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What are people saying about MOREMAGAZINES? In addition to the wonderful ebay feedback from our customers (thank you very much!), we receive all kinds of interesting notes of thanks and interest about the magazines they bought. We LOVE to hear these stories, so keep them coming! -- Here is a SMALL sample!
Hi Edward- I received the Car Ad book today. I've been glued to it all day. It really is much more than I expected it to be. Where did you find it? I have a fairly large collection of Model T postcards, tags, tools, early car show pictures and much more. This book makes three that I have from the Model T era. All taken together, it makes a fun collection. I'll leave positive feedback for you this evening and hope to bid with you again. Have a great week!
--- Les, February 2003
Yes we received the correct issue, with the money– thank you so much! I’m just thrilled to have this particular 1931 issue, as my father appears in several photos (as a teenager). His brother-in-law was a National Geographic photographer.
--- Jean, March 2003
Edward:
The Magazine arrived. I have left you a good feedback and many thanks for yours.
I read this article about Mr Minkus and his stamps in 1954 and the other night got to wondering if it might be available.
I got up, went to the computer and entered "'Reader's Digest Minkus" and voila! Not only was it listed but at a "Buy Now."
When it came I ignored my wife's pleas to get on with lunch and read the article at once. Great.
Many thanks,
--- Dave, August 9 2003
I have already paid you and are looking forward to receiving (and reading) the magazine. I came upon it by doing an EBAY scan on Univac. I am an antique dealer that specializes in vintage (1950-1970) computer items and this item came up. But the bonus was the word "701", which was IBM's first commercial computer. I was going to bid, but then I saw the story about Joshua Lionel Cowan (?) and I JUST BOUGHT IT!
Thanks for offerring it.
--- Dave, September 2003
Thanks for this. My sweetheart was named after the Pearl S. Buck story in
this issue and it'll be wonderful for him to read it again. And sure
enough, he born in March of '54.
--- Jennifer, October 2003
Hello, Edward:
I received the magazine today. It is--from first to last (ads included!)--wonderful. The Rachmaninoff photos almost brought me to tears. The TJ feature made me feel like I was holding something sacred. I was.
Thanks again,
--- Shannon, November 2003
Dr. Mr. Peyton,
I received the copy of the Nov 1958 issue of Reader's Digest from you today.
It arrived safely and in great condition! My brother is anxious to see the
Digest from his birth month & year! I'm sure it will become one of his
treasured things!
Thanks for your care and for the item.
--- :^) Melody. November 2003
HI, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'VE POSTED VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR YOU. MY FATHER IN LAW WILL LOVE IT! THANKS AGAIN. TAKE CARE AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT!
--- DEBBIE, November 2003
The Reader's Digests arrived today and are in wonderful condition just as you said. It was great dealing with you and hope to find more of your items in the future. I left feedback for both books. Again, thanks for all your courtesies.
--- Dolores, Novemner 2003
I have been getting phone calls from friends and relatives all over the country who are so delighted with the reader's digests I sent them for the month and year they were born. Not one of them had ever even heard of the idea and now many of them want to find old reader's digests for their friends and relatives. I told them to check out ebay and also recommended your store.
--- Cindy, January 2004
Folks were married 8-51 - really liked this edition.
Mom was born 11-34 - was really taken with this. Thanks!
--- Jan-08-04
Thanks - and thanks for the very complete description. I bought the magazine because my uncle was on the mission and was quoted extensively in the book Mission Beyond Darkness... if you hadn't listed all the articles I never would have known about it!!
--- Thanks again, Jeff, January 2004
Got it today - that was fast! Left feedback, thanks for your doing the same. I haven't read the article (too tired) but I did scan it and found a four-leaf clover (old, old) and a quick reference to one of my uncle's crew men. Should be interesting.
--- Jeff, January 2004
Got it today! I have left positive feedback.
I am glad to find this issue. I needed it for the
article on the cave explorer. That is a local story
for us, and a piece of local history, and I needed
the article to use in a website. The cave mentioned
in the article is now an Alabama State Park!
--- Thanks!, Donald, February 2004
I'm using these to send to some friends and family members as birthday gifts ("What were people reading when you were born?"). I think they'll get a kick out of it, especially my brothers and sister, since our paternal grandparents in NJ always had a stack of Reader's Digests in the bathroom next to the toilet. And I have a picture of myself at their house, age 2, sitting on the potty seat "reading"... you guessed it: Reader's Digest!
--- Donna, March 2004
So happy to have won this item. Our B&B was once home to the Skinner family including Cornelia. This item will grace the wall of "Cornelia's Room".
--- March 2004
Dear Edward, I just received the Esquire magazine today. You sent it just perfect! I left you my feedback to let you know I think you are an outstanding seller! Thank you for my feedback and it's been a pleasure.
--- Susan, March 2004
Hi! I'm so glad to have found this edition! There is a VERY
poignant story of a little girl with leukemia in it that profoundly touched
me when I was 10 years old and I remembered it to this day. I finally
researched which RD it was in and saw yours for sale!
THANKS so much,
--- carol :-) , March 2004
Mr. Peyton,
Thanks so much; the magazine arrived today. It is very personal to me, as my brothers (Lonne Elder III) off-broadway play "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men" was reviewed in this magazine. Received a great review, too!
Sincerely, Nadine, April 2004
I live down the street from a beautiful, old antebellum plantation-style
house named Barrington Hall. It was built by the son of the founder of our
city. It's just been bought by the city of Roswell and will be open to the
public soon. A newspaper article about the sale noted that Barrington Hall
was featured in the May 1956 Reader's Digest. I wanted to have a copy of
it to read myself and then I may donate it to the city to put in the house
as an artifact. I look forward to getting the magazine.
Thanks, Leanne, April 2004
Hi,
I don't how much of the story of why I bought the magazine you want, but
here goes. I am 51 years old and about to become a grandmother for the first
time. I have been married for 33 years, and my husband left me almost two
years ago. I live with my son and his wife, whom are about to have the
grandbaby. I say all that to say, At this kind of bumpy time in my life, I
have been doing a lot of reflecting on my past, and one of the good times I
remember as a child, was watching the pleasure that my Mom got from getting
her McCall's in the mail every month. And the anticipation of knowing that
when she had finished reading what was on the back of the paper doll, she
would cut it out and give it to me. And so I thought if I could own one of
McCall's, that was from that time in my life, It would in a small way,
connect me with my Mom, who died almost 30 years ago. I would really love to
sit with her and look through the McCall's together.
-- Mary, 2004
First of all I want to thank you for your prompt service; I was amazed when my magazine was delivered yesterday.
