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I have the following duplicate copies of French cycling magazine for sale.
1) Le Miroir des Sports, No.1076, 22 July 1939, green, 16 pages total, 16 pages of cycling coverage, Rene Vietto on cover, coverage of the 1939 Tour de France, 39 pictures, 1 cartoon by "RED", good condition, some small spots on the covers, right edge untrimmed, Vietto, S.Maes, Gianello, Vissers. $10
2) Le Miroir des Sports, No.1078, 27 July 1939, sepia, 16 pages total, 16 pages of cycling coverage, Rene Vietto on cover, coverage of the 1939 Tour de France, 30 pictures, 1 cartoon by "RED", good condition, 1/2" tear on fold line, right edge untrimmed, Vietto, Thietard, S.Maes, Gianello, Hendrickx. $10
3) Le Miroir des Sports, No.1079, 29 July 1939, green, 16 pages total, 16 pages of cycling coverage, Sylvere Maes and Rene Vietto on cover, coverage of the 1939 Tour de France, 31 pictures, 1 cartoon by "RED", good condition, some corners folded 3/8", right edge untrimmed, Rider Protest, l'Izoard, Alpes, Briancon, Vietto, Thietard, S.Maes, Gianello, Hendrickx. $10
4) But et Club, No.133, 22 July 1948, green, 16 pages total, 16 pages of cycling coverage, Gino Bartali and Guy Lapebie on cover, coverage of 1948 Tour de France, 37 pictures, good condition, tear at bottom of cover is original (no print beneath the fold), right edge untrimmed, Legnano, Bartali, Lapebie, Atala, Schotte, Bobet, Stella, "Bevilacqua slinging ailing Bobet", Olympia, De Santi's bloody chute. $15
5) Miroir Sprint, No.158, 13 June 1949, sepia, 16 pages total, 7 pages of cycling coverage, Rene Vietto & Goasmat & Pontet on cover, Paris-Limoges, Giro d'Italia, Stayer-racing, 31 pictures, very good condition, right edge tripped, "158" written in pen on front page, Goasmat, Vietto, Coppi, Bartali, Paul Choque. $10
6) Miroir Sprint, No.161, 4 July 1949, sepia, 16 pages total, 13 pages of cycling coverage, Jacques Marinelli & Lucien Teisseire on cover, coverage of 1949 Tour de France stages 2 through 4, 47 pictures, 3 strip cartoons of TdF stages by Pellos (!), good condition, small spots on covers, 1/2" tear at top, 1/2" tear at right, Teisseire, Marinelli, Coppi. $12
7) Miroir Sprint, No.162, 11 July 1949, sepia, 16 pages total, 13 pages of cycling coverage, Fiorenzo Magni & Edoard Fachleitner & Raymond Impanis & Serafino Biagioni on cover, coverage of stayer-racing and 1949 Tour de France stages 8 through 10, 38 pictures, 3 strip cartoons of TdF stages by Pellos (!), fair condition, front and back pages are seperated and loose, small spots throughout, right edge trimmed, some folds & small tears on back page, Magni, Lapebie. $6
8) Miroir Sprint, No.163, 18 July 1949, sepia, 16 pages total, 12 pages of cycling coverage, Apo Lazarides on cover, coverage of 1949 Tour de France stages 14 and 15 and the rest day in Cannes, 2 strip cartoons of TdF stages by Pellos (!), good condition, right edge trimmed, Coppi, Kubler, Robic. $8
9) Miroir Sprint, No.215, 24 July 1950, sepia, 16 pages total, 13 pages of cycling coverage, Marcel Dussault & Bartali & Robic & Kubler on cover, coverage of 1950 Tour de France stages 14 and 15 and the rest day in Cannes, 51 pictures, poor condition, rodent-chewed front page and right margin, right edge trimmed, $4
10) But et Club, No.243, 14 July 1950, green-gray, 16 pages total, 16 pages of cycling coverage, Goldschmidt & Lambrecht & Remy on cover, coverage of 1950 Tour de France team introductions and stage 1, 47 pictures, good condition, right edge untrimmed, $8
11) But et Club, Special Edition, June 1950, black with color front and back pages, 36 pages total, 36 pages of cycling coverage, