1933/11 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Issue measures appx. 9-3/4″ X 12-3/4″ with 72 pages plus covers.

Cover design — Disarmament Conference — by Garretto

Contents as gathered from the Index are as follows:

The World of Ideas:

The world is saved again–and again by Andre Maurois

The sacred scraps of paper — Photographs

Parvenus in politics by Jay Franklin

Nevada without giants by David Senseney

Bacchus Over the Customs House by Frank Schoonmaker

In and About the Theatre:

The Ballet Redivivus — photographs

Victor Moore photograph by Steichen

The Theatre by George Jean Nathan

George M. Cohan photograph by Steichen

Helen Hayes photograph by Cecil Beaton

Concerning the Cinema:

Norma Shearer photograph by Steichen

The screen by Pare Lorentz

Mary Astor photograph by Steichen

Male and female–we create them — photographs

The World of Art:

Self-portrait by Paul Cezanne (in color)

George Grosz photograph by Horst

The Notion Counter:

How to spend $3,300,000,000 by Corey Ford

Club car by Harold Nicolson

A detail of the depression by Irvin S. Cobb

The dry funeral parade by Frank Sullivan

Bark, the Moorish Slave by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Horse thief by Erskine Caldwell

The imperfect lady by Sylvia Lyon

Satirical Sketches:

Maxim Litvinov caricature by Jean Oberle (in color)

Political gasbags by Steig

Private lives of the great–No. 2–Professor William Beebe caricature by Covarrubias (in color)

The Supreme Bench caricatures by Al Hirschfeld

Vanity Fair’s own paper dolls–no. 2–Aimee MacPherson caricature by Alajalov

Sports and Games:

The good old games by Sir Basil Twittingham

Football rule-book 1933 by John Riddell

Miscellaneous:

James P. Warburg photograph by Nelson

Raymond Moley photograph by Steichen

Fiorello LaGuardia photograph by Nelson

Hall of fame — photographs

The Smoky Mountaineer photograph by Louise Dahl Wolfe

Art versus nature — photographs

For the well-dressed man

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Budweiser on the inside front cover, Grace Line, Pabst Blue Ribbon, White Rock Water, Schick Dry Shaver*, Goodyear on the inside back cover, and a Camel Cigarettes ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

1932/04 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Issue measures appx. 9-3/4″ X 12-3/4″ with 84 pages plus covers.

Cover design — James J. Walker — by Covarrubias

Contents as gathered from the Index are as follows:

THE WORLD OF IDEAS:

The Eighteenth Amendment can be repealed by John Hemphill

Wanted: a post-war party by Jefferson Chase

Life in a Russian apartment by Alexander Nazaroff

The American caste system by Alva Johnston

Joyful James by Clre Booth Brokaw is about Jimmie Walker, the Mayor of New York

Manchuria: a tragedy of errors by George E. Sokolsky

A politician looks at business by Jay Franklin

William E. Borah

What American Music is American? by John Tasker Howard

The modern Roman circus by Vladimir Potts

IN AND ABOUT THE THEATRE:

The theatre by George Jean Nathan

Beatrice Lillie and Hope Williams — photograph by Von Horn

Diana Wynyard — photograph by Steichen

Ernest Truex — photograph by Steichen

Leslie Howard — photograph by Steichen

CONCERNING THE CINEMA:

William Haines by Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Sylvia Sidney — photograph by Steichen

Evelyn Brent — color photograph by Steichen

THE WORLD OF ART:

A series of American Artists — No. 1 — Georgia O’Keefe (color)

Myron C. Taylor by Sir William Orpen

LITERARY HORS D’OEUVRES:

“Merrily we roll a log” by Corey Ford

Merchant of souvenirs by Donald Moffat

Bertram the burgler by Edmund Pearson

The Hyndsyte Saga by John Riddell

The lost stars by Nancy Hale

SPORTS AND GAMES:

It is to weep by Paul Gallico

Sailor Jack Sharkey — pugilist — photograph by Steichen

Vanity Fair’s bridge problems

SATIRICAL SKETCHES:

Impossible Interviews — No. 5 — John D. Rockefeller, Sr. and Stalin in color by Covarrubias

MISCELLANEOUS:

The Right Honorable Winston Churchill — photograph by Steichen

Edna St. Vincent Millay — photograph by Bernice Abbott

Robinson Jeffers — photograph by Edward Weston

A photographer of the 40’s — photographs

Errors that have no end — photographs

Our ink-stained explorers — photographs

Hall of fame — photographs

For the well-dressed man

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Goodyear on the inside front cover, Holeproof Hosiery ad by Erte, Lincoln with color illustration of the New Lincoln V-3 Five-Passenger Coupe, Pierce-Arrow Auto, French Line Cruises, Studebaker, Cine-Kodak, Nash Auto, Packard, Chevrolet, the Chrysler Imperial, Pitcairn Autogiro with color illustration by Will Hollingsworth, Ethyl Gasoline with color illustration by Karl Godwin on the inside back cover, and a Camel Cigarettes ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

1932/06 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Issue measures appx. 9-3/4″ X 12-3/4″ with 84 pages plus covers.

Cover design — von Hindenburg — by Oberle

Contents as gathered from the Index are as follows:

THE WORLD OF IDEAS:

The taxpayers’ orgy by Marcus Duffield

The national straw-vote season by Jefferson Chase

Hindenburg of Germany by Richard von Kuhlmann

Wanted: a Dictator!

International week-enders by Jay Franklin

Bootlegging for Junior by Dalton Trumbo

Vicious spirals by Walter Lippmann

IN AND ABOUT THE THEATRE:

Mexicana — Lupe Velez — photograph by Steichen

The theatre by George Jean Nathan

“Grand Hotel” photographs

Paris rebound — Ina Claire — photograph by Hoyningen-Huene

Gebruder Gershwin by Isaac Goldberg with drawings by Alajalov

CONCERNING THE CINEMA:

Tarzan of the pools — Johnny Weissmuller — photograph by Hoyningen-Huene

Dorothy Jordan — photograph by Steichen

Dita Parlo — photograph by Steichen

THE WORLD OF ART:

Paul Manship’s Lincoln

A series of American Artists — No. 3 — Edward Hopper (color)

LITERARY HORS D’OEUVRES:

Speakeasy of love by Frank Lynn Parke

Friday to Monday by Sylvia Lyon

Argentine blues by Paul Morand

A man must write by John Riddell

Laying out the garden by Corey Ford

Edward Steichen by Clare Boothe Brokaw

SPORTS AND GAMES:

Everlast 1932 by Paul Gallico

The one over one vs. Culbertson by David Burnstine

Olive Hatch — photograph by Steichen

SATIRICAL SKETCHES:

The gold standard bearer — Ogden L. Mills — in color by William Cotton

Impossible Interviews — No. 7 — Marie of Romania vs. Mae West in color by Covarrubias

MISCELLANEOUS:

Thomas W. Lamont — photograph by Steichen

This was their year of grace — photographs

Smith vs. Roosevelt

We nominate for oblivion — photographs (4 photos, one of which is Hitler who is labeled demagogue)

Is Washington done with mirrors?

Query on!

For the well-dressed man

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Ethyl Gasoline with color illustration by Karl Godwin on the inside front cover, Pierce-Arrow auto, Chrysler Imperial, Pitcairn Autogiro with color illustration by Charles Kaiser, Hudson Pacemaker, The Lincoln V-12, Packard, Studebaker, Cine-Kodak, Goodyear on the inside back cover, and a beautiful Lucky Strike Cigarettes ad featuring a large image of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

1932/10 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Issue measures appx. 9-3/4″ X 12-3/4″ with 72 pages plus covers.

Cover design — Mussolini — by Covarrubias

Contents as gathered from the Index are as follows:

THE WORLD OF IDEAS:

Uncle Shylock’s dilemma by Drew Pearson

Mussolini’s next ten years by George Slocombe

Baltimoreans have no headaches by Mark S. Watson

How to treat reporters by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan

Keeping the Open Door open by Henry Carter

Balancing the books by Ogden L. Mills

The Wendels and their wills by Edmund Pearson

Three votes for a dollar by Wayne Gard

Columnists by Harry Salpeter

IN AND ABOUT THE THEATRE:

Tragedienne Russe — Alla Nazimova — photograph by Steichen

Dorothy Hall — photograph by Steichen

The theatre by George Jean Nathan

Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie McClintic (Katharine Cornell) — photograph by Vandamm

CONCERNING THE CINEMA:

The return of the comedian — photograph of Harold Lloyd by Steichen

Two men of Hollywood by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is about Ronald Colman and Ramon Novarro with sketches of each by Fairbanks Jr.

