Popular Science Magazine 1940 - 1949

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 Popular Science Book Publications

 

Date:

Description

Condition

Price:

January, 1940

Fighting the Air Raiders – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$10.00

February, 1940

Roof-Top Heat Trap

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

March, 1940

One-Man Helicopters

G/VG

$12.50

Same – 5 copies

Good

$10.00

April, 1940

Pontoon Fishing Boat  -- 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$10.00

May, 1940

‘Chutes Trap War Planes – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

June, 1940

Forecasting Your 1942 Car

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

July, 1940

Bi-Plane Launching from Aircraft Carrier illus. cover – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

August, 1940

“Machine-Gun Skeet” Makes Flying Marksmen

G/VG

$12.50

September, 1940

Defended Our Coasts – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$5.00

October, 1940

Bombs vs. Warships – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

November, 1940

Testing Your 1941 Car – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

December, 1940

How Naval Battles Are Won – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

January, 1941

Dive Bombers Swarm for Defense – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$6.00

February, 1941

Can Air Defense Save America?  - 5 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

March, 1941

Destroyer Hitting Power – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$7.50

April, 1941

Fighter Planes cover

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

May, 1941

Our Infantry’s New Weapons – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

June, 1941

Training America’s Air Dogfighters – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$7.50

 

Same

Fair/Good

$6.00

July, 1941

40,000 Pilots For Defense – 3 copies

Good

$7.50

August, 1941

Pilots & Plane cover – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

September, 1941

New Dive Bombers – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

October, 1941

New Tools for Army Strength – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

Same – 5 copies

Good

$7.50

November, 1941

Fighter Planes illus. cover by John T. McCoy Jr.  1942 Cars within – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

 

Same

Fair/Good

$6.00

December, 1941

Guarding Our Coasts Against Night Bombs – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1942

Air Corps Cover – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

February, 1942

Sky Destroyers for the Army – B-17

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 5 copies

Good

$12.50

March, 1942

Fighting the Submarine Menace

G/VG

$12.50

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

April, 1942

Dive Bomber cover – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

May, 1942

70th Anniversary Issue. Parachute Bombers for Offense – 6 copies

G/VG

$15.00

June, 1942

Gas That Saves Lives (Fire Truck cover) – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

July, 1942

How Bomber Teamwork Wins – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

August, 1942

US Flag cover – 2 copies

G/VG

$17.50

September, 1942

Training Soldier – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

October, 1942

Coastal Gun Battery  – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Fair/Good

$7.50

November, 1942

Military Aviator & Plane – 5 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

December, 1942

Can We Win the Battle of the Atlantic? – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1943

Fighting Planes & Tanks WWII action cover by Jo Kotula – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

February, 1943

Our Navy in the Air – Combat Planes

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

March, 1943

How We Save Torpedoed Seamen - 4 copies

Good

$10.00

April, 1943

Battleship & Planes – Action cover – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

May, 1943

Slingshot Planes – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

Same

Good

$7.50

June, 1943

What is the Truth About Our Aircraft Engines?

G/VG

$12.50

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

July, 1943

Armor of Smoke Stops Dive Bombers. Also: New Army & Navy Medals – 3 copies

GVG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

August, 1943

Army Signalman – 6 copies

G/VG

$12.50

September, 1943

Fort Busters, Your Home Post-War, Postwar Trains, Air Force Guns – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

October, 1943

I Am a Tank-Destroyer Commander

G/VG

$15.00

November, 1943

How Flyers Breathe At Extreme Altitudes

Not Available

NA

Special Nov., 1943

School and College Issue – Student Supplement For Use with Official  War Dept. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads,

G/VG

$15.00

December, 1943

WWII Action cover – Bombers attacking Airstrip (UK Mosquito plane)

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

Special Dec., 1943

School and College Issue -- Student Supplement For Use with Official War Depart. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

January, 1944

Fighter Pilot

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 5 copies

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

Special Jan., 1944

School and College Issue -- Student Supplement For Use with Official War Depart. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads

G/VG

$15.00

February, 1944

War Gliders

Not Available

NA

Special Feb., 1944

School and College Issue – Student Supplement For Use with Official  War Dept. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads – 2 copies

VG

$15.00

March, 1944

Hellcat in Action – Battle Markings of World’s Fighting Planes in color

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

 

Same

Good – detached cvr

$7.50

Special March, 1944

School and College Issue – Student Supplement For Use with official War Dept. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

April, 1944

What Ship Is This?, Military Aerial Photos, 28 Walt Disney Cartoon Insignia in Color

Not Available

NA

Special April, 1944

School and College Issue – Student Supplement For Use with Official  War Dept. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads

G/VG

$15.00

May, 1944

Rear Gunner photo cover

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

Special May, 1944

School and College Issue – Student Supplement For Use with Official  War Dept. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads – 3 copies

VG

$15.00

June, 1944

Commuter Plane cover

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

 

Same – School Edition (Fewer ads) – 3 copies

Good

$7.50

July, 1944

Buy War Bonds

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

August, 1944

Rebuilding a Torpedoed Ship

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

September, 1944

P-51 (?) Cover

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

October, 1944

Various topics – Air Force Insignia inside – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

Special Oct., 1944

School and College Issue – Student Supplement For Use with Official  War Dept. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads

G/VG

$15.00

November, 1944

Why Japan Can’t Stop the B-29

Not Available

NA

Special Nov., 1944

School and College Issue – Student Supplement For Use with Official  War Dept. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads

VG

$15.00

December, 1944

Various topics – P-63 Color Pin-up

G/VG

$12.50

Special Dec., 1944

School and College Issue – Student Supplement For Use with Official  War Dept. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads

VG

$15.00

 

January, 1945

Jap Soldier illus. cover by Leydenfrost – 3 copies

G/VG

$15.00

Special Jan., 1945

School and College Issue – Student Supplement For Use with Official  War Dept. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads, Jap Soldier illus cover by Leydenfrost

VG

$20.00

February, 1945

Jap Fighter, Poison Gas, etc.

G/VG

$15.00

Special Feb., 1945

School and College Issue – Student Supplement For Use with Official  War Dept. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads

VG

$20.00

March, 1945

Airports of the Future cover – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

April, 1945

Various cover topics – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

Special April, 1945

School and College Issue – Student Supplement For Use with Official  War Dept. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads

VG

$15.00

May, 1945

Air-Age Dirigibles – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

Special May, 1945

School and College Issue – Student Supplement For Use with Official  War Dept. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads

VG

$15.00

June, 1945

Hitting the Silk, Patrol Bomber, Norden Bombsight

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

July, 1945

American Destroyers

Not Available

NA

August, 1945

WWII Aviation – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$10.00

September, 1945

Newest “Amphibs” for Invading Japan --  Frederic Tellander cover

G/VG

$12.50

October, 1945

Insignia, Model Helicopter, Discharge Button, Colors

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

 

Same

Good, torn cover

$7.50

November, 1945

How Our Navy Builds Bases – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

December, 1945

Atomic Engines by 1955, Atomic Insignia, Scale-Model Engines, Fluorescent Xmas Tree Lamps

G/VG

$10.00

 

January, 1946

Science Looks to Stars Again (Giant Telescope)

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$7.50

February, 1946

Why US Needs New Ships – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$7.50

March, 1946

Stop Gap Housing (For Housing Shortages)

G/VG

$10.00

April, 1946

How to Drive and Stay Alive

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

May, 1946

Fifty Miles Up This Summer (Missile) – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

Special April, 1946

School and College Issue -- Student Supplement For Use with Official War Depart. Pre-Induction Training Courses, No Ads

Good

$12.50

June, 1946

Television Reaches Out (Top of Empire State Building cover) – 5 copies

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good

$15.00

July, 1946

Wind at Work for Tomorrow’s Planes – 5 copies

G/VG

$10.00

Same

Good

$7.50

August, 1946

What to Look for in Pre-Fabs – 5 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

September, 1946

Air Travel for Everybody – 6 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

October, 1946

More Power on Wheels (Locomotive) – 6 copies

G/VG

$12.50

November, 1946

How New Cars Package People – 5 copies

G/VG

$12.50

December, 1946

Are Workshoppers Wacky?

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1947

Here Come the New Fire Engines – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good, cover wear

$7.50

February, 1947

TV Underwater – On the Job – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

March, 1947

Going Up for Keeps (Rocket cover)

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good, taped

$7.50

April, 1947

Cars Can Be Safer

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Fair, gouged

$7.50

May, 1947

Science Never Stops – 75th Anniversary Issue  -- 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

 

Same – High School Edition (fewer ads)

G/VG

$15.00

June, 1947

The War Against Hail – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good – soiled cover

$7.50

July, 1947

New Plans for Panama – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

August, 1947

Polar Prowl Car – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

September, 1947

Sandhogs’ Toughest Job

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$7.50

October, 1947

Taming the Turbojets – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Good, back cover detached

$7.50

November, 1947

First Magazine Cover Sent by Full-Color Radio Facsimile – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good –soiled cover

$7.50

December, 1947

Diving Balloon (Piccard) – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Good, pgs. 89-94 missing

$7.50

 

January, 1948

Dirt Track in the Sky (Plane Races) – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

February, 1948

New Guns for Human Bullets – 5 copies

G/VG

$10.00

March, 1948

This Can Happen To You (Auto Accident)

Not Available

NA

April, 1948

10 Easy Ways to Get that Extra Room – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good, spine tears

$7.50

May, 1948

Are Secret Balloons the Flying Saucers? – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

June, 1948

Your Back-Yard Resort – 5 copies

G/VG

$10.00

July, 1948

Inside Story of the New Ford – 16 pages – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

August, 1948

What Can Our Bombers Do Now? – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

September, 1948

How Dual-Fuels Pep Up Cars – 5 copies

G/VG

$10.00

October, 1948

Your Home: Your Own Firetrap! – 4 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

 

Same – School Edition (Fewer ads)

Good

$7.50

November, 1948

“Free-Piston” Power Train Engine – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

December, 1948

How the New Toys Work – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

 

January, 1949

Why Navy Wants Supercarriers – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$10.00

February, 1949

What You Want To Know About Television 

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 6 copies

Good

$12.50

March, 1949

Sun Furnace In Your Attic – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

April, 1949

First Pictures of Kaiser Utility Car – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

May, 1949

Is US Building a “New Moon”? – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

June, 1949

New Subs are Undersea Aircraft - 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

July, 1949

Fairground Ride Cover – How You Are Thrilled, but Not Killed – 6 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

August, 1949

Can Superfighters Stop the Bombers? – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

September, 1949

Studebaker’s New Aero Nose

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

October, 1949

Scoop-Wing Plane Leaps Off Lawn – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

November, 1949

Inside Story of Gar Wood’s Sea Speeder – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

December, 1949

Everybody’s Furniture Anyone Can Make

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

 

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