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Auction History Result 6h0041 KING KONG set of 3 magazines 1933 contains illustrated novelization of the film, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/14/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Set of 3 Original Vintage Magazines (measures 8 1/2" x 11 3/4" [22 x 30 cm]) (Learn More) King Kong, the classic 1933 Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack Africa New York City giant ape fantasy romantic love triangle adventure horror thriller ("'The most awesome thriller of all time' the one and only"; "Not beast.. Not human.... Not devil.. But all three magnified! Raging.. Roaring.. Crushing.. Killing.."; "Strangest story ever conceived by man!"; "Out-leaping the maddest imaginings! Out-thrilling the wildest thrills!"; "See the living, fighting monsters of Creation's dawn rediscovered in the world today!"; "See the death-fight between giant ape and prehistoric dinosaur... the most amazing combat since the world began!"; "See the ape as big as a battleship wrecking New York!"; "Unique..! Thrilling! Startling!"; "From an idea conceived by Edgar Wallace & Merian C. Cooper"; based on the story by Edgar Wallace, with incredible special effects by Willis O'Brien) starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong (as Carl Denham), Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, and Sam Hardy NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that King Kong premiered on March 2, 1933, in New York City, and went into wide release on April 7, 1933. RKO made a deal with Mystery magazine to publish an illustrated novelization of the movie in their February and March issues, so that it would get that much more word out about this wonderful movie. This novelization is from a different author than the one in the Grosset & Dunlap first edition book (see link below). The February issue has Fay Wray and Bruce Cabot on the cover and a photo of Fay Wray tied on the island on one page and a 2-page artwork image of Kong tearing off her clothes on the following pages. The March issue has the conclusion of the novelization, and a 2-page spread with images from the movie (including Kong at the gates on the island), with an image from the movie on the next page. We don't know if it was planned in advance, but the April issue does not have anymore of the novel (which concluded in the March issue), but it has a great image on the contents page showing Fay Wray reading the February issue, with a "native" in full makeup looking at it over her shoulder, and it says that running this novelization was "another scoop for Mystery magazine". We have never auctioned any of these magazines before, and we would have to think that they are incredibly rare!
Click here to see the Grosset & Dunlap first edition hardcover book (which is different than the magazine novelization) in a separate auction! Note that this is one of an amazing collection of 30 movie edition books (and a few closely related items) that were consigned to us from a man who has collected such books for over half a century! Included are some of the most rare and desirable of these books, and all have the original dust jackets (many times such books lost their dust jackets over the years and they are far more rare with the dust jacket). This is a very rare opportunity to obtain one or more of these books, most of which we have either never auctioned before or only auctioned once before! Note: We have 44 images of the magazines in this set, but due to a space limitation, only TEN of the 44 images are displayed above. However, there is a "supersize" link to the right of those images that lets you see the other 34. Condition: good to very good. The February issue has some creasing by the spine and slight paper loss in the top blank area of the spine. It has minor wear around the edges but is overall in "very good" condition. The March issue has a 2" x 4" coupon cut from the back cover, affecting ads on the front and back of the back cover. The back cover is separated from the magazine and it has paper loss down the spine, with some creases, scuffs, and tiny paper loss on the front cover. It is in "fair to good" condition. The April issue has light creases in the bottom right corner of the front cover, but is otherwise really nice and is in "very good to fine" condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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