Believe it or not I stopped in to visit my Aunt Martha, one month ago her husband my Uncle Irvin was put in a Nursing home. She gave me a copy of The American Mercury which I have never seen before. My Uncle Irvin is a WWII vet. There was a story written about his experience in WWII. It was called Case History Of Casualty written by Philip Hamburger. I went to work the next day I searched on ebay and there it was. I believe you posted the magazine the same day I stopped in by my Aunts. So long story short I have a great original remembrance of my Uncle Irvin.
Thank you so much, Tom, May 2004
Edward,
Well, I'll offer you a bit of trivia... Do you remember the story in that issue about the blind deer? Do you remember the little girl with that deer? Well, I'm seriously considering asking her to marry me in the very near future. She told me about being in that magazine several months ago and told me what the cover looked like. That's how I found your auction and that's why I bought the magazine. That'll make a great gift for her, don't you think?... ain't eBay great?
Thanks-a-Million,
Rick, June 2004
Hi Edward,
It's been a hectic past few days or I would've written sooner -- but I wanted to let you know that the magazine arrived in this past Saturday's mail, safe and sound and with wonderful timing, as the friend it was purchased for paid a visit that same afternoon and could open it himself! He was quite thrilled with it, since not only did he get to enjoy the article he knew about but several other small items within the magazine that he wasn't aware of.
I've just left positive feedback for you, and I do appreciate the comments you've already left for me. Best of luck to you with your future eBay auctions, and thanks again for a smooth trade!
Take care, Melissa, June 2004
First, let me say that this item was beautifully packaged and just as described in your listing. I bought it specifically as a birthday present for someone born in June, 1955. We seem to be in the "Retro" mode and anything associated with our past is desirable. I'm talking baby-boomers here. When this present was opened and passed around, everyone at the party wanted to know how it was acquired. Of course, I shared MOREMAGAZINES... And they could all see for themselves the quality of your merchandise. Hopefully, we will do business again (and again!).
Thanks.
J., June 2004
I collect Sterling North's writing. So, I'm glad you itemized the content of the issue. That brought it to my attention. Thanks.
-- Mary Ann, July 2004
Mr. Peyton, I received my magazine today and I am quite pleased with the condition. I'll be leaving feedback upon completion of this email. The reason I bought this issue is because my Grandfather and I were featured in a two page spread advertising a savings and loan. We were sitting on a beach in Atlantic City checking out waves. My issue is rather beat up, and I needed something better. If you would like, I can photograph the picture and email it to you. It was Pap and my 15 minutes of being a celebrity. I was either 4 1/2 or 5 1/2 when it was taken. He passed away 3 years later at 55. Thanks for having it as it takes me back to a wonderful time...............
Jim, July 2004
I purchased through ebay one of your LOOK magazines a couple weeks ago. You asked for some feedback…
I am 52 years old now and when this particular LOOK magazine was issued in July 1965, I saved the magazine and cut the pictures out of the James Bond movie THUNDERBALL. I had these clippings until I was in my 20’s, and then I did something dumb and tossed them. I have felt very bad since and about one year ago, I became familiar with ebay and decided to try and find this magazine. Unfortunately, I kept looking under the Claudine Auger site and never found the clippings/magazine until your auction popped up. As soon as I saw the cover of the LOOK magazine, I knew it was the one I had saved back in 1965. I never knew the date/year, and I wasn’t positive it was even LOOK, so it was hard to find. I promise to treasure your magazine this time!!!
You gave really speedy service! The magazine brought back lots of memories; it also seemed like yesterday, as many of the pictures/articles I recalled from when I was young. Also, the magazine was in EXCELLENT condition.
Thanks again, and I hope to see you again on ebay!!!
Christine, 2004
Howdy Edward, just a quick e-mail to let you know that I received your note today and to say Thank you for all your efforts on my behalf. In my experience, even though we always here about "problem buyers", I frankly have never had a problem with anybody except Sellers! 50% of the time they don't communicate, even when asked a question, pack poorly and ship slowly. The level of "indifference" is frankly amazing! It's a been a real pleasure dealing with someone who is conscientious and uses both halves of their brain and it's no wonder to me that even with thousands of transactions you are still rated 100%! I'm "much obliged", Amigo! Happy Trails! RICH, August 2004
Edward,
In response to your question on "feedback" on why I was interested in this magazine. Well, I searched Ebay for John O'Hara for my husband, who I think has read practically everything J. O'Hara wrote. The cover looked like a plus with the article about strippers in it (I knew he would enjoy reading that too). But, when I got the magazine and paged through it, I was so delighted to see there was an article on Nixon (another favorite person of his). He couldn't put the magazine down when I gave it to him. I should have saved it for Xmas for him, seeing it would have made a great gift. I have it to him for being such a great husband, he had no idea I was bidding on it. Oh, one other thing he saw in it was an article by William F. Buckley - his all time favorite aurthor. So this definately was a "Great" magazine & surprise to him. The condition was "excellent" along with the wrapping and plastic sleeve. Thanks for such a great purchase. -- Susan, August 2004
The reason I am purchasing this issue is because of the Gildersleeve Wedding pictorial located within the issue. I have a 6 CD collection, containing over 500 half-hour episodes on Mp3 of the Old Time Radio program "The Great Gildersleeve, " which ran weekly on NBC radio from 1941 to 1957. Recently, I was listening to the episodes aired during May of 1950, and they mentioned during the program that pictures of a (fictional) wedding appeared in the current issue of Look magazine, a sort of a story tie-in. Your listing of the contents of this issue verified that there was, indeed, the Gildersleeve wedding pictorial!
Thank you! -- Q. F., September 2004
Note: I will look forward to reading this magazine again. I was 6 when it
was published - yes I could read by the time I was 5 and reading Readers
Digest by 6 and to this day, and I'm 66, I still remember that article,
"Stuka Horror Over Greece". I never thought I'd see it again - my family
lived in Denmark so WWII was very close to home for my mother, father and I
even though we lived in Los Angeles, CA. -- Karen, September 2004
Funny, when I began reading this e-mail, I thought to myself, "I'm sure many buyers have a special memory attached to some of these mags and that's why they are buying them". Guess that's true. Well, here's my story.
I'm now 66, a child of WWII in that I was 3 when Pearl Harbor occurred and 8 when the war ended. My father came from Denmark in 1920 and all his relatives still lived in Denmark. As you know, Hitler made his incursions there as well and the Danes, although vigorously fighting him, lived in fear and deprivation for quite a while. For that reason, my little life (I was an only child) was full of evening hours listening to the radio and the newsmen's dramatic recitations of Hitler's advances and the names of Hitler, Mussolini, and later, Tojo, figured prominently in the local kids' mock battles as well as being a part of our daily conversation around the dinner table. My father would often sit with his head in his hands, and I knew better than to bother him as he was worrying over his Mom and Dad and siblings in Denmark.
