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Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine comic books 1918

  • Issue #146
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 146


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    • Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Spine split 20%. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 5, Issue 22 (Serial Number 146) - January 1, 1918. Department of Fine Arts. In this issue: "The Picture on the Wall" by Frank Weitenkampf of the New York Public Library Print Department. Also includes six card-stock prints of The Shepherd by Corot, The Colosseum, by Piranesi, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, By Whistler, The Sheepfold, by Jacque, The Doctor, by Fildes, and The Northeaster, by Homer. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #147
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 147


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    Volume 5, Issue 23 (Serial Number 147) - January 15, 1918. Department of Biography. In this issue: "Lafayette" by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of Government at Harvard University. Also includes six card-stock prints of Lafayette, by Boilly, America's First Ally, by Percy Moran, Marquis De Lafayette, Chateau De La Grange-Bleneau, Lafayette Monument, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y., Lafayette the Mature, by Ary Scheffer. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #148
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 148


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    • Spine split 40%.
    • No Back Cover.

    Volume 5, Issue 24 (Serial Number 148) - February 1, 1918. "American Compsers." Department of Music. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock pictures. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #149
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 149


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    • Spine split 30%. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Spine split 10%.
    • 5 1/2" Cumulative spine split.
    • Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 6, Issue 1 (Serial Number 149) - February, 15, 1918. Department of Fine Arts. In this issue: "The Luxembourg Gallery" by William A. Coffin, N.A. Also includes six card-stock prints of The Gleaner, by Jules Adolf Brenton, Cardinal Lavigerie, by Leon Bonnat Cain, by Fernand Cormon, Moonrise, by Henri Harpignies, The Poor Fisherman, by Pierre Puvis De Chavannes, and Paying the Harvesters, by Leon Lhermitte. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #150
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 150


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    Volume 6, Issue 2 (Serial Number 150) - March 1, 1918. Department of Biography. In this issue: "Julius Caesar" by George Willis Botsford. Also includes six card-stock prints of Julius Caesar, The Roman Forum in the Time of Caesar, The River Tiber in the Time of Caesar, Caesar Crossing the Rubicon, Death of Caesar, and Ruins of the Temple of the Deified Caesar. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #151
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 151


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    • Spine split 90%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #152
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 152


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    • Spine split 90%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 6, Issue 4 - April 1, 1918. In this issue: "Rosin and His Art" by M. Emile Villemin. Also includes six card-stock prints of Auguste Rodin, Rodin's Studio, The Thinker, The Adieu, La Pensee, and Bust of Countess of W. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #153
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 153


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    • Spine split 60%. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 6, Issue 5 - April 15, 1918. In this issue: "The Columbia River" by Ruth Kedzie Wood. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #154
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 154


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    Volume 6, Issue 6 - May 1, 1918. In this issue: "The Story of Coal" by Charles Fitzhugh Talman. Also includes six card-stock prints of Fossil Fern from a Coal Mine, Tipple at Bituminous Coal Mine, Coal Car Dumper in Operation, Charging Coal in a Modern Gas Plant, Smoke Problem, Rescue Party Entering Mine After Explosion. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #155
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 155


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    Volume 6, Issue 7 (Serial Number 155) - May 15, 1918. Department of Biography. In this issue: "Benjamin Franklin" by Albert Bushnell Hart. Also includes six card-stock prints of Young Franklin, 1773, Mature Franklin, 1777, Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky, Franklin Before the Lords of Whitehall, Drafting the Declaration of Independence, and Franklin at the Court of France . 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #156
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 156


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    • Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Spine split 90%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 6, Issue 8 (Serial Number 156) - June 1, 1918. Department of Natural History. In this issue: "The Forest" by Henry S. Graves. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper with card-stock covers, plus 6 card-stock plates. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #157
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 157


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    • Cover Detached. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 6, Issue 9 (Serial Number 157) - June 15, 1918. Department of Fine Arts. In this issue: "The Metropolitan Museum of Art" by Sydney P. Noe. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock gravures. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #158
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 158


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    • Spine split 50%.
    • Spine split 90%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 6, Issue 9 (Serial Number 158) - June 15, 1918. Department of History. In this issue: "The Metropolitan Museum of Art" by Sydney P. Noe. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock Gravures. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #159
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 159


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    Volume 6, Issue 9 (Serial Number 159) - July 15, 1918. Department of Travel. In this issue: "The Metropolitan Museum of Art" by Sydney P. Noe. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock Gravures. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #160
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 160


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    • Spine split 90%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 6, Issue 12 (Serial Number 160) - August 1, 1918. Department of Fine Arts. In this issue: "Photography" by Paul L. Anderson. Also includes six card-stock prints of Photograph from a Daguerreotype, Self-Portrait Photograph by D.O. Hill, Brooks' Comet, Portrait by Bromoil Process, The Lake, Winter, and Illustration for a Story. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #161
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 161


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    • 5" Cumulative spine split.

