevenson. A high - handed request. Two page color Swift & Company ad as sponsors of the "Color TV Musical" "Ruggles of Red Gap," pictures of Michael Redgrave, Imogene Coca and others from the production in ad, and coupons. Colorful Ford red and white Ranchero truck two page ad. Macho full page color Camel cigarette ad featuring helicopter pilot Jim Ferguson.
G - $42

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Life Magazine February 4, 1957 : Cover - Audrey Hepburn and husband Mel Ferrer as the historic lovers of "Mayerling". New Yorks' "Mad Bomber" , George Metskey, is caught, photos of his home and neighborhood. Clark Art Institute's reveals some of its impressive collection, including 32 Renoirs. Article with many photos about Eisenhower's second inauguration. Photo essay - Young society's taskmaster, William de Rham teaches manners to the children of the rich and famous. Ravi Shankar on sitar-playing tour in United States attends party with Dizzy Gillespie. An epic tale of a gun, with energetic drawings by David Fredenthal. Modest millionaire's mission will take John Hay Whitney to the Court of St. James's. Anti-Russian Red Victory. Cyclops with a cinder, funny photo of Charles Menzter having a cinder removed from his eye. Romantic full page color De Beers diamond ad. Full page color ad for NBC Color television featuring Audrey Hepburn and husband Mel Ferrer in fond embrace. Full page ad by Association of American Railroads demanding repeal of wartime transportation taxes.
G - $22

Life Magazine February 11, 1957 : Cover - Liz Pringle dries off after a winter swim at the Caribbean resort of Round Hill in Jamaica. Beautiful photo in magenta tones of Statue of Liberty in NYC harbor. Many color photos of luxury in the Caribbean. New guardian of the skies: SAGE."From Here to Eternity" author Jim Jones at work and home. Photo essay: A busy day at the office, the life of an office building at 260 Madison Avenue in New York. Academic know-it-all, Charles Van Doren, gets $122,000 on quiz show "Twenty-One". Sun Bath in Aero Weather: Mel Molzow of Neeah, Wisconsin. Judy Holliday joins roster of musical comedy, "Bells are Ringing". A Joining of Jowls, two bulldogs flat nose to flat nose.. Sweet full page color Seven-Up ad of smiling blond coquette decorating for a party. Nice gold and white Ford Fairlane 500's Crown Victoria full page ad. Two page "boldly modern" Ford F-100 green and white pick-up ad.
VG - $27
G - $17

Life Magazine February 18, 1957 : Cover - Actress Julie London makes comeback by exploiting her appealing singing voice. Utah convicts riot, take visiting basketball players hostage for 12-hours. Report on atomic energy progress with photos from Colorado, New Mexico, Canada and Utah. Photos of the Bolshoi pre-ballet in England. Photo essay - Early retirement for men in their 40s and 50s. A balloon becomes the world's first portable building. Prehistoric paintings in the Sahara, beautiful full page color photos. New sights on the slopes: resorts add fancy touches to handle swarms of skiers, fashion and fake snow. Bob Feller talks about LIFE, photo at Yankee Stadium. Canadian Prime Minister, Louis St. Laurent, celebrates happy birthday. A warm winter wrap: encase your house in Bakelite. Two-page "Whale of a Coffee Sale" chase & Sanborn ad featuring Art Linkletter and Tennessee Ernie Ford.. Two page Hotpoint wonderinse washer ad, very colorful. Make sure your chicken is Acronized, full page color American Cyanamid ad for Acronized poultry.
G - $17
P (water marked back pages, nothing stuck) - $5

Life Magazine February 25, 1957 : Cover - Wearing a mask representing the spirit of a mythical being, a dancer of the New Hebrides acts in a South Seas play. Candy Huber wins the "girl with most hypnotic eyes" contest at Penn State. "Cus" D'Amato discusses boxing and psychology. Even a Dog can win. Dulles' thorny path. Photo essay - "Great Adventures": Part I of a new LIFE series, Romantic Voyage of the Varua in the South Seas. Photo essay - Teaching with TV, successes and failures with a new technique, Dr. Harvey Elliott White teaches physics from University of California. Passing of a great mind: mathematician John von Neumann whose work discovered implosion method for atomic bomb. Cute winter photo: Dry Lodging for a Lamb. Colorful full page Coca-Cola ad features winter scene in Sun Valley by artist Jack Potter. Brilliant color Avis Rent-a-Car full page ad of desert saguaro and sunset, child on horseback with cowboy. Full page ad features Lipton Tea at family dinner.
G - $17
F (All G, nice, but three pages have water marking in a margin) - $7

Life Magazine March 4, 1957 : Cover - Reunion in Portugal: Queen Elizabeth and Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, in Lisbon on first day of their state visit. Crazy photo turned sideways of the Navy dirigible "Los Angeles" standing on its nose in 1926. Trading Stamps, a national obsession for half of U.S. families. In new legal switch, Legislators take action to clear a Salem witch, Ann Pudeator, in Boston, Massachusetts. Convicted murderer Nathan Leopold is seen and heard after 32 years in prison. Photos of masterpieces of British artists. Fold-out map of Bible lands. Jimmy Stewart and the production of Lindburgh film. The Mola mola, a giant sunfish, is briefly on display. Dior's dazzling decade. A Lop-Eared Lapin. Crisis-handling full page IBM Electric Typewriter ad. Luxurious two page ad Lincoln premier convertible in blue.
VG - $25
G - $15