At any rate, I was a precocious little brat and learned to read children's books by the time I was 4 and was reading adult material by 6. My parents had always subscribed to Reader's Digest and I learned to read "adult" articles by reading their short stories. Now for your magazine (finally).
You will see there is an article "Stuka Horror Over Greece". I read that article (I haven't read it since probably 1949 so this is from my memory) and the hair stood up on my arms and neck as there was a graphic description of Greeks being mowed down by the Stuka fire and lying bleeding in the streets. That article brought the real meaning of war home to me like all the worrying and listening to radio broadcasts and Hollywood movies had never done. I kept the magazine in my book chest and would haul it out and read it over and over. After a while, I became inured to the bloodshed of war and moved on into other things.
The other two things vis a vis that time that stand out in my mind like that magazine article was the day my Mom and I were riding home from shopping in what we then called "downtown" Los Angeles, on the old streetcars. Someone on the streetcar saw a newspaper headline and the voices on the streetcar spread from one to another, "Roosevelt is dead!" Within minutes, almost everyone on the streetcar was crying and we all became one in grief at that moment. Even though I was only 7, (my birthday's in Dec.) I understood completely as Roosevelt was practically a God in our home. (the death of JFK produced the same result many years later).
Anyway, the second memorable moment was when WWII ended soon after and all the kids in school jumped and cheered and school let out for the day, although I am sure 1/2 of the kids really didn't understand it as I did, having lived through WWII by association, so to speak, in my home every night.
Now you have the entire story, except for the not-so-interesting ending. I kept that magazine until 1952 when we (including my little sister born after the War ended) moved from the city of Los Angeles to one of its suburbs, the well-known "San Fernando Valley" of Bing Crosby fame. My poor mother, struggling with the detritus of 14 year's packratting by her older daughter, held out the magazine to me (she never even knew what was in it, I am sure) and said, "Surely you don't want to take this along!" and with typical teenage disinterest, I said, "Nah!" and out went the issue! I've thought about that thing off and on when something comes up about a related subject and I've been a compulsive eBayer for 5 years (as you can see) but never thought about looking for "my" RD issue. Of course, eBay is much "juicier" now than 5 years ago and virtually everything in the Universe may be obtained! I don't remember how I got into magazines the other night, but there I was and that old memory came back - Voila! you had the one and only! I pounced.
-- Karen, September 2004
... I ordered this item to include in a Christmas parcel for a good friend who was born that month and year. I have been putting together several Christmas packages for friends and family using this as a 'theme', and have been scouring eBay and the like to find good quality, vintage national publications such as Reader's Digest, Time and Life Magazines, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Photoplay, Golden Books (children's books), regional newspapers, etc. The one who is receiving this particular item happens to work at Reader's Digest headquarters, so all the more a surprise!
A pleasure doing business with you. Good luck! --- Doug, 2004
Thanks. The key for me was your description of an article in the magazine
itself - an article I read as a child more than 30 years ago and have been
trying to locate. However, without a detailed description of the contents
of the magazine itself, I would not have known which issue to purchase.
That is what separated your offer from all others.
Thanks again, Spimby, October 2004
I bid on the magazine for the article on Gregory Peck. Many many years ago I came across that article in the magazine at the public library and tried to xerox a copy; however, because of the size of the magazine, it did not copy well. While cleaning out my desk recently I found the old xerox copy and thought I would see if the magazine might be listed on EBay, and to my surprise it was! Your listing described the magazine perfectly with the articles contained. It was an excellent transaction and the magazine is in wonderful condition for 40+ years. Thanks again.
-- Mary, October 2004
Ed,
Just wanted to let you know the magazine 10/17/04 Post, was a hit. My parents loved having the issue with their exact wedding date on it. The articles reflecting the time in which they lived are icing on the cake.
Thanks again for your extra care to help make this a special anniversary.
Jen -- October 2004
... my reason for choosing this item, is that my father is one
of the writers of the articles enclosed.... Had you not been as
detailed about the description, I would have never seen it.
Thanks, I look so forward to receiving it!
Bruce -- November 2004
I received your package on 1 April 2005. Only a couple of days in transit!
Thanks so much for the prompt service.
I wanted the magazine for the article on the VietNam War involving the pilot
who was wounded, my brother was crew chief/machine gunner on this
helicopter. My brother has since died, so the article holds special
significance to me and the family.
I could not hope for any better service than I received from
"MoreMagazines". Should I want any other archived publications, you'll be
my first contact.
Keep up the excellent work. N. L., April 2005
Hi there. Thank you for taking the time to e-mail me.
I would be happy to inform you of the connection to this magazine. I live about 20 miles away from where the FBI pinned down and killed the mountain man that kidnapped Peggy Ann Bradnick.
I was only 8 years old at the time, but I remember the 8 day ordeal. I use to have that magazine but it has disappeared over the last 40 years.
There was a movie made about it also, but I can't remember the name of it. There was a single 45 rpm record made also called, "8 Days at Shade Gap". ( You don't have the record , do you?) LOL!
So now you know the rest of the story! I just did a search on e-bay of Peggy Ann Bradnick, and here we are!
If you get a chance to read the story or see the movie, do it!
Thanks again, Dennis, April, 2005
Last Wednesday, April 20th, I Googled April 20th because it is my birthday.
If you'll Google it you'll see many bad things have happened on my
birthday....Columbine Shootings, Branch Davidians Burned to Death by Feds,
Hitler's Birthday (not too mention I was BORN in Germany!) AND even the day
before were the Oklahoma Bombings. So when I saw something on ebay I
thought, "what the heck can that be". There were 2-pages of stuff BUT....I
love Henry Fonda, I love the movie 12 Angry Men, AND this was published on
my EXACT birthday, date AND year. April 20, 1957. Finally, something good!
Maybe not as significant as the bad stuff, but it's something. I am going
to frame it and hang it. Probably won't help you market in the future, but
there you are, that's what drew me. Shari, April, 2005
Hello again, Edward Peyton / MOREMAGAZINES --
I'm very happy with this purchase, & wanted to drop you a line,
to say that this magazine represented probably the only time my
late granddad sold a piece of his writing, "professionally", to
a magazine. He was an aspiring mostly-amateur writer, in addition
to his other pursuits (managing a friedly diner in York, PA; ah,
if only his memoir, ""Girth of a Nation" had found a publisher!)
So, thank you -- for listing contents pages in your eBay listings!
In fact, some years ago, when cleaning out my grandparents' house,
I'd seen a few copies of it there; I'd more or less resolved then,
to try to acquire a copy for myself, if I ever came across another
someplace -- the cover was a familiar sight there in your listing!
