This offering is a massive group of 532 issues of TV Guide that stretches back to, and before, the magazine's origins. Included are also 134 copies of the predecessor TV Forecast and TV Forecast and Guide, plus 54 copies of Chicago Tribune TV Week. Highlights of covers in the group include Jackie Gleason, Jack Webb, Frank Sinatra, Groucho Marx, Lucille Ball, Leave it to Beaver, The Rifleman, Alfred Hitchcock, Steve McQueen, Dick Clark, Carol Burnett, Barney Fife, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bonanza, Arnold Palmer, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Flintstones, Gilligan's Island, Flipper and Get Smart.
Includes: TV GUIDE 1953 (26 issues, Including 2nd (Jack Webb), 3rd, and first “Fall Preview Issue”; 1954 (42 Issues); 1955 (39 issues); 1956 (39); 1957 (32): 1958 (19); 1959 (31); 1960 (34) ; 1961 (30) ; 1962 (30); 1963 (39); 1964 (30); 1965 (46) ; 1966 (37) ; 1967 (45) ; 1968 (2); 1969 (1); 1970s (10). TV FORECAST 1950-53 134 copies including 3 of the last 4 issues from March 1953 when the title is transitioning from TV FORECAST to TV FORECAST AND GUIDE just prior to becoming TV GUIDE with the first issue on April 3, 1953. CHICAGO TRIBUNE TV WEEK 1957-1964 (54 copies). All but a very small number are intact with covers attached, but most copies have moderate wear, and most have mailing labels. Excellent condition, with a good number lesser.