Life Magazine March 11, 1957 : Color cover -  head and shoulders portrait of Senator John F. Kennedy JFK. "Where Democrats should go from here." Discrimination in the North, black doctor Clyde W. Phillips in Chicago denied work in white hospitals. Teamsters' union scandal, testimony of James Elkins to Robert Kennedy. Act of violence opens Vietnam fair. Outcry over indoor kisses leads a Michigan dorm to bar them from the lounge - University of Michigan. Epic of Man Part 9, Great Age of Warriors and Traders. Casey Stengel in the classroom - development of future Yankee players. High-flying FK-102 jet. Kids' dental contest. Scouts around the world celebrate Baden-Powell's 100th birthday. Luis Munoz Marin 3x Puerto Rican governor. Buying spree in NY's 7th avenue. Renata Tebaldi. Fun begins at Schlitz o'clock, cartoon-style four page color Schlitz ad with jingle score and Schlitz vocabulary. Light hearted full page color Pepsi ad, couple painting a chair pink, of course! Then-and-now two page Equitable insurance ad with skiers. Big adventure, full page color Canadian club whiskey ad, ice bridge breaks for climbers.
G - $46

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Life Magazine March 18, 1957 : Cover - Beatrice Lillie in the moon, Girls from New Ziegfeld Follies. Photo essay- One of America's Great Families: The Lowells of Massachusetts, judges, poets, and more. PHOTO ESSAY - A master architect : Mies van der Rohe, great color images of a graphic style. The tears of an ex-convict who is now prime minister: Ghana's Nkrumah, many lovely photos. Hardcore bridge players, George Rapee, John Crawford, B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren. King of the mountain: Austria's Olympic gold medallist skier Toni Sailer at Aspen. A serving in suspense: Tony Purdy near Bedford, England. Yul Brynner in a wig for the part of Jean Lafitte. Recipes and photos of dishes of India prepared by Dharam Jit Singh. Nice full page ad Dorothy Gray cosmetics. Cute full page ad Post Toasties Cereal.
G - $17

Life Magazine March 25, 1957 : Cover - the pudgy-faced baby Princess Caroline, daughter of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier, at her Christening. Rich royal family photos with baby Caroline. 22 candidates for one U.S. Senate seat in Texas. Cuba's President Batista beats the bullets in coup attempt by students. Susan Hull, Nancy Hull, and 1,000 other Grand Rapids girls cut their hair Elvis-style. Richard Nixon visits Africa. Sculptor Leonard Baskin. The pleasure of practice: Yogi Berra and spring training holidays. Admiral Byrd, hero of air and Antarctic, dies at 68. Photo essay - Bowerbirds, the strangest birds in the world, Joseph Sibal illustrations. Valedictory of a great writer: undaunted by paralysis, Joyce Carey works to the end. Sinking in a Sea of Shavings, Reverend Bob Richards, Olympic pole vault champion of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Coca-Cola full page ad " The talent of Jack Potter's brush visit a pleasant home overlooking Hawaii's Diamond Head. Dr. Roy Zachariah Thomas, 77, Takes 23 Members of His Family on a Surprise Junket to Bermuda
G - $17
F (mostly G , but center pages detached with tattered edges. Margins have some minor water marks) - $7

Life Magazine April 1, 1957 : Cover - A new paris discovery, model Marie-Helene Arnaud, story includes designer Guy Laroche. The Filipinos mourn death of President Ramon Magsaysay in plane crash. Prize winning press photographers, Howard Sochurek, John Sadovy, Leonard McCombe, Grey Villet. Earthquake in San Francisco. Photo essay - A Fleeting time of spring in the Tyrol, Austrian Alps as snow retreats. Photo essay - The U.S. Antarctic team holed up in the South Pole, Dr. Paul Siple at the pole, John P. Strider and William A Gumbie Jr. are polar crew. Leona Baumgartner, an energetic lady doctor to eight million people in New York. Joanne Vander Woude and Bruce Griffith show new system for teens to advertise dating status. Death of artist Constantin Brancusi. An Underwater Reminder of a war: Gulf of Aqaba across from Saudi Arabia. Charming full page color Eberhard Faber's Mongol pencil ad. Young romantic hopefuls offer gum to pretty blond object of affection in full page color Beech-nut Gum ad. Full page ad for Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall in "Designing Woman," with stills from the film.
VG - $27
G - $17
F (All G, but center spread has a rough margin) - $7

Life Magazine April 8, 1957 : Cover - Yale students, Linden Blue, 20, and Neal Blue, 21, sit at the controls of the single-engine plane that they piloted 25,000 miles in 110 days. A smiling Jerry Lewis in an ad for Van Heusen Century shirts. Pink and black full page ad for "Funny face" with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Spring blizzard on the plains kills 40 and Robert Quentin Martin is delivered by his mother at home alone, disturbing photos of the human toll. Princeton students George Treyz and Bruce Garand launch their grinder business with much acclaim. Colorful photo essay of artist Hans Hoffman and the work of his students. Cecile Dionne, of famous quints, is engaged. Photo essay - The flight of the "Blue Bird". Culture's new Kentucky home, civic renaissance in Louisvlle. The adoption fight fight for Hildy Ellis of Massachusetts. Flap-Happy Jackass with Flies. Cute full page color Kellog's Corn Flakes ad, breakfast after the prom. Very nice two page Schlitz Beer ad with art by Joe Kaufman.
G - $17

Life Magazine April 15, 1957 : Cover - Ernie Kovacs, inventive comic with cigar and bright lights background. The Passing of a Great French Patriarch: Edouard Herriot, photos of Herriot with Poincare, Gorki, Moroccan Sultan, FDR, many others. More pink washing machines, vacuums, and stoves! Beautiful color photos of Audrey Hepburn in article about photo tips and tricks from "Funny Face."Photo essay - Ernie Kovacs: a funnyman with ideas in national drought of mirth, TV camera trickery. Close-up: Mississippi's Governor Coleman, the state's big booster. Full page ad features Lucille Ball reading a Bunnygram to little Ricky. Stavros Niarchos buys almost a million dollars in paintings from Edward G. Robinson. American's War of Independence by Winston Churchill. Stunning photos of tornado ripping through Dallas. Photos from new TV version of Cinderella, with Julie Andrews. Spring hijinks at U.S. universities. A Suit that Sells Itself. Really cute full page Friskies Dog Food ad with art by Douglass Crockwell. Nice Jell-o full page ad.
G - $22