Thanks again for the confirming contents page, too, as that helped
-- in fact I wouldn't have found it without that, so now you know;
I've also just admitted to "ego-surfing" my original surname on eBay
-- such searches do yield enjoyable results for me from time to time,
sometimes things I'd never've expected -- and this magazine was such
a pleasant surprise! My half-brother Adam and I have both had pieces
in print, too, so it is fun for me, to ego-surf the family surname --
(*****; I also sometimes collect 50's art by "******",
a talented painter whose exact relation to us I've yet to determine,
& as *******, I've published some cartooning work, too, in
UG comix and a few books & magazines -- all my eBaying happens under
my married name though, heh.)
Anyway, here's to your continued success on eBay -- and, THANK YOU
so very much again, for helping me "accomplish a mission" in finding
a copy of this magazine, as it really is very much appreciated!
All the best, & happy eBaying to you --
Leslie, April, 2005
Back in the GOOD OL' DAYS (60's) my buddies & I were GREAT
fans of the "TARAS BULBA" movie. After almost 40-years on no contact with those high school friends, I'd recently received word that the 'MAIN STAR' of our old crowd had passed; leaving his best friend Don, (whom we all called 'TARAS BULBA') totally devastated & lost. Feeling the sorrow, I got a hold of him & one of the first things we talked about was "Taras Bulba". I have since found the "T.B." video & book which I've sent his way. In his last letter of thanks, he mentioned remembering the "1962 Life magazine" that covered our movie. I made a quick mental note to somehow find it for him: Low-and-Behold, just a few days later I saw YOUR action on EBAY. Yippee! This will really blow him away. What Fun!!
So, there ya have it: The whole story of why I just had to have this particular copy. Pretty cool. I'll keep an eye on your other goodies, as there are other stars I was in luv with --- way back when.
(ie: Marlon Brando & Anthony Quinn & John Lennon, etc. etc. etc.)
Thanks ever sooooo much for your wonderful selections and fast service. I'll leave my feedback upon receipt of Taras's magazine.
May God Bless ya............Real Good. Linda in Oregon, May 2005
I bought the item for my mother's birthday - it's her birth month (Reader's
Digest, June 1941).
I have bought a few other items from you, and it was your kind communication
and excellent products that brought me back. You have been saved in my
"Favorite Sellers" list since before Christmas.
Thanks for being such a great attribute to eBay. I know feedback isn't
always the most complete "report card", and I wanted to let you know how
much I have enjoyed my transactions with you.
Best regards,
Paul, May, 2005
Edward, I'll put it to you this way. I've been on Ebay since 1998. I'm a
big sci-fi fantasy collecter, especially Star Wars, Star Trek and Lord of
the Rings. I have found EVERY single thing I've ever wanted on Ebay through
the years many times over - except one: This Newsweek magazine with this
Star Wars article in it. Literally thousands of times I've checked for this
article over the past seven years and it has NEVER shown up ... until now.
I couldn't believe it when I saw it. I still can't believe it. I hit the
"buy it now" button immediately upon seeing it. I would have paid MUCH more
for this, because its never shown up on Ebay thse past 7 years. Thank you
for at last completing my collection. There's nothing left I need to look
for! This was it!
Thanks again Edward, Joe, May 2005
I really owe you a debt of more than money for the magazines I've bought from
you, Edward. Without this source from you, I wouldn't have nearly as much
research material for the book I'm writing about Cid Ricketts Sumner. Thank
you so much for your help, consistant great service and quality magazines. You
really are a patron of the arts in the work that you do.
All the best,
Sarah, May, 2005
I'm doing research for a project related to Toscanini and NBC, and
have been seeking evidence supporting the use of the story of Gustav
Eckstein's canaries in persuading the Maestro to come back to the USA. I
had already found a copy of Eckstein's book; the missing link was a
rumored magazine article, in which the anecdote of the canaries singing
along with Beethoven's 9th Symphony had been either mentioned or
excerpted, I wasn't sure which. The field was pretty wide; it could have
been a book review, an article on music or broadcasting or Beethoven or
Toscanini or birds or... just about anything. When I found a new piece of
information which referred to the magazine in question as "Reader's Digest
or something like that," I flew to eBay to see what I could find. I knew I
was looking for an issue from late 1936 or early 1937, certainly not later
than February 1937; I didn't know whether I was looking for Eckstein or
Toscanini. It was lucky for me that, unlike the other sellers of back
issues of RD, you actually transcribed the tables of contents. Before I
found your listings I was trying to make out something about content by
manipulating other sellers' cover pictures till I could sort of read what
they said. Of course, on your listings that problem doesn't apply; the
Eckstein item in the January 1937 TOC was the definitive answer to my
questions, so I ordered that immediately. The other issue, the March 1936
one with the Toscanini article, was gravy - it actually predates the
period I'm specifically focused on, but I'm hoping it will offer some
useful background on the Maestro's behavior and state of mind before he
left the Philharmonic in a huff, so I couldn't resist buying that too.
That's probably more than you ever wanted to know on the subject, but if
you've ever wondered whether it was worth the trouble to transcribe the
tables of contents, here's one buyer who can unequivocqally answer: yes,
it sure is! And must be for anyone who is seeking specific content.
-- lg, June, 2005
The reason I bought the first mag was because my son collects "Jaws" stuff --- mad for it --- and I occasionally browse eBay for interesting items for him. I didn't want to spend that much shipping for just one mag, and I thought I'd take advantage of your discounted shipping costs for additional buys, so I just started searching your store for other topics/people that interest the various members of our family.
I skeptically searched for the name of one of my husband's schoolmates from long ago (Sven Birkerts) who is a contributing writer/author for different mags and, lo and behold, to my great surprise, I found his name listed with each of the other mags I bought from you. So what helped sell them was the amazing effort that (you) took to enter, in great detail, the contents of each mag including the article writers' names.
I'm a little bit OCD (aren't we all sometimes) and I appreciate all the time and effort you have put into your listings. I hope it is rewarding for you.
-- Christina, August, 2005
I've been looking for old issues of Argosy and others that include illustrations by an old family friend, Philip Ronfor. I have noted that your listings include such details and I just wanted to let you know I appreciate that. thank you.
I am interested in this article for my friend Maddie Vedder who is Harold
Knapik's sister---in this issue there is a full page picture of him--he was
a musician,cook extrordinaire and friend of Gertrude Stein and Alice
Tokalas----so thanks you for listing individual articles---Faye, September 2005
I bought this magazine because of the article on Dale Ratcliff. She and I went to junior high and high school together. The man who interviewed her is the Cape Ann artist and lecturer Charles Movalli. He was my best friend growing up in Gloucester MA. Dale and Charles are now married to one another.
