Popular Mechanics Magazine 1940 - 1949

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Date:

Description

Condition

Price ea.

January, 1940

Self-Launching Boat – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

February, 1940

Super-Liner Designed to Fly 500 Across the Atlantic – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

March, 1940

Destroyer vs. Submarine – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

April, 1940

Battleship

G/VG

$12.50

May, 1940

Setting Traps for Enemy Ships – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

June, 1940

Ski Slide Launches Heavy Planes – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

July, 1940

Barge on Wheels – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

August, 1940

Seeking Power for Space Rockets

G/VG

$12.50

September, 1940

Battleship of the Future

G/VG

$15.00

October, 1940

Highway Engineers – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

November, 1940

1941 Cars in Color

G/VG

$15.00

December, 1940

Planning the World of Tomorrow by Walter Dorwin Teague (Futuristic Train cover) – 3 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

January, 1941

Military Aerial Photographer – 5 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

February, 1941

Troop Glider Lands Troops – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

March, 1941

Heavy Army Tank Aerial – 5 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

April, 1941

Night Spotters – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

May, 1941

Men in Armor Open Power Line Switches – 5 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

June, 1941

Diesel Train Locomotive – Santa Fe RR – 6 copies

G/VG

$12.50

July, 1941

Merry-Go-Round Plane Launcher

Good

$12.50`

August, 1941

Family Airplane – 5 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

September, 1941

Balloon Parachuters – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

October, 1941

Tank Gunners – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

November, 1941

Police Lab Bus. Also: The 1942 Cars – 5 copies

G/VG

$12.50

December, 1941

Streamline Design for War Machine (on water)

G/VG

$15.00

 

January, 1942

Railroad Snow Plow – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

February, 1942

Hydraulic Control Systems Tests – 6 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

March, 1942

Building the Liberty Fleet - Generator – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

April, 1942

Battle Ship Guns Blazing – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

May, 1942

Airship Carrier for War Planes – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

June, 1942

Dogs of War – Radar cover

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

July, 1942

Ammunition Carrier Towed by Armed Truck

Good

$10.00

August, 1942

US Flag Cover

G/VG

$17.50

Same

Good

$15.00

September, 1942

Rocket Launchers – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

October, 1942

Submarine Net

Good

$10.00

November, 1942

Airplane/Bombs cover – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

December, 1942

Toboggan War, Age of Air

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1943

Freighter’s Rocket Gun Snarls Plane in Wires

G/VG

$12.50

February, 1943

“Noiseless” Sea Skimmer to Battle Submarines – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

March, 1943

Cable-Layer Vehicle

G/VG

$12.50

April, 1943

Pennsylvania RR Streamlined Locomotive Engine

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

May, 1943

Tanks Attacking

G/VG

$12.50

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

June, 1943

Torpedoes Ricochet Off Water to Hit Nazi Bombers – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

July, 1943

Seasickness Machine – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

August, 1943

US Flag Cover

Good

$12.50

September, 1943

Russian Rocket Guns – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

October, 1943

Women Aircraft Workers. Also: Planes of 1953 prediction – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

November, 1943

Plane Tank Treads

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good, cover chipped

$7.50

December, 1943

Half-Track Ack-Ack Guns

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1944

Troop & Vehicle Ship

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

February, 1944

On-Again, Off-Again Railroad

G/VG

$12.50

March, 1944

Truck Transporter – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

April, 1944

Water Spray Shields Lifeboat in Sea of Flames

G/VG

$12.50

May, 1944

Coastal Island “Fort” Blasts Planes

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

June, 1944

Transport Plane – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

July, 1944

Buy War Bonds, Battleship cover  -- 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

August, 1944

Air Force Gliders

Good, edge tears

$10.00

September, 1944

WWII Fighter Airplane

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

October, 1944

Snow Tank

G/VG

$12.50

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

November, 1944

Tank Flame-Throwers

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good –spine dmg

$7.50

December, 1944

Tank-Carrying Cargo Plane

G/VG

$12.50

 