Life Magazine April 22, 1957 : Cover - Teen-age star, Carol Lynley, age 15, in a red shirt and big smile. The doctor in the dock: Trial of Britain's Doctor John Bodkin Adams. Fatal Record of Avalanche: Photographer, John Hermann, dies in making a picture story in the Rockies near Berthoud Pass, Colorado, amazing avalanche photos. Queen Elizabeth II in Paris, photos of glitz and glamour. Girls' national badminton tournament, Sharon Pritula, Lynn Morgan, Barbara Prince. Many lovely color photos, spring at the Bronx Zoo. A Big Splash Stopped: Don Lococo of Louisville, Kentucky. Robert Magill's one-man personal helicopter unveiled. Full page ad Coca-Cola cruise the Caribbean, art by Jack Potter. Two page color ad, '57 Dodge Swept-wing, with Lawrence Welk and baseball boys. Ominous icebergs in the North Atlantic. Colorful full page Life Savers ad, big bold painting of fruit. Nice full page ad Walker's DeLuxe Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
G - $17
F (All G, but cover is lightly splashed) - $7

Life Magazine April 29, 1957: Cover - Starter Flags Off Fort Worth Drag Racer, flagman caught at peak of leap. Local labor union investigations in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Collision and Air Safety: The Lessons of Grand Canyon, reconstruction of crash. Scouts' Survival Test: parents suffer more than their snowbound sons caught in a blizzard on Mount Baden-Powell. Photo essay - The drag racing rage, Santa Ana track, Eagle Mountain strip, illegal races in Los Angeles. Top U.S. missile man: Major General Benny Schriever, head of ICBM  project, many family photos. Baseball's opening day shenanigans. A Head of the Game, man with a deer head. Full page Kellogg's Snack-Pak ad. Nice Oldsmobile Golden Rocket 88 Holiday Sedan full page ad.
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Life Magazine May 6, 1957 : Color cover - Sophia Loren in a pleated dress, standing on rocks in stream, many photos including family and film stills in article. Our need for smaller atomic arms, dangers in nuclear arms. The Celts - Epic of Man, last part. Eisenhower doctrine for Middle East peace gets a try-out in Jordan crisis. Ice gives Lake Superior ore ships worst time in 50 years. Reds snap up a state in India - Kerala. New York observes opening of World Trade Fair with fireworks, Sonja Boonstoppel and Elizabeth Klinkert offer cheese samples at the fair. Donald O'Connor learns to play Buster Keaton. Girls learn shop and boys learn cooking at P.S. 38 in Jersey city. Marcel Marceau in a full page Smirnoff Vodka ad. Lawrence Welk is the most popular musician in U.S. history, photos and story behind the scenes. Law for Suez. Writer Philip Wylie at work. Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds in a full page Western Union telegram ad. Full page Post 40% Bran flakes ad, man in shower illustration by Dick Sargent. Currier & Ives in old ads.
VG - $25
G - $15
F (All G, but cover is torn along spine) - $7

Life Magazine May 13, 1957 : Cover - Bert Lahr, a bumbling lover in Broadway's " Hotel Paradiso". Navy "Forrestal"s a crisis in Jordan. Frank Lloyd Wright picks a fight in Arizona over proposed skyscraper. Sudden death of Senator Joe McCarthy at age 48. Photo essay - Secret of Indian "divine mushrooms" on a trip to Mexcio with New York Banker, Gordon Wasson. Baby Mylinda Sue Day wins tiny "Queen for a Day" spot. Photo essay - getting and spending the teen-aged allowance. Meet Prime Minister Diem of Vietnam. Sugar Ray Robinson is middleweight chamion at age 37. Photo essay: spring recess for students at Lakeridge School in Renton, Washington. Monkey is a curious companion for a cow. The oldest airman, Master Sargeant Horst Tittel at age 72. Laurels for lady artists. An Oompah Umbrella, Dan McHugh of  Memphis. Cute full page ad Kodiak Film features little girl watering a tulip. Very colorful two page ad Brach's Fine Candies. Full page ad Bell telephone System featuring Dolly Phone.
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Life Magazine May 20, 1957 : Cover - Air Force Unveils First Vertijet at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Compassionate farewells in the Senate and at home to Joe McCarthy. Photo essay - Art rides high at a great University, UCLA, many intriguing color photos of visual arts, design, film, and theatre studies. Rare auto photos by Henry Ford. Invention of a faster dental drill. A judicial firebrand: portrait of  Judge John Peter Barnes of Illinois. Owner O'Malley, scouts for a new home for Dodgers away from Brooklyn. A Cowed Coed: Jackie Roeder of Massachusetts. Full page color Lifesavers ad with cute illustration of a boy dressed as a pirate, with a parrot, Butter Rum flavor, of course! Full page ad Oldsmobile Super 88 Fiesta. Post 40% Bran Flakes full page ad.
G - $17

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Life Magazine May 27, 1957 : Color cover - Knights of Columbus Honor Guard at order's birthplace. Billy Graham in New York at Madison Square Garden. Normal vision : 2% have it and 98% try ways to get it. Benjamin Hooper Jr. rescued after falling into narrow well shaft on Long Island. Close-up of Harry Belafonte Jr. Wildflowers for gardens feature, with seven pages of beautiful color botanical illustrations by Anne Ophelia Todd. Andy Griffith guitar thumper in his first film. Harry Belafonte is country's most popular calypso singer. Gypsy Rose Lee - stripper - now telling all. Gettysburg analyzed. Interplanetary Spacecraft Convention gathers in Yucca Valley, California, participants tell their stories. Alfonso de Portago's fatal crash in Italy's Mille Miglia. Rulers of Iraq and Saudi Arabia bury an old feud with big party in Baghdad.
G - $17
F (All G, but cover is cleanly loose from staples) - $7