So, I guess the input here for a seller is to put as much info (key words) about a magazine in the listing as possible. I probably passed up buying this magazine from other sellers before because there was no mention of Charles or Dale and I didn't know the exact issue I was looking for.
FYI ... and THANKS!
David, September 2005
The article that I was looking for was the story "The triumph of Janis Babson". I read the sory many years ago and never forgot it. Thank you for having this copy of Readers digest available. -- October, 2005
I received this yesterday, and am very happy! Because you listed the contents, my search for Saturday Evening Post Skiing the Rockies brought me to your item. Back in 1966 when my husband was in college, a relative sent him one page, with a written note under the picture of him and his best friend on the ski lift. He had forgotten the year he received it, or when it might have been published and I had given up trying to find a copy of the magazine. Years ago I had the picture framed & it hangs in our family room, and now, thanks to you, I will be able to give him the entire magazine for Christmas. What a neat surprise it will be!! What is also extremely exciting, is the cover and article on Ernest Hemingway, who knew my husband's father and he had actually met him, while in the Sun Valley Idaho area. So thank you, thank you! You have brought me joy already for the holidays! -- November 2005
Hello More Magazines,
You asked me to describe why I had bought that magazine in particular.
Two reasons:
Fall of 1984 is when I came to the US from Sweden to study for a year and never left. I was 23 years old at the time and felt more at home here (Manhattan) than I had ever done in my life. The first morning I woke up in NYC I knew I would stay. Some years later I was lucky enough to win a green card in an immigration lottery.
The article on Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg is the second reason. When she plays, the little hairs on my arms stand straight up. I am not particularly religious, but hearing her play feels like what people describe as being in the presence of god. I have every single CD she has recorded that I have been able to get hold of, including buying some out of print CDs online.
Best Wishes,
Pia -- December, 2005
It's funny you should ask about what I was looking for in this item, since I was thinking that you might be surprised to know that covergirl Angie Dickinson wasn't the main selling feature in this particular case. I'm a big fan of Richard Kiley, and there was an article about him in this issue. I've already read the article, by the way, and it's one of the better interviews (if not the best) I've read on him.
Many thanks for the detailed description that let me know I could find a treasure in this unexpected spot.
Lori, December, 2005
I bought this McCall's (and another from you) because I am awash in
nostalgia this time of year!
When I was a little girl, one of my biggest delights was looking through the
holiday issues of my mother's numerous "women's magazines", drooling over
the recipes and deciding what crafts we were going to do each year, and what
new gift wrap effects I'd try. McCall''s was a special favorite, of course,
because of the Betsy McCall page; I thought it was SO cool that a kid had
her own page in a "grownup" magazine.
Anyway, now that I am in my 50's, I like to "time travel" by looking back
through these great old retero magazines...so thanks for having these
available -- and if you've got a Dec. 1965 issue of McCall's floating
around, do please let me know; I'm looking for that one, too!
Happy holidays, Debbie, December, 2005
In response to your request, I found this issue for my mom who wanted it simply for a picture of a certain stained glass window in the article "Stained Glass by a Modern Master." She's looked everywhere and I've even checked my university library which had issues from 1968 and '70, but not from 1969. She even called into Digest's archives, which could not produce the issue! It seems that our society is not doing a great job at preserving certain aspects of cultural icons. But thank goodness for eBay and sellers like you!
John, December, 2005
More magazines,
Thank you for your prompt response regarding shipment of this item. My interest in this item centers around Larry Hagman. I have been a HUGE fan of Mr. Hagman since his days as Major Anthony Nielsen on 'I Dream of Jeannie.' I thoroughly enjoyed his portrayal of the villainous"'JR Ewing"on 'DALLAS,' and later as a judge on the now defunct 'New Orleans.'
I have been looking for this ierm for over ten years now, and words cannot begin to convey how THRILLED I was when I first discovered this item up for bid on your ebay auction!!!
Once again, thank you so very much and I have already left POSITIVE feedback for you on ebay. Have a wonderful day.!!!
Respectfully, D.E., February, 2006
There is a short story in the issue. "Juliet" by my niece, ***. I regularly search on her name in eBay. Your mention of her name in your description came up in my latest search. It's been fun to find things related to her and another author also named "***" who was very prolific in the first half of the 20th century. I even gave my niece a particularly interesting vintage magazine with an article by the previous ***. A lot of the items I find end up as Christmas or birthday presents for the current generation of ***'s who are writers, history buffs, and often go on flea market, second hand bookstore excursions.
I buy items mostly related to family members (back several generations) and the places they live/lived. Some of the items will go into my "archives" as illustrations and addenda to the extensive family genealogies my father prepared before his death in 1986. I also always look for my college (Wilson College of Chambersburg, PA). Wilson was founded shortly after the Civil War and is still going strong. EBay has been a source for very fascinating Wilson materials some of which will end up in the college archives.
I've been helping a friend, an antique map dealer, sell his items on eBay for five years. I know what you mean about enjoying the personal stories of why an item is important to a buyer. Thanks providing the incentive in your message.
E. M., February, 2006.
I'm a professor at ***, in *** teaching graduate and undergraduate physical education majors how to work with children and adults with disabilities. Although I don't have a disability, I began my professional career working with individuals with disabilities in the world of sport for the disabled. This is when I first became aware of the world of wheelchair sports and its history. The cover article in Newsweek was the first major publication that addressed this issue. In the 1950's WWII veterans this Newsweek addresses traveled the country playing wheelchair basketball games to raise awareness of sport for the disabled.
Also, Ben Lipton the CEO of the Bulova School of Watchmaking was the founder of another organization initially named the National Wheelchair Athletic Association (NWAA), which provided track & field & swimming competition. Ben was a smart cagie fellow. He needed good devoted workers and the disabled unemployeed WWII verterans were the answer to his worker employment problem. He worked with the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association (EPVA) for personnel access, and Ben had this workforce trained at the old Bulova School of Watchmaking.
The world of sport for the disabled has grown tremendously since the WWII veterans population.
I say I have an interest in history, but my wife would quickly add that I'm also somewhat of a packrat ! Oh well, this is why I have an interest in this "Newsweek magazine. I look forward to showing it in my classes.
--- February 2006
Dear Edward,
Thank you for the update. I have been looking for this issue on-and-off for the last 5 years without success. I was unsure about the exact month, although I knew it was from 1968 or 69. Luckily I found it with the search words 'Readers Digest Nero Tyrant' because you had the article titles in your descriptions. I was searching for the issue with "Nero: History's Most Spectacular Tyrant" because I own the original illustration artwork used in the article. I collect original illustration artwork and always try to track down a copy of the magazine or publication in which it appeared. Thanks again!