The screen by Pare Lorentz

Sister Joan — photograph of Joan Bennett by Steichen

Young star — photograph of Loretta Young by Steichen

THE WORLD OF ART:

Blue eyes and sea — by Leon Kroll — full page in color

SATIRICAL SKETCHES:

Germany’s Junker Statesman — Franz von Papen — caricature by Jean Oberle in color

The depression by George Grosz

Impossible Interviews — No. 11 — Chief Justice Hughes vs. Al Capone in color by Covarrubias

LITERARY HORS D’OEUVRES:

Paris after dark by Paul Morand

Reenter the pamphleteer! by Jefferson Chase

Paris through the keyhole by Maurice Sachs

The happy hypochondriac by Sylvia Lyon

SPORTS AND GAMES:

The Texas babe by Paul Gallico is about Babe Didrikson with a small photo

Our sporting columnists — photographs

MISCELLANEOUS:

Pope Pius XI — photograph by G. Felici

Other strings to their bows — photographs of famous people playing the violin — Mussolini, Upton Sinclair, Albert Einstein, Charles Chaplin and others

Anatomy pays — photographs

Hall of Fame — photographs

The Socialist — Norman Thomas — photograph by Steichen

Air-minded — photographs

For the well-dressed man

The pitch shots by Robert T. Jones, Jr. with small photo of Gene Sarazen

Contract Bridge at the Cavendish by Julius G. Wetzlar

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Lincoln ad on inside front cover, Camel Cigarettes, and a Lucky Strike Cigarettes ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

1935/03 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Issue measures appx. 9-3/4″ X 12-3/4″ with 76 pages plus covers.

Cover design — American Puppet Show by Garretto

Contents as gathered from the Index are as follows:

ARTICLES:

No Southern Gentleman by Robert Cantwell

The Supreme Court in 1935 by Jay Franklin

Why I Hate Parties by Gary Eagels

Some Pioneers in the Snatch Racket by David Frederick McCord

42 Years in the Vanderbilt Family by John Riddell

Why We Clash With Japan by Upton Close

How to Torture a Movie Star by Don Schwarzkopf

California’s “Bluebeard” Watson by Edmund Pearson

The Theatre by George Jean Nathan

A Great English Golfer: John Ball by Bernard Darwin

Hollywood on Parade by Helen Brown Norden

Bill Tilden and Pro Tennis by John R. Tunis

King George’s London — a monthly review

Madness Among the Experts by Samuel Fry, Jr.

SHORT STORIES:

The Caged White Woman of the Saraban by William Seabrook

Fugue for Harmonica by Allan Seager

One Last Goodbye by Richard Sherman

PHOTOGRAPHS:

The Dicatator — composite photograph by Bourges

Amateur Night on the Air Waves by Remie Lohse

Yehudi Menuhin and Sisters by Nelson

Dolores Del Rio by Steichen

Anna May Wong photograph in color by Steichen

The Photography of Alfred Stieglitz featuring Georgia O’Keefe

Tallulah Bankhead by Nelson

Lily Damita by Steichen

Hall of Fame

Myrna Loy by Hurrell

ART AND CARICATURE:

Donald Richberg — caricature by William Cotton in color

The Party Guests by Steig

New Titles for Old Masters

Impossible Interview — Dr. Samuel Johnson versus Alexander Woolcott in color by Covarrubias

The Garden Through the Window — by Segonzac. Photographed in color by Bourges

The Flying Trapeze by Margaret Peterson

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Cadillac, Goodyear Tires on the inside front cover, and a Camel Cigarettes ad feautring Jack Shea on the back cover.

1935/05 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Issue measures appx. 9-3/4″ X 12-3/4″ with 76 pages plus covers.