Life Magazine June 3, 1957 : Cover - Shell of Satellite Mirrors its Makers. Many Roles for Marilyn Monroe, includes some GREAT color photos, including a two page spread of Marilyn in orange on a black background - stunning! Photo essay - The pleasures and pain of having a kid sister. Record tornadoes and floods in the Southwest and Midwest. Storm over Sands: Tommy Sands makes his try at unseating Presley. Weyerhausers throw a party for the Metropolitan Opera in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Photographer Who Works for Peanuts. Photos in color of outstanding architectural designs of past decade chosen by AIA. Full page ad Owens-Illinois party-quarts. Military guys with girl full page Beech-Nut gum ad.
G - $20
F (minimal water marking along some edges) - $5
F (Generally G, but cover loose from staples) - $5

Life Magazine June 10, 1957 : Cover - Charge of A Wild Elephant in French Equatorial Africa. Photo essay - Helicopter safari in Africa with Arthur Godfrey and General Curtis LeMay. New Man on Ike's Team: Robert Anderson, Secretary of the Treasury. Nuclear Worries: A Searching inquiry into nuclear perils, photos, diagrams, photo of test explosion in Nevada. Stefan Cardinal Wysynski of Poland finally goes to rome to receive the symbols of his office. Close-up of Sister Mary Madeleva of St. Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana. The first appearance of the skort! The "new" Hollywood, with photos of Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, director George Stevens, and others. Last By A Hare at De Kalb, Illinois High School. Full page ad Johnsons SeaHorse outboard motors. Yellow Pontiac Tri-Power convertible full page ad.
G - $17
F (Generally G, but covers worn, center spread edge a bit rough) - $5

Life Magazine June 17, 1957 : Cover - With two men watching from the poop deck and two crewmen standing in the rigging, a fifth steers the "Mayflower II" on a foamy course for the New World. A Mayflower sails into today, the adventure and crew of the Mayflower II with many photos and intriguing narrative. Whooping Crane chicks inspire hope for species. Photo essay - The reigning royalty of Europe: in a democratic era, they survive by serving it, Dutch, Belgian, English, Scandinavian, Greek royalty with color photos. High school students from Greenwich act out the expressive faces required to play "Living Droodler's" game. A warm father and son story about the Wynns: Ed, jolted by son Keenan, came out of morose idleness to blossom out into new success. Balloonist, Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger of Minnesota, makes record climb, a damp landing. Down to His Ears in a Traffic Rush. Full page color Post-Tens Cereal ad. Full page color Four Roses Whiskey or Gin ad with glasses on golf cart.
G - $17
P (upper margin water marked) - $5

Life Magazine June 24, 1957 : Cover - Prince Juan Carlos, the son of the pretender to the Spanish throne, trains for kingship with Franco's support. A successful voyage for "Mayflower II". Photo essay - Europe's chief royal claimants: a gallery of hopeful nobles await call to crowns. Generalissimo speaks: Chiang Kai-shek versus Communism - his personal account. Photos of the only walrus in the U.S., now at the New york Aquarium. European royalty, part II. Rare fossils in three dimensions: desert find yields prehistoric insects. Dick Mayer wins the 57th National Open golf tournament in Toledo. First Atlas missile launch ends in failure. Bittersweet Goodbye: Yale senior, Roger Hanson, says goodbye to Bright College Years. Funny photo of executives in suits riding the chairlift at Aspen, Colorado ski area, article about top execs retreat for work and fun. Upshot of a kiss: Glenda Margraves of Herrin, Illinois is married to Ronald Botwinski. Good two page Ford truck ad features red and white F -100. Nice full page color ad TWA Jetstream.
G - $17
F (All G, but has minor writing on blank part of cover) - $7
F (Generally G, but has some water marking in the margins) - $5

Life Magazine July 1, 1957 : Cover - Billy Graham in Action at Madison Square Gardens in New York. The New "Warren Court" Stirs up Controversy. Tornado Breaks up the Family of Gerald Munson in Fargo, North Dakota. Frank Scalise, friend of Charles Luciano dies. Photo essay - A breath-taking record of Swiss climb of Mt. Everest, with Wolfgang Diehl, Albert Eggler, Ernst Reiss, Jung Marmet, Fritz Luchsinger and Ernst Schmied. Photo essay - Roadside inns and their fine food, Newfane Inn, Snoqualmie Falls Lodge, Milk Pail, Milton Inn, Beaumont Inn, Stagecoach Inn, Bonanza Inn Nevada, Warren's Tavern. View along a pole, great photos of pole vaulter Bob Gutowski  in action. Close-up - Young man with tough questions: Bob Kennedy. Chaing Kai-shek's Strategy. Bearskin about to bite the dust. Nice full page color ad for Post-Tens cereal, color illustration by Dick Sargent. Full page color 7-Up ad.
G - $20

Life Magazine July 8, 1957 : Cover - Ed Durham, a manager of the King Ranch in Texas, works a modern cattle herd, great classic working cowboy shot. Former President, Harry Truman, shows off the Truman Memorial Library in Independence, Missouri. Cute full page color ad for Norcross triangle-shaped greeting cards. Photo essay - Pilgrims of the U.S.A., Americans visiting their capital. Photo story of filming "The Pride and the Passion" in Spain with Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren. Whittier, California High School students vocational students build and sell a house, includes Fernando Garcia, Alfonso Rodriguez, Victor Lopez, Karen Cocks, Carol Pike, Richard Krogh and tohers. . Rescue at the Powhatan coal mine between Fernwood and Dogtown in southern Ohio, includes Joe Supinski, Kenny Hamilton. Horrible aerial photo of a dead man next to his bicycle in the Mojave Desert. This poor baby okapi was named Ebola. Close-up: Tunisia's Premier Bourguiba says, " Democracy cannot be bargained for…" The amazing McDaniel boys: baseball pitchers Lindy, 21, and Von,18, remind St. Louis of " Me and Paul". Enrolled in a school of fish, Logan Smith off Catalina Island. Full page color ad the mighty Chrysler Winsor black and white 2-door sedan.
VG (mild mark from address label) - $40
G - $30

