Whiting Frances Ed (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. 11 1/4" X 8 1/2". 192pp. Wear to paper wraps with rubbing, toning, creasing, chipping, and tears to covers, corners, and edges. Light soiling to text block, most notably at spine where it is causing slight warping. Age-toning to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. The age of the magazine makes its covers feel tender, however, binding remains sound. This volume features cover art "Black Magic" by Bradshaw Crandell, as well as short stories (including one by C.S. Forester), articles, special features, a novelette, and color and black-and-white advertisements from the era. A worn but overall solid copy of this 1945 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine. Cosmopolitan magazine, originally established in 1886 as a literary publication, underwent a significant transformation in the 1960s under the ownership of the Hearst Corporation. Acquired by Hearst in 1905, the magazine shifted from its literary roots to become a leading women's publication under the editorship of Helen Gurley Brown in 1965. Embracing the changing attitudes of the time, Cosmopolitan began focusing on women's issues, relationships, fashion, beauty, and sexual liberation. This shift in content propelled its success, leading to international expansions and the adaptation of the brand to various cultures.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Two issues from war and post war years (July 1945, February 1948), VG, light wear or foxing along edges, 1948 has bent pages at rear. Plenty of ads, departments lacking current Cosmo's heavy duty emphasis on sex and enticing fashion--here a more refined and literary person is created, about 170pps each. 1945 issue with articles on Eddie Rickenbacker by Bob Considine, Westbrook Pegler, Sinclair Lewis, Vina Delmar, photos from forthcoming book Naked City by Weegee (7pps), Ann Sheridan, Kathleen Norris; 1948 issue presents James Mason (why I don't want to go to Hollywood), Kay Wister, Philip Wylie (what's wrong with youthfulness), colour ad for the 1948 Studebaker convertible at the beach, Soviet article on American politicians as warmongers (early cold war stuff), girls--how to recognize a psychopathic man, a progressive Missouri all-girls college (Stephens), how to tell the young the truth about sex, story about the international diamonds market--and no articles about fashion, hair or young women's appearance.…