Some interesting and important background on this original and earlier version of LIFE magazine. From Wikipedia: "...was independently published for its first 53 years until 1936, as a general-interest and light entertainment magazine, heavy on illustrations, jokes, and social commentary. It featured some of the greatest writers, editors, illustrators and cartoonists of its time: Charles Dana Gibson, Norman Rockwell, and Jacob Hartman Jr.  Gibson became the editor and owner of the magazine after John Ames Mitchell died in 1918. During its later years, the magazine offered brief capsule reviews (similar to those in The New Yorker) of plays and movies currently running in New York City, but with the innovative touch of a colored typographic bullet resembling a traffic light, appended to each review: green for a positive review, red for a negative one, and amber for mixed notices.  In 1936, Time publisher Henry Luce bought LIFE, only wanting its title: he greatly re-made the publication. LIFE became the first all-photographic American news magazine, and it dominated the market for several decades."

What I am selling, is the LAST ISSUE of the original format of LIFE Magazine - before the new format began on November  23,1936, with the cover photo of the Fort Peck Dam spillway by Margaret Bourke-White. This magazine was indeed, more like The New Yorker. Magazine is yellow from age, with age appropriate wear. I've put a slim bright green arrow, near the top - pointing to the pencil written "Last Issue". I have not tried to erase it. (Obviously, the arrow is not part of the cover.) The centerfold notifying subscribers that it is the last issue, is not attached to the magazine. It's loose, but not torn. There are no other loose pages. I've attached lots of photos to give you a really good idea of the style of the magazine and its condition. The article I've attached is by Frank R. Kent, who was an American journalist and political theorist of the 1920s and 1930s whose Baltimore Sun column "The Great Game of Politics" was syndicated nationally. This is a fascinating historical time capsule of the mid 1930s. Stories, cartoons, crosswords, theatre, politics, advertisements, etc. Needless to say, this issue is very very rare. (I have looked online to find other "last" issues, and literally haven't found one other copy.)  Buyer pays $10 for shipping by FedEx Home or FedEx Ground. Thank you.