Life Magazine July 15, 1957 : Cover - Coveted roll for European star, Maria Schell, in "The Brothers Karamazov". World's Scientists Launch History Greatest Study of Earth and Space, worldwide International Geophysical Year (IGY) project. Full page black and white AEtna insurance ad featuring Boy Scouts. Hurricane Audrey's terrible aftermath to Louisiana. Humongous two page color Pillsbury cake mix ad. Photo essay - Tears pay off for Maria Schell: Film triumphs abroad. The King Ranch, Part II, beautiful shots of ranch and Santa Gertrudis cattle. Close-up: German forces' rebuilder: Defense Minister Franz-Josef Strauss. Mike Todd dazzles London with party for 2,500 guests. N.E.A. marks its 100th birthday in Philadelphia. The Lew Hoad case: Jack Kramer made $7 0,000 gamble on tennis star, Lew Hoad. Leapfrogging Frog. Color full page Budweiser ad. Nice full page color ad Walker's DeLuxe Straight Bourbon.
G - $17
F (all G, nice, but cover has a scratch) - $7

Life Magazine July 22, 1957 : Cover - Doctor Hennes Lindemann paddles in canoe like foldboat. A fabulous life ends with a surprise will: Aga Khan names grandson, Karim his successor. Full page color Borden's buttermilk ad featuring Elsie the Cow and her family. civil rights battle in the Southern legislature, segregationist John Kasper and others on charges of criminal contempt. The fight for the pennant in the National League... five clubs battle for the league, cartoon by Willard Mullin, photos of managers in the dugout, players on the field. Photo essay - The distant land of Genghis Khan. Photo essay - Radio finds new riches and keeps on growing. Great Adventures: Alone at Sea for 72 days, Hannes Lindemann crosses the Atlantic. A Low-Flying Swallow. Nice full page color ad Buick's 1957 Century red and white. .
F (All G, nice, but cover corner tip is rough) - $16

Life Magazine July 29, 1957 : Cover - Fifteen-year-old babysitter Judy Fuss of Los Angeles, California, reading to her charge. Jean Cocteau mural in 14th century chapel in Villefranch-sur-Mer. Cute color photo ad, full page, Kellogg's Variety Pack, two small boys unable to choose. Miss U.S.A. contest winner is revealed as a Mrs. Photo essay - A great cameraman shows bullfight's " Perfect flow of motion. Photo essay - Supersonic view of U.S. in record 203-minute flight piloted by Major John H. Glenn. Photo essay - The profession of sitting, opening photo of young Chan Gibson making faces at his sitter. Cyd Charisse in "Silk Stockings". The revival of the hammock. Close-up: Dressmaker Emil Lence's bold venture into boxing. Shear Tranquility : Doyle Goldy of Palisades, Washington. Nice full page color Pepsi ad.
G - $15

Life Magazine August 5, 1957: Cover - Julia Williamsson, a pretty debutante of the current London social season, stands on balcony of the Hyde Park Hotel. Enter Hoffa- The teamsters candidate. Feature on American and British lawyers. Two page Ford Motor Company ad with four models in pastel colors. A versatile lady's new adventure: Clara Boothe Luce goes skindiving. Photo essay - American salt-water game fish, seven pages of color fish illustrations painted by Maynard Reece. Photo essay - A mighty king's paneled tomb in Turkey unearths culture of Phrygia. Driver Juan Fangio rules racing. Photo essay - London's gayest season, lots of glamour. Close-up: First homebred governor, Mike Stepovich, goes to work in Alaska. Bright Bird Fills the Bill. Nice two page color ad Dan River twin wonder cottons. Full page black and white Postum ad, a healthy caffeine-free alternative to coffee. Full page Kodiak film ad.
VG - $25
G - $15

Life Magazine August 12, 1957: Cover - Swedish artist May Britt. Man of a Thousand Faces movie ad - starring James Cagney and Dorothy Malone. Swedish Blondes - May Britt, Inger Stevens, Ingrid Goude - photo shoot. Howard Hughes' Jet Pilot movie ad in color with John Wayne and Jane Leigh. Youth from 102 lands visit Moscow, Sixth World Youth Festival. Full page color Campbell's soup ad chicken with rice. Guatemala President Castillo Armas is assassinated. Lemurs of Madagascar a photo gallery by Loomis Dean. Aspen Music festival with the Julliard Quartet. Full page color Pan American ad featuring Cochem Germany castle. Noel Davis tours the US visiting fraternal organizations and makes interesting paintings. A wise woman knows... a man who enjoys cigars is a happier man, full page ad. Gary Cooper and Cary Grant remain frisky past 50. Floyd Patterson and Tommy Jackson boxing result and photos. Motel on the Mountain designed by Japanese architect Junzo Yoshimura. Aid from US to Israel - $100 million to support the Jewish. Newport Rhode Island party with Ottavio Prochet, Frederick Prince Jr. Mrs. Guy Fairfax Cary, Jackie Kennedy. Full page color Post Tens ad, illustration by Ben Sargent. Don Ibsen goes to work on water skis. Back cover - full page color Coca Cola ad featuring Venice Grand Canal - art by Jack Potter.
G - $17

Life Magazine August 19, 1957: Cover - Four Du Ponts, all named Irenee. formal portrait of generations. A master Spy unmasked: Colonel Rudoff Ivanovich Abel, Brooklyn artist and Soviet spy. Full page color Campbell's ad features Mrs. Selma Urbonas of Chicago trimming potatoes with a paring knife. S. S. Kresge turns 90.  Patches as playthings: cute stick-on bandages become decorations instead of boo boo protectors. Air Force Academy's striking new chapel is built. Strong arm, Johnny Dio does what comes naturally at Senate hearing. Photo essay - famous tales of a donkey by Spain's great poet, Juan Ramon Jimenez, photographer Mark Kauffman. Photo essay - The Du Ponts of Wilmington. Tenth anniversary of the tape recorder and magnetic tape. Carol Burnett sings a love song about the Secretary of State on the Jack Paar Tonight show. Film shots of Rita Marlowe and Tony Randall in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?". Close-up: Just a simple little dressmaker - Coco Chanel. The hair of the Dog. Full page color ad Seagram's Golden Gin. Full page color Blue Bell clothes ad.
VG - $27
G - $17
F (Generally G, but one corner bent) - $7