Best Regards, Neil, March, 2006
Dear Sir,
As I think I may have mentioned, my father was ******* **** and I am always looking for magazines that he might have written an article for. This is just for my own personal collection to get to know about my Dad and his writing more. I also wanted to have a small collection of every article he ever wrote so that I may pass it on to my children as they never knew their grandfather. He was a war correspondent for ******** and P*****. He was one of their press camp members. He covered WWII for the London Daily telegraph. Came to the US, worked for Time/Life, Colliers, The Readers Digest. I do know that there was a Field and Stream anniversary issue he wrote in and I have that. But there was also a Field and Stream article ....Something about 6 rich men going fishing in Norway. It would have had to appeared in 1973 or so. I believe it was the year before he died or perhaps it was the year that he died in 1974. He went to the Alta River in Norway with Tom Lenk (who at that time owned all the Fischer stereo and sports equipment. I think it was the year that I was in a play called Finnian's Rainbow and Dad directed the orchestra (he started out as a violinist in Ireland). I think that was somewhere between 71-74
Thank you for your help, Victoria , March, 2006
I would love to tell you why this issure was so important to me. The article entiled "Second Chance for George" is about my step-grandfather (he is the only great grandfather my sons know.). I have one issue that I purchased a few years ago....but I have two sons whom are very close the their great grandparents, whom are not in an assisted living home. Grandpa (George) is failing fast and we're not sure how much longer he will be with us. I am hoping to have him autograph each copy and have the boys' pictures taken with grandpa and the magazine. George is a special man and means a lot to my boys. He took them both out for their first round of golf 4 years ago (my youngest son was 8 and grandpa was 88!).
I was so excited when I typed in Reader's Digest June 1963 and found 1 magazine the first time I searched for it.
My husband keeps telling our grnd children about a story that he read in the 3rd or 4th grade entitled "When Hanna var eight yar old" and no one believes him even I who for years was a 4th grade teacher. When he searched the internet for the title your ebay item came up and he had to have it just to prove a point. AS he remembers the story was in a school reader about 1942 or 43. which makes a reprint in Readers Digest in 1947 reasonable. -- Sarah, May, 2006
I wanted this issue for the article on Judge Joseph Sorrentino. I remember
reading it as a teen and wanted to see it again. I did not know the issue
date--all I remembered was that it was a People from either '75 or '76.
Thanks to your detailed description, I found it! I know others also have
this issue for sale on eBay, but none of them mentioned the article I
wanted, only Nureyev (because he was the cover story). Good work--I
wouldn't have known which issue to buy without the level of detail in your
listing (and did not feel like tracking down every People from the two-year
range just to find this one article, so thanks a million!) -- Karl, May, 2006
I would be delighted to tell you why I ordered the */**/** TIME magazine. My loving and dearly beloved father (loved by many patients and friends as well as family), Dr. ****** ****, was featured in the Medicine section article titled "Teenagers' Doctor" - he took pediatric medicine, added additional training, and created a wonderfully responsive and appreciated teen age clinic at ******* ****** medical center in the 1950s, the second in the country (the first was in Boston where he'd done his residency).
Anyway, my Dad passed away two years ago on August 14; this August 14 I "googled" him and found the article, and yesterday I looked for a copy of the magazine - and found your one copy on EBay that I ordered. My mother, who Dad loved and lived with for over 60 years, celebrated her 80th birthday two years ago with him, the night before he died (Parkinson's). Yesterday Mom, my sisters and I visited Dad's "resting place" and I was, of course, thinking about him and looked the magazine up on EBay. Being Jewish, the number "18" is especially meaningful, in Hebrew the 10th and 8th letters combine into 18, or the Hebrew word, Chai, which means Life (and good luck!) - think of Fiddler on the Roof song, L'Chaim, "to Life" - we buried Dad in a plot #18, visited it yesterday as I already mentioned, then later I found your magazine priced at $15 plus $3 shipping = $18. Meaningful coincidences are special, and my father always noted special pleasures in life, and I try to do the same - thank you for your part in providing one yesterday!! ---
Sincerely,
J, August, 2006
Just a quick note to let you know why I wanted this particular issue. My oldest brother was a medic in Viet Nam. He received two purple hearts and a silver star during his 18 month tour of duty. The Upfront: Viet Nam article gives mention to my brother PFC ******* * *******. My brother passed away when he was only 40. When my mother passed away a year later, the issue that she had was not among her things. I've been looking for this issue of and on for about 15 years. Of course I had never looked on Ebay. Thank you so much for making it possible to have this treasure back in our family.
Hi There! I cannot tell you how excited I was when I saw this item for sell on Ebay! The article title the most unforgettable character I've met was written about my Great- Granfather. As long I can rememeber my mother has only has a photocopy of the article. We have been trying for years to find a copy of the article and we finally found it. Thank You SOOO Much for helping us find a piece of family history. You have made an entire family really happy.
-- Thank You, Stefani, September, 2006
My reason for purchasing this magazine was because it contains an article called "River Town" by Marquis Childs. Mr. Childs was a native of my home town, Clinton, Iowa, and I guess this story is a thinly veiled muckraking of some of the town's prominent citizens. When the magazine appeared, local legend has it that all of the locally available copies were purchased and destroyed by a couple of the town's wealthy citizens.
Mr. Childs went on to become a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In 1951, he wrote another article entitled "The Town I Like - Clinton, Iowa," which appeared in the May-June issue of the Lincoln-Mercury Times, and restored his reputation in his hometown. I have made this purchase with the intent of donating it to the Clinton County Historical Society's museum, but I am anxious to read it first myself. (And by the way, I am also trying to find a copy of that Lincoln-Mercury issue). Thanks in advance!
You asked what it was in the February 1957 issue of Reader's Digest that attracted me...
In February 1957 I was a child in rural Appalachia. But as poor as we were in those
days, my father always maintained his subscription to Reader's Digest...
Then one February day in 1957, an issue arrived that would change my life forever...
In that issue was a condensed book I believe it was, entitled "The Amazing Crusoes
of Lonesome Lake" the true story of a Ralph Edwards who left civilization behind long
ago to carve out a new life for himself deep in the wilderness of British Columbia,
Canada...I was 13 years old and that story vividly captured my imagination.
Today I am 62 years old and am gratified to report that that early article in Reader's
Digest changed my life forever. In years since I traveled to western Canada and
made that long trek by trail up that same path that Edwards took to Lonesome Lake
so many decades ago. That experience led from one thing to another. Somewhere
the memory of Ralph Edwards lives on. That rural Appalachia farm boy was
transformed. Today I'm a retired national park ranger, and a lifetime member of the
American Alpine Club...all because of an article that appeared long ago in the
February 1957 issue of Reader's Digest...
