Description
The second issue of Sports Illustrated Magazine, published August 23th, 1954 by Time, Inc.
Quarto, 88pp. Illustrated covers, bound at the spine with metal staples. The front cover features a color photograph of “Golf Bags at the Masters” by Mark Kauffman. Includes a three page fold-out spread of Baseball Trading Cards, 27 in total. Two “Subscription Cards” affixed to hinge, never used or removed. A bright, near fine example, solid binding.
From the personal library of Merrill Panitt (1918-1994), the founder and editorial director of TV Guide. During World War II, Panitt served on the staff of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, where he came to the attention of Walter Annenberg, the publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Panitt joined The Inquirer in 1945 and worked with Annenberg to found TV Guide in 1953. He later became the director of Triangle Publications, the publisher of TV Guide, Seventeen Magazine, and many more.