Life Magazine August 26, 1957: Cover - Roman Pool at San Simeon, the late William Randolph Hearst's estate. Amazing cockpit photos as John McGuyrt escapes an out-of-control jet during test flight. Full page color Post-Tens ad will illustration by Dick sargent, father and son balancing dishes, newspaper, and cereal. Alpine tragedy and rescue : Italian Claudio Corti on Eiger in the Swiss Alps. Barstow, California's new hospital finished, but too broke to open. Anthrax kills cattle in Oklahoma. Camden, Maine plays Peyton Place. Photo essay - A unique tour of San Simeon. Close-up: A peacemaking minister, Reverend C. Myers, in gangland. Periscope Peepers. Cute full page color Canada Dry ad with a tiny boy hiding sodas from his older brother behind his back. Full page Clairol hair color ad.
G - $17

Life Magazine September 2, 1957 : Cover - Major David Simmons takes his own portrait as he reaches 100,000 feet in a balloon. Photo essay - A jouncing tour of Kipling's wild land, American journalists Pierre and Peggy Streit through A James Cagney in Man of a thousand Faces, creates movie biography of Lon Chaney, nice little photos of make-up process for Phantom of the Opera. Afghanistan and Nepal;. 50 exposure photo of Jill Feldser of Atlanta in her 100 bathing suits. What really DID happen in David Steeves' story of crashing and walking out of the Sierra Nevada? Reform plan for schools. Photo essay - The Asiatic flu. The man who hit too many home runs; Dick Stuart. Finless Edsels , the first new car brought out by a major U.S. manufacturer in almost twenty years. Fashion: skirts get shorter. A Low Level Dogfight. Full page color ad Ballantine Light Ale. Nice Howard Johnson's ad full page color.
VG - $27
G - $15

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Life Magazine September 9, 1957 : Cover - A New York Street gang, painting by Robert Weaver. Wow - two page Celanese contemporary fiber ad with full page color photo of lady in stunning red gown, Arnel fabrics, Vocama. Editorial - Another kind of public enemy- Jimmy Hoffa. Photo essay - Debate about going steady, parents don't like it!. Cute full page color Post Toasties cereal ad, Dick Sargent illustration of young girl asleep upside down in armchair. 25th anniversary of two radio queens: Ma Perkins and Helen Trent. Movie: "Pajama Game" stars Doris Day . Part I of Life's series on Crime in the U.S.. Monterrey, Mexico Little League players win the championship, despite arriving in Texas without a change of clothes and their belongings in paper bags. Congressional weddings. A candid music critic: Lynn Jones, 3 of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. Full page color ad pink Cadillac. Color full page Crest toothpaste ad.
G - $26
F (All G, but first couple pages have light water marking) - $12

Life Magazine September 16, 1957 : Cover - Chief of Cincinnati's Model Police Force: Stanley Schrotel on the phone at headquarters. Backstage in quest to become Miss America. Full page Western Union telegram ad with Ed Sullivan. Four school years since end of segregation and troubles still exist in Arkansas and other parts of the south. Driver Charles Musselman flips his car at Langhorne Speedway in Philadelphia and gets only bruises. "robot camera" photos of the event. How to pitch to Mantle and Williams, pitchers give tips, photos. Photo essay - A Frenchman, Pierre Boular, looks at American women. Part II of Life's series on Crime in the U.S.A fearful climb up a tower. Nothing to Crow About: Linnual Denton of Post, Texas and crow named Jim. West Side Story review with color photos. Full page color Green Giant ad. Full page color Fresh Frozen Orange Juice ad featuring baseball player Robin Roberts.
G - $15

Life Magazine September 23, 1957 : Cover - Top fashion Model to New Film Star: Suzy Parker. Part III of Life's series on "Crime in the U.S.", with illustrations by Marshall Davis. Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus' Illiad and Odyssey. After 450 years, the U.S. Navy finds a safe northwest passage. Pictures of member of the "Handlebar Club" in England... big, bushy mustachios. Photo essay - Gunners' choice: Sites favored by ducks and hunters. Photo essay - In the image of the master: the famous photographs of Matthew Brady. Close-up: A poet's pilgrimage : Robert Frost. Bellot Strait is first workable Northwest Passage. U.S. Tennis Championship at Forest Hills won by Australian Malcolm Anderson and the first black woman to play there, Althea Gibson. Study with a new twist: Diane Fuller of Minneapolis, Minnesota . Full page color Corby's Whiskey ad. Post Toasties full page color ad.
F (Generally G , but has number of bent corner tips and some foxing) - $5
F (All G, nice, but has an address label scar) - $5

Life Magazine September 30, 1957: Cover - Kay Kendalland Rex Harrison stand beside a wall at Noel Cowart's home in Jamaica, many production photos from Les Girls. Catholic Church demands businesses remain closed on Sundas. Full page color Hiram Walker ad will butler illustration by Ludwig Bemelmans, Princess Yasmine, Rita Hayworth's daughter, drives a winner in a sulky race. Photo essay - Part IV in Life's series on "Crime in U.S.", With two portfolios: Maximum security fortresses to keep men in, with illustrations by Gregoria Prestopino and Prison from within. Close-up: Busy days for IBM's Tom Watson. Display of Aerial jackstraws at Chicago's Soldier Field. Cute full page color Norcross Greeting Cards ad featuring Queen-size cards. Full page Buster Brown Shoes color ad.
G - $15
F (All VG, VG cover, but one page has a tear and a few pages have small scuffs) - $7

