Fortune Magazine, Vol. 24, No. 3, July 1941
New York: Time, Inc., 1941. Softcover. Folio, 14" x 11 1/4." 175 pp. Perfect bound magazine printed on heavy paper. With color and black and white photos, illustrations, features and advertisements. A rare complete World War II-era copy of the legendary business magazine founded by publisher Henry R. Luce four months after the Wall Street Crash, and noted for its cover art, photography and writing. Cover art by Robert Yarnall Richie. Covering WWII, this issue includes a series of articles on Free China's Resistance to Japan's invasion; A Rundown on World Oil Production [when the U.S. was the top producer by a factor of 10]; First-Person Report by Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, and first woman cabinet officer [with an illustration by Arthur Szyk]; Report on Vultee Aircraft and a report on wartime production in Bridgeport, CT. Many full-page advertisements by America's largest corporations at the time, including: GE, GM, Lucky Strike, Ethyl, B.F. Goodrich, Chain Belt Co. more. Also includes photographs by Carl Mydans, Walker Evans, and industrial photography by Ansel Adams. Includes two [2] loose inserts: "The Ninth Fortune Round Table 'Labor Policy and National Defense,' Seaview Country Club, Absecon, New Jersey, May 9,10,11, 1941" sixteen [16] pp., 8" x 12 1/2" and "Hitler Turns on Stalin" a single sheet 9" x 11 1/2" supplement to the issue with the following Editor's Note: "The following analysis, discussing the probable effect of a startling development in the General Conflict, was specially prepared to supplement the article 'Grand Strategy of World War II' in the July issue of Fortune." Very Good with a small amount of wear at the bottom of the front page and first approx. ten [10] pp. as well as the spine extremities. Sound, tight and square. Item #621234
Price: $75.00