    Volume 6, Issue 13 (Serial Number 161) - August 15, 1918. Department of Travel. In this issue: "The Virgin Islands of The United States of America" by E.M. Newman, Lecturer and Traveler. Also includes six card-stock prints of St. Thomas Harbor Before the Danish Flag Came Down, St. Thomas, Danish Government Building, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Christiansted, St. Croix, and Street in Frederiksted, St. Croix. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #162
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 162


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    • Spine split 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Spine split 90%. Cover Detached.
    • Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 6, Issue 14 (Serial Number 162) - September 1, 1918. Department of Literature. In this issue: "Makers of Modern American Fiction" by Arthur B. Maurice. Includes authors such as; Richard Harding Davis, Booth Tarkington, Stewart Edward White, Jack London, Robert W. Chambers, and Rex Beach. Also includes 6 index cards, each one features a black and white photo of an American author on the front, and a short biography on the back. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock gravures. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #163
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 163


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    • Spine split 25%. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 6, Issue 15 (Serial Number 163) - September 16, 1918. Department of Travel and History. In this issue: "The Story of the Mississippi" by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of Government at Harvard University. Includes six gravures that feature La Salle Taking Possession of Louisiana, Two Types of Mississippi Steamers, Mississippi Boat-Landing at New Orleans, Gun and Motor Boats on the Mississippi, Sunset on the Upper Mississippi, Minnehaha Falls, Near Minneapolis. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock gravures. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #164
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 164


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    • Spine split 5%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Extensive.

    Volume 6, Issue 15 (Serial Number 164) - September 16, 1918. Department of Natural History. In this issue: "The Story of the Mississippi" by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of Government at Harvard University. Includes six gravures that feature La Salle Taking Possession of Louisiana, Two Types of Mississippi Steamers, Mississippi Boat-Landing at New Orleans, Gun and Motor Boats on the Mississippi, Sunset on the Upper Mississippi, Minnehaha Falls, Near Minneapolis. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock gravures. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #165
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 165


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    Volume 6, Issue 17 (Serial Number 165) - October 15, 1918. Department of Science. In this issue: "Reclaiming the Desert" by C.J. Blanchard of the United States Reclamation Service. Includes six gravures that feature The Miracle of Irrigation, High Line Canal, Gunnison Tunnel, Roosevelt Dam, Arrowrock Dam, and Suburb of Phoenix. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock gravures. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #166
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 166


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    • Spine split 25%. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Spine split 5%.
    • 3 1/2" Spine split from top.

    Volume 6, Issue 18 (Serial Numbe 166) - November 1, 1918. Departemnt of Biography. In this issue: "Guynemer the Winged Sword of France" by Howard W. Cook. Includes six gravures that feature Guynemer When He Began His Flights, Guynemer and His Faithful Gunner, Guerder, Guynemer at the Wheel, Guynemer Brought Down by the Boche, Guynemer and a Boche Victory, and Guynemer, the Ace of Aces. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock gravures. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #167
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 167



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    • Spine split 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Spine split 15%. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • 4 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust.

    Volume 6, Issue 19 - November 15, 1918. In this issue: "France in Wartime" by E.M. Newman, Lecturer and Traveler. Includes six gravures that feature American Supply Depot in France, German Prisoners at Work in a French War Garden, Vegetable Market in the Latin Quarter, Paris, American Relief Workers Caring For Peasant Refugees, All That is Left of a School for Girls, and Grand Opera House, Paris. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock gravures. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #168
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 168



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    • Spine split 25%. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Spine split 15%.
    • Spine split 20%. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 6, Issue 20 (Serial Number 168) - December 2, 1918. Department of Fine Arts. In this issue: "Chinese Painting" by Francis Ayscough. Includes six gravures that feature Plumb Blossoms by Moonlight by Fang Hsueh-Po, May Longevity, Conjugal Felicity and Prosperity be Your Lot by Shen Nan-P'in, Kuan-Yin, The Goddess of Mercy Disguised as a Demon, The Amazon Hung Hsien by Ts'ui Yen-Fu, Think Thrice, Then Act by Chao Chang-Mu, and Home of the Li T'ai-Po by Li Yung Chih. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock gravures. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #169
    Mentor (1913-1930 Crowell Publishing) Magazine 169


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    Volume 6, Issue 21(Serial Number 169) - December 16, 1918. Department of History and Literature. In this issue: "King Arthur and the Round Table" by Francis Loring Pyne. Includes Mentor Gravures of King Arthur, Merlin and Vivien, Lancelot and Guinevere, The Mount of the Holy Grail, The Vigil, and Sir Galahad. Also includes 6 index cards, each one features a black and white artwork on the front, and a short biography on the back. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock gravures. Cover price $0.20.