Life Magazine October 7, 1957 : Color cover - U.S. troops take over in Arkansas (Central High School in Little Rock), a week of civil strife. Beginning in this issue : "Man's new world, Part 1 - technical triumphs to shape daily lives. U.S. takes lead in NATO maneuvers from Mediterranean to Norwegian Sea. Women of Winnipeg unite to spare a tree. Massachusetts Mutual ad with small black and white illustration of kids by Norman Rockwell. "Crime in the U.S." - Part 5. Jimmy Dean - quick rise of an early riser. Riches for designer Wragge and also a Winnie. Robinson and Basilio have the grudge fight of the decade. Critical priest loses campus rights and there is a furor at Princeton. Tokyo calypso - bilingual swing. Youngest American chess master - Robert (Bobby) Fischer at 14. Lavish ship ball at dockside. Piccard family's new fangled - a cluster of balloons. Full page color Pepsi-Cola ad features cut illustration of  travelers consulting their map.
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Life Magazine October 14, 1957 : Cover - Milwaukee celebrates the beginning of the World Series as Manager, Fred Haney rides in a motorcade. Jimmy Hoffa's muscles rule the Teamsters Hoffa elected Teamster president. Soviets launch first successful satellite, to the chagrin of the U.S. Full page color Smirnoff Vodka ad features Buster Keaton as a cowboy in oversize chaps. First customers, first program, for pay television. Sketches from Ronald Searle's cartoon movie of the history of energy. Photo essay - Hunting the huge Alaska brown bear. Photo essay - Picasso the Sculptor. Photo essay - Ordeal for the "Beasts": West Point plebes. Part V of Life's series "Crime in U.S.". Close-up: Albert Camus: action-packed intellectual. Nature: worm that turns the water on. Science: Utah gets stone dinosaur. Picture that made a big impression: Policeman Maurice Cullinane of Washington, D.C. with 2 year-old Allen Weaver. Full page color ad Pan American Airline. Cute full page color ad Life Savers.
G - $17

Life Magazine October 21, 1957 : Color cover - U.S. scientists (Smithsonian Observatory scientists working at M.I.T.) plot orbit. Soviet Satellite Special, why U.S lost the race to Sputnik. Full page color Campbell Kids ad for their birthday. City planning symposium at Connecticut building with gardens landscaped by Isamu Noguchi. First time women students at Muhlenberg College. Brazil photo story by Dmitre Kessel. Governor Author Foster Furcolo. Voices of conscience heard in Little Rock. Excerpt from Foster Furcolo's comic novel. Lawyer Edward Bennett Williams - defender for the unpopular. Braves win World Series, Milwaukee's celebration. New Man-made fur - bearskin. Nice full page color Calvert whiskey ad with colorful graphic illustration of a neighborhood party. Full page color Western electric ad with photo of 11-foot high racks of telephone switches behind the scenes.
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Life Magazine October 28, 1957 : Color cover - Queen opens Canada Parliament, opulent interior of chambers. Great two page photo of eight large bears mounted by Jonas Brothers taxidermy in Seattle. Photo of Judy Garland making London stage return after six years. Andrea Doria visited by divers. Lester Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize. Full page color Post Treat-Pak ad with charming Dick Sargent illustration of young trick-or-treater. Ghostly American Legends photo essay. Nazi V bombs by Constance Babington-Smith. TV westerns. Gidget, Kathy Kohner, surfing. Elizabeth and Philip visit America. Soviets rattle swords over Syria. Russia hints at the moon "maybe soon." Brilliant British feat in finding Nazi V-bombs. Minneapolis museum buys a $36,0000 goddess. Dr. Bela Schick. TV goes wild over westerns. Gathering of free enterprisers is held at San Francisco - International Industrial Development Conference. Two page color Texaco ad outlines 22 services offered at dealers in all 48 states.
G - $15

Life Magazine November 4, 1957 : Cover - Elizabeth Taylor and daughter, Liza Todd. Photo essay - High-born beauties of Europe as elegant sweater girls. Great two page photo of Army Signal Corps trainees in the 30-foot high pole orchard. U.S. tries to catch up in missile race. Close-up: A poetic reprise for Chicago's Laureate: Carl Sandburg returns to his adopted city. Photo essay - Fairy tales on TV, Mickey Rooney, Van Johnson, Shirley Temple. Photo essay - Look of the West Inspires New Art, Douglas snow, Enrique Montenegro, Richard Diebenkorn, Louis Bunce. Coming out of 1958 car models. The historic skull of Shanidar cave in Iraq. Interference for the other side. Nice full page color ad for Coca-Cola. Cute Post Cereal's full page color ad.
G - $35

Life Magazine November 11, 1957 : Cover - In Buffalo, New York inventor Walter Byrd and wife, Helen pose in air-supported dome for all-year swimming. Ghastly look of a Film Fad, horror films are the biggest profit makers, not recommended for people of nervous disposition. Bright and dynamic two page color Pall Mall cigarette ad. Photo essay - spirited Survey of U.S. Painting, Hopper, de Kooning, Demuth, Whistler. Opera Baritone George London prefers to play villains and sinners. Kansas Turnpike, which ended abruptly in Amos Switzer's field on the Oklahoma border, finally gets a link so Amos can stop rescuing motorists who drive off the end. $15 million dollar fortune in bat guano in the Grand Canyon. Part II of "Man's New World". A hilarious elephant hunt. Photo essay -Tomorrow's life today. Intimate portrait of a Russian master spy: Rudolf Abel, with sketches by Abel himself. A mixed gait. Elegant two page color ad for the new DeSoto. Full page Buicks' air born B-58 ad.
G - $17