January, 1945

Turbine Locomotive – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good, torn cover

$6.00

February, 1945

USS Missouri

Not Available

NA

March, 1945

Rocket-Firing LCVP

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

April, 1945

Flying Jeep – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

May, 1945

Skid Loader (Lumber) – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Good – chewed corner

$6.00

June, 1945

To the American People – Statement by US Generals – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

July, 1945

Skydome Train cover – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

August, 1945

Lumberjack Sky Ride – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good, corner chipped

$7.50

 

Same

Good – chewed corner

$6.00

September, 1945

The B-32: Our Newest Superbomber – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

October, 1945

Underwater Skim-Fishing – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

December, 1945

Waterside Airport (Idlewild)

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1946

Snow Plow

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

February, 1946

Science & Weather  – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

March, 1946

Yangtze Dam – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

April, 1946

Flying Water Bugs – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

May, 1946

Undersea Movies, Mechanics of Golf  – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$7.50

June, 1946

Speedway in a Saucer – Miniature Midget Racers – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

July, 1946

Garden in the Desert (Dam cover) – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

August, 1946

Movie Western Thrills  – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$7.50

September, 1946

Horse Race Starting Gate  – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

October, 1946

Redwoods Models – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good – chewed corner

$6.00

November, 1946

Barge-Carrying Ship – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

December, 1946

New Rivers for the West – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

 

January, 1947

Supersonic Rocket Plane 

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

February, 1947

Snow Tractor 

Good

$7.50

March, 1947

Rocket (Locomotive) Brakes 

G/VG

$10.00

April, 1947

The House You Can Build Yourself

G/VG

$10.00

Same

Good

$7.50

May, 1947

Channel-Wing Plane  -- 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

June, 1947

Dress Parade on Rails (Streamlined Train)

Good – cover insect dmg

$7.50

July, 1947

Bubble Boat

G/VG

$10.00

August, 1947

Bus Train  – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good, cover insect dmg

$7.50

September, 1947

World’s Largest Crane

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

October, 1947

Water Bomb for Forest Fires – 6 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

 

Good – spine damage

$6.00

November, 1947

New Army Tank Carrier – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

 

Same

Good, spine fray

$7.50

 

Same

Good – soiled cover

$6.00

December, 1947

Making Christmas Gifts – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

 

January, 1948

Ski Lift cover

Good

$10.00

February, 1948

Windjammers of the Snowdrift – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

March, 1948

Build Your Own Cruiser – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

April, 1948

See the New Crop of Light Cars – Towne Shopper cover

Not Available

NA

May, 1948

Diving Mechanics – 5 copies

G/VG

$10.00

June, 1948

Bomber Carries Jet Fighters – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

July, 1948

Sailing the Winged “Seabird” – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

August, 1948

Tree Cutter – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

September, 1948

Jet “Take-Off” From Mud – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

October, 1948

Running Ropes (Football Practice) – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

November, 1948

North Pole Weather Run

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

December, 1948

Model Plane Take-off – 5 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

 

January, 1949

100 Years of the Iron Horse – 4 copies

G/VG

$15.00

February, 1949

Build Your Own Uranium Detector

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

Same

Good – ragged spine

$7.50

March, 1949

Ice-Water “Scoot” (Propeller Driven) – 6 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

April, 1949

We Built This Cabin for $300

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

 

Same

Good, stain

$6.00

May, 1949

Rocket Fires Rescue Line – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

June, 1949

“Spider” Carries a Human Fly (Bridge worker) – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

July, 1949

Passenger Rocket

G/VG

$12.50

August, 1949

Pocket SOS

Good

$7.50

September, 1949

Beachhead Flying Boat

Not Available

NA

October, 1949

Ice Scoot – Built for Winner Fun – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

November, 1949

Sea Dozer – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

December, 1949

Skiers Ferry Vehicle/Tractor

Good

$7.50

 

Same

Good, taped cover

$6.00

 

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