Where to buy sold out back issues of magazines online?

lifeless — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:02:44 -0800

Are there any online sources (besides auction sites like eBay) where one might find back issues of magazines, ones that are no longer available from the publisher? Late last year, the UK-based SF/Fantasy rag SFX published an anime special that was only available at the stands, not delivered to subscribers. There are a number of articles in that issue I'm interested in. Trouble is, the publisher's online store is sold out. There was a single copy on eBay that I could find, sold as a collectible and with ridiculous postage costs overseas to Finland, where I live. Too expensive by far; used condition mags would be fine by me. Are there any convenient sources for stuff like this, or is one limited to scouring used book shops that also stock mags?

I know there has to be one of these for sale somewhere...

JDHarper — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:21:15 -0800

Where can I find a back issue of Life Magazine? My mom is fascinated by the story of Jim Elliot, a missionary who, along with four other companions, was killed by Auca (Huaorani) Indians in Ecuador, and the subsequent missionary effort that this spawned. This effort came as a direct result of a photo essay about the five missionaries published by Life magazine in January of 1956.

So I would love get a copy of this magazine for my mom for Christmas this year. Unfortunately, my sources on the internet are coming up dry. I just missed it on eBay, and the several stores selling back issues of magazines that I found on Google are out of stock.

So my question for you is this: Where can I find the January 30, 1956 issue of Life magazine? The cover story is Henry Ford II At River Rouge. You can see the cover at the eBay Auction that I just missed.

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Where to buy sold out back issues of magazines online?

I know there has to be one of these for sale *somewhere*...

I know there has to be one of these for sale somewhere...