Life Magazine November 18, 1957 : Cover - Werner Von Braun, top U.S. Space Expert, and Moon Rocket model. Sputnik II in the air, dogstronaut Laika, dog in space. Hefty pros get heftier, color and B&W photos of National Football League big boys in action, can you say George Blanda and Johnny Unitas. Destination outer space. Cute full page color Canada Dry ad with small boy in cowboy duds, group of 3 Native Americans roped behind him. 40th anniversary of Bolshevism. Photo essay - The seer of space. Modern prophet of Israel: Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Brigitte Bardot in And God Created Woman. New Hillsdale High in San Mateo has skylights but no windows. Making children's records. Israel's Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, illustrations by David Fredenthal. A moment in history: President Eisenhower speaks and everyone listens. Caterpillar with 10/10 vision. Color two page Ford Motor Company ad showing their new cars for 1958. Two page Buick color ad for their air-borne red B-58 .
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Life Magazine November 25, 1957 : Cover - Elsa Martinelli, actress, model and countess. The missile makers, introducing the leaders of our crucial industry. Lassie gets a new family as show cast changes. New data provides a portrait of Sputnik II. Nonstop jet flight caps US air stunts in Argentina. Pictorial essay - Stravinsky on 75th anniversary. Who says slim profile monitors are a new invention? - Full page color Sylvania TV ad boasts a cabinet only 10 inches deep! Cool photo of massive sink hole on Ravenna Boulevard in Seattle, sewer line break. R.B. Robertson, LIFE correspondent, attempts to reach the south pole in the Antarctic, includes Earland Hedblom, John Findlay, John Rose, Conrad Gus Shinn. Great photo of boxer Gene Fullmer getting his face mashed. Full page color Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal ad with Marshmallow crispy Treats (rice krispie bars) recipe. Biggest architectural show - Berlin covers 60 acres with bold new buildings. Terry Brennan, coach of Notre Dame. Surfcasters (fishing) during Florida storms, including Robert Appleton. Ustinov in Romanoff and Juliet. Lurcy art collection sells for records $1.7 million. Latin party for Louis Armstrong in Buenos Aires. Edward Weston's first color photos, dramatic! Harry Conway tests an emergency airplane pickup technique at 150 MPH. Nice full page color Schwinn bicycle ad, with bunch of kids and the Tornado bike.
G - $17

Life Magazine December 2, 1957 : Cover - Khrushchev speaking at a Moscow party. Murder and mystery in Plainfield, Wisconsin, the appalling horror of Ed Gein. Photo essay - The cocktail party: hurrah? Full page color Coro Jewelry ad sells baubles for the holidays, sparkling necklaces in gold tone and gem color for $3, she'll be delighted! Khrushchev, the man behind the masks, they say he has four faces, must make shaving a drag. Sports: Big jump on the ski season: rugged workouts in White Plains, New York gym. Classes in store windows in Cook County, Illinois, to celebrate National Education Week. Sallie Blair is seasons' hit singer. Model llama in a New York taxi. Close-up: Henry J. Kaiser and his new Hawaiian playground. Fashion: The muumuu is new dress. Photo essay - Claude Monet's influence on contemporary painters including Sam Francis. Treasury of English eccentrics. A bubble that has ears: Steve Wessels of Champaign, Illinois. Full page color ad Eastman Kodak Company shows he many cameras offered. Full page color ad Parker Pens with Bob Hope.
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Life Magazine December 9, 1957 : Cover - Richard Nixon and White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty talk to Press in White House. Great photos of sailors struggling to bring in a Navy blimp on a windy day by Bill Clinkscales. Two page color ad for Remington Shavers, featuring Mr. and Mrs. John Wayne. Buy your share of paradise, two page color ad encourages buying lots in Port Charlotte, Florida for $10 down, $10 a month. Cops in tiny town of Appalachian, NY breakup a party of 60 mob-connected guests at Joe Barbara's, who'd a thunk they'd be noticed in a population of 277? Vito Genovese, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano, others. Helen Hayes in "Time Remembered". Diego Rivera's stormy funeral. Editorial: The president in crisis. Photo essay - The heroes of a beloved painter: N.C. Wyeth. Photo essay - The Algerian dilemma. Spaak and the summit. Fashion: Balloon dress. Movies: River Kwai is exciting, provocative war adventure. High Horse with View, Muzzle in a fourth-floor Greenwich village stall. Full page color ad Evening in Paris perfume. Full page color ad for the Lincoln Continental Mark III, blue.
VG - $38

Life Magazine December 16, 1957 : Cover - Mary and Jesus by Michelangelo, photo essay of Madonnas inside by Mark Kauffman, Gjon Mili, and Howard Sochurek. Full page black and red Dutch Masters cigar ad, Santa's coat full of cigars illustration by Andre Francois. Soviet Science. Vanguard blow up, dramatic photos. Foggy train crash in London. Teamsters get the Heave-Ho. NATO and general Norstad. Thomas Wolfe novel Look Homeward. Angel in Play. London train wreck. Hammarskjold settles a Mid-Eastern squabble. Bill-padding scam in trucking industry leads to invention of fuel meter which actually measures the amount of gas pumped. Sultry Anna Magnani in Wild is the Wind. Philadelphia puts on big swan roundup. Giant Frenchman Jean Lefebvre at Gonzaga is a size 21 dilemma in basketball shoes. Delightful photo story of Junior High students in New York making their own film about the Crusades. New York's Idlewild airport opens new terminal building. Lingerie goes on a 1920 kick. Full page ad, Marlon Brano and Miiko Taka in Michener's Sayonara. Full page color Lucky Strike ad encouraging us to give, serve, and enjoy Luckies. US students and scientists work hard to catch up in the rocket race, includes section on science classes and clubs for youth.
G - $22
F (Generally G, but has extra tanning) - $9

Life Magazine December 23, 1957 : Cover - Information Officer with Monks in Laos, beautiful saffron colored image. Two in One issue. Dramatic full page American Express travel service ad shows Big Ben at night. Special Edition: America's World Abroad, millions of ambassadors over the earth. Section I: Shows Americans getting things done overseas, NATO, global business, color photos of the hunt for foreign oil. Section II: Here are America's globe-girdling defenses. Section III: is generally about the myriad, fascinating and often surprising individual Americans who can be found in countless foreign situations. Special feature, Women Overseas. Section IV: Deals with some people who play a particular role in forming the image of America that other people have. Global Aspects of U.S. Business with painting by Mitchell Jamieson. One and a half page color Pontiac ad, in the background the Mackinac Straits bridge. Full page color ad Coca-Cola with Santa.
G - $25