Cover design — Easter Egg Rolling at the White House by Garretto

Contents as gathered from the Index are as follows:

ARTICLES:

Heil, Huey! by Corey Ford

Washington on the Half-Shell by Arthur Loring Bruce

The Grand Guillotiner of Paris by Janet Flanner

The Public Plunges Again by Robert Cantwell

Bumping the Ceiling in Sports by Paul Gallico

The New Unbalance of Power in Europe by Raymond Gram Swing

The Theatre by George Jean Nathan

Hollywood on Parade by Helen Brown Norden

Parlog Tag — The New Rage

Goering — The Nazi Lion-Tamer by John Gunther

Thoughts on Becoming an American Citizen by George Drapier

King George’s London

The Poisoning of Widow Hart by John Kobler

Praise and Prejudice by George Dangerfield

SHORT STORIES:

Slow Train Through Carolina by Richard Sherman

Part-Time Panther in Daloa by William Seabrook

You G-I-I-ve Yourself–Or Drop the Handkerchief by Tess Slesinger

PHOTOGRAPHS:

The Great American Money Magnet — Composite Photograph

H.G. Wells by Steichen

Colonel Roscoe Turner by Nelson

Hall of Fame

Julie Haydon by Steichen

The Circus by Nelson

Glenn Cunningham by Nelson

Ethel Merman and William Gaxton color photograph by Steichen

Lou Gehrig by Nelson – Photo area is appx. 7-1/2″ X 8-1/2″ with text caption underneath

New York’s Fashionable Models

Richard Cromwell by Hoyningen-Huene

Karen Morley by Nelson

Al Jolson & Ruby Keeler by Goldberg

ART AND CARICATURE:

Huey Long — caricature by William Cotton in color

Columns in the Temple of the Press by Alain

Impossible Interview — Dr. Freud vs. Jean Harlow in color by Covarrubias

The Confused Witness by Forain

Temperament by William Gropper

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: LaSalle auto, 2-page French Line ad for the S.S. Normandie, Old Gold Cigarettes ad with Petty Girl illustrated by George Petty, Goodyear on the inside back cover, and a Camel Cigarettes ad on the back cover.

1936/01 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Issue measures appx. 9-3/4″ X 12-3/4″ with 64 pages plus covers.

Cover design — Skiing at Lake Placid by Deyneka

Contents as gathered from the Index are as follows:

ARTICLES:

The Smart Woman of Japan by Upton Close

New Year’s Resolutions 1936

Major Riddell’s Amateur Hour by John Riddell

Murder in the Belfry by Edmund Pearson

Freedom for the Child? by George Seddon

Those Royal Virtuosi — The Swedish Bernadottes — by John Mason Brown

First, Second and Third Lady — Mrs. Roosevelt — by Jay Franklin

The Theatre by George Jean Nathan

Babes in the Drink by Paul Gallico

Hollywood on Parade by Helen Brown Norden

The Dancer and the Queen by George Davis

Praise and Prejudice by George Dangerfield

SHORT STORIES:

Mrs. Malley and the Artist by Dan Wickenden

Charity Begins by Allan Seager

La Serenata by William Standish Stone

…And Bells on My Toes by Thomas Beer

PHOTOGRAPHS:

June Knight color photograph by Bruehl-Bourges

Lily Pons by Steichen

Peter Lorre by Nelson

Beatrice Lillie by Nelson

Rosita Montenegro by Schall

Marlene Dietrich color photograph by Bruehl-Bourges

Max Reinhardt by Nelson

Hall of Fame

Father Divine of Harlem

Mary Taylor by Nelson

Russia’s Sportswomen

Pride and Prejudice by Steichen

The White Hopes of Broadway by Nelson

The Kompa Sisters by Remie Lohse

Charles Spencer Chaplin by Steichen

ART AND CARICATURE:

Self-Portrait — by Van Gogh, Photographed in Color by Bourges

Going to the Opera by Adolf Dehn

Impossible Interview — George Arliss vs. Cardinal Richelieu, Duke of Wellington, and Disreasli in color by Covarrubias

The American Ballet by Dora Abrahams

Camel Cigarettes ad on the back cover.