Description
The first issue of Time Magazine: The Weekly News-Magazine, published on March 3, 1923 by Time, Inc.
Octavo, 32pp. [1], 28pp, [1]. The front cover features the portrait of retiring House Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, with a suggested retail price of “Fifteen Cents.” Bound at the spine with two staples. A few blemishes to front cover, internally fine. This first issue from Henry Luce and Briton Hadden was broken down into 22 sections, a quick way to consume the news in an era of “information overload.”
A scarce example of this important piece of 20th Century journalism.
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.