I look forward to seeing that olde issue again, and renewing an olde kinship with that
issue. -- November, 2006
Hello Edward,
This brief note is to thank you more fully than I was able to do with
eBay feedback for your meticulous description and extraordinarily prompt
delivery of this magazine. I am highly satisfied with this purchase. Not
only was the article on Laura Jean Libbey useful for my research, but
the Emma Goldman article offers a moving portrait of the American
judicial system that has great contemporary resonance as well. Reading
the two in context, and juxtaposition, enriched my reading far more than
a photocopy of the articles would have.
Many thanks,
Peter, December 2006
Hello. Your terrific 1965 Cosmo arrived safe and sound, and I am so pleased. We have vintage cars, and I like to place magazines from the year of our cars into the trunk for display on 'show day.' This magazine will make my husband laugh out loud, as he loves James Bond/I don't....I like Cosmo/he doesn't....this magazine is just perfect for both of us! Seriously, I have left positive feedback for you, and I thank you very much for the fast delivery. It has been a pleasure.
Thank you! Debbie, December, 2006
Dear Edward;
You asked why I wanted this magazine, and you'll never believe the story....
Last night I was watching a 1936 movie, called 'My Man Godfrey' about 'forgotten' men who, during the depression, had to live in the dump. William Powell's telling someone about one of the men, who lost all of his money repaying those who lost their savings when his bank closed. This reminded me of my own Grandfather, ******* ******* Roti, who had done the same thing when the bank (Western Avenue Bank? in Chicago) at which he was head cashier, in approximately 1917, had a run on it, causing a lot of the depositors to lose their money. He spent the next 20+ years repaying them out of his own pocket.
That story was written up in Reader's Digest as 'Francesco's Debt Of Honor' and the only copy the family had was lost a number of years ago. I was 8 years old when it was written, and I remember reading it when my Mother showed it to me, but I don't think I saw it after that. The little book he kept, showing who was owed what, sometimes as little as $3, quite a bit back then, was also lost.
This morning, I Googled that long-remembered title, and your auction for the August, 1947, issue showed up; and, because you'd so diligently included the index, it was an exact match. Had either of us misspelled a word, or had my memory not been accurate, I'd never have found it. What are the chances of this string of events????
I went to the auction, only to find that it had ended yesterday, and was very disappointed; then I noticed it had no bids, so I was going to contact you, until I realized that you'd apparently relisted it right away. I immediately did the Buy It Now, as you know.
An additional coincidence is the fact that you'd even ask why I wanted this magazine. I'm really very happy to give you one of those, 'You'll never believe this!' stories for your reading enjoyment (I presume) and to pass around. It proves that at least some of us value past history, and you can bet this magazine will be passed to my children, also.
Feel free to read the article before sending it to me; I think you'll find it fascinating reading; Grandpa Roti was really quite a guy....
Thank you so much for giving me back a lost family treasure!
Ron, January, 2007
When I was younger, my sister and I spent every summer in Turkey at my grandmother's. It was the perfect beach house – a bare minimum of furniture and a large veranda; since it never rained, every day was spent out of doors.
There was a short bookcase in the living room, which held the telephone, and address book and my grandmother's sewing box. The second shelf contained an assortment of books that had collected over the years, as succeeding generations of family members and guests brought vacation reading and then left it behind. And on the third shelf, dusty from the winter months, was the permanent collection that I rediscovered each year.
About 30 copies of the Reader's Digest, from 1964 to 1969, each issue nearly 200 pages long, featuring original artwork on the cover. A far cry from the slim, predictable issues of today, which could be mistaken for any other magazine, these crumbling volumes were filled with topical pieces, long book extracts, first person articles that were amusing or touching or both, and, without needing to declare it, a true sense of pride in America and its future possibilities.
Each year I would come across a new piece, as my own tastes changed and I advanced in my education. I would understand something that had previously baffled, laugh at an opinion once taken seriously. Sometimes the articles were truly dated, such as one called "Loud the Twang of the Guitar", which attempted to explain why the new "rock" music and the Beatles were so popular.
Other articles were timeless pieces of personal history. There was the young couple who moved into an apartment that still had an airwell running down its centre, through which every sound could be heard from the neighbours. Childless themselves, they spent one summer taming the spoiled brat who lived upstairs – by clanging a cow bell at each sound of an impending tantrum, the jangle reverberating through the airshaft, and then rewarding him with the soft twinkle of chimes if he should unexpectedly behave.
These issues had advice, comedy, pathos, and did not need to fill the entire last third of the magazine with recipes. There were three or four Christmas issues in the set, and their articles and excerpts did more to instill in me, a child of the jaded, harried '90s, with a sense of peace and family, than anything else has since.
--- Deniz, February, 2007
Thank you so much for shipping this magazine so quickly. I can't wait for it to arrive.
The reason I looked for this particular issue is because of an article it contains. The article is called "Mother of the Sixth Fleet" and the magazine is a gift for my dad. He was in the Navy in the Mediterranean in the early 1950's and the woman in this article used to give food and coffee to the sailors on shore guard duty. My dad had talked about her with such adoration so I started doing Google searches to find more information. I found out about the Reader's Digest article and had to get the magazine for him. When I told him what I had found he started to cry. It means so much for him to have this part of his life history!
Thank you again for helping me give this precious gift to my dad!
Dana, April, 2007
Thanks for your communication! If you want to know
what I was looking for in this item, here it is: In
1955 I had heart surgery which at that time was
groundbreaking, done by the surgeon who invented the
operation. Several months earlier the Readers Digest
had an article about that kind of operation (I'm not
sure whether it was by that doctor or another who was
also doing those surgeries). My Mom saw the article,
hid the magazine, and didn't show me the article until
my surgery was successfully over. I lost the article
somewhere during the subsequent 50 years and have been
looking for a copy for decades. I think the article
"Six hours that Saved a Boy's Life" is that article so
thanks to you I have finally found it. -- July, 2007
When I was a junior in high school (1957-58 school year), our literature book contained "...And the World was Purified." It made a very deep (and obviously lasting) impression on me. I taught school for a few years after college and then did other things for about seventeen years before I went back to teaching in the late 80's.
In 1979, I lost everything in one of those famous Kentucky floods - the literature book included. I moved to New York in 1981 to start a new life.
When the internet came along, the computer teacher at my school swore to us there was nothing we could name that he wouldn't be able to find. I said PLEASE find "...And the World was Purified" by Westbrook Pegler. He could not.
Nor could I when I got my own computer in 2003. I was on page 66 of thousands of pages on about Westbrook Pegler when I went to NC to visit my son and his family. My daughter-in-law found it for me, but only because the title was mentioned on your page.
I am eager to share it with my students this up-coming school year. They will be the first students I will have been able to pass this on to.
I never knew it had been reprinted in Readers Digest; I was fearing that it had been a column in the daily paper and therefore next to impossible to find.
I am just beside myself with this find. Thanks so much to you for naming it by name and replying to wrichesin's inquiry!
Gratefully, Mary, July, 2007
Thank you so much for the Saturday Review Magazine! I wanted to find this magazine after having read a biography about my favorite author/vet, James Herriot. This particular issue of SR had been listed as a reference in the bibliography. I searched eBay for five years and finally gave up. I found your magazine by accident when I typed 'Herriot' (with an asterisk) into the search box. You can understand why I snapped it up with the 'Buy It Now' option! I was pleasantly surprised to find that the article is quite extensive and the photos are wonderful....I had never seen them before. Your magazine certainly will be a welcome addition to my Herriot collection!
Kind Regards, Penny, July, 2007
I had searched for a company located outside Cleveland OH - Jack & Heintz - which was covered in a story in this issue of Reader's Digest. My father started working for this company prior to World War II, and ended up as the General Manager 25 years later. I wanted this item as a memento for my children, who did not get to know their Grandfather well. It helped me greatly that you had listed all of the key contents, this is what made it possible to locate what I wanted.
-- Jack, August, 2007
I WILL BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHY I BOUGHT THIS ISSUE.....I'M IN IT!,,,,I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL AT SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPRINGFIELD , MA, DURING THE IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS....SOME IRANIAN STUDENTS GOT A PROTEST PERMIT FORM THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD SAYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SPEAK "FOR " THE SHAH OF IRAN, WHEN INFACT THEY WERE CHANTING "DEATH TO THE USA" . A NUMBER OF STUDENTS , INCLUDING MYSELF, WERE COUNTER PROTESTING FROM THR OPPOSITE SIDE OF STATE ST, WHEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN,,, IM IN A DOWN VEST WITH A FOOTBALL SHIRT ON. AS I RECALL THE OTHER GUY IN THE PHOTO WITH A DARK FOOTBALL SHIRT WAS ARRESTED SHORTLY AFTER THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN. C.H., March 2008
I am always looking for articles on or by Thor Heyerdahl, one of our relatives. I was doubly pleased to find this particular issue of Saturday Review because it also contained a cover feature and review of General Eichelberger's new (at the time) book. He just happened to be my father's commanding officer during World War II!
As you may know, the World War II veterans hardly ever talked about their war experiences -- at least many of them didn't. While my father was alive, he did not discuss it at all and my siblings knew very little about his service. I only knew a little since I was born just before he left for the Pacific theatre. Since his death, I have been trying to piece together what I can find out about his service -- and this article was most timely -- now I will try to get a copy of Eichelberger's book!
thank you!! (V., April, 2008)
This will be a gift to my dad. He sat in the waiting room while my mother was giving birth to me and my twin sister and read this Reader's Digest about the Mad Monk of Russia. This will mean alot to him. Thanks, Beth, April, 2008.
These, to me, are wonderful gifts, as we all like to know the headlines.. the important things going on when we were born (current events) It just connects us to our past..
I can run to wal-mart and pick up a cheesy "made in China" gift or I can present someone with a lasting memory, and a small taste of heritage..
thanks -hope this helps a bit. -- Lea A., May, 2008
Just a few days ago my elderly neighbor brought over some frayed, yellowed pages copied from a magazine, knowing I would enjoy the poems and artwork. She apologized for their shop-worn condition explaining they were probably 40 or more years old, and regretted not having saved the entire magazine (She thought they were originally copied from a Ladies Home Journal magazine). The article contained poems selected from Rumer Godden's "Prayers of the Ark". I was able to locate the entire collection of Poems in book form, but couldn't locate the original magazine for her. It became quite a challenge, and was just sheer coincidence when I searched "Rumer Godden" on ebay and found your McCalls Magazine auction. She will be thrilled when I present her with this nostalgic publication! Thanks for your thorough description of articles -- Sincerely, Teresa, June 2008
Dear Ed--
Received my IMPECCABLY packaged copy of the Saturday Review with Hannah Arendt as cover.
Thanks for the efficiency and care, as well as promptness, with which you sent the magazine to me.
Your service is excellent.
Bravo!
Kathy, July, 2008
Your listing was very helpful to me because you listed the contents of the magazine. I was looking for an interview with the artist Doris Lee by Harry Salpeter and I knew the name of the publication (Coronet) and the approximate time (November 1938 - February 1939), but not the exact issue. Thank you for listing the contents of the issues - I was able to find the correct one right away. Thank you!!
Sincerely, Mary, August, 2008
Ed ... Just want to thank you SO much for the quick service! The magazine arrived on time, and the article WAS indeed by my recently departed co-worker, who had been Associate Editor of Newsweek back in the 1950s! I mentioned it in my eulogy, and then presented it as a gift to his widow.
It was made ever so much more special because of you, and your dedication to service. Thank you again ... so VERY much!
Jan, September, 2008
Dear Mr. Peyton:
You have figured out what so many eBay sellers of magazines never do--give a very detailed listing of the contents. As I collect authors and subjects more than magazines (beyond a few pulps), the contents sell me on an issue. Your's are also seachable. So when I plugged in Joseph Wechsberg, I suddenly had scores of potential purchases to sort through. That I did with the titles of his essays driving some purchases and other articles in the issue driving others....
I am certain that I will return to buy more magazines with his articles of those of other favorite writers (Fletcher Pratt is one that caught my eye)....
Richard, May 2009
The May 62 Reader's Digest arrived safely. I appreciate your quick service.
The article I was primarily interested in is :The Day Dag Hammarskjold Rode in my Jeep." I recently came across a reference to Hammarskjold which reminded me of that article. My 8th grade English teacher read it to the class!!
Thanks, Stuart, July 2009
Dear Mr Peyton;
I purchased the above three magazines, and indeed similar items from you before, because of a substantial article in each of them on Hector Berlioz and his music. As a researcher of Berlioz's life and music I am interested in historical as well as modern writings on him.
May I take this opportunity to say that you are one of the best dealers on ebay and I am delighted to be one of your regular customers.
Best regards, (www.hberlioz.com)
I googled the RD article "Six Hours of Surgery That Saved a Boy's Life."
That article resulted in my majoring in Pre-Med through college. Although
I changed majors in college, I have always remembered that story. Funny
how a writer can affect a life without ever knowing it.
Thank you, Bert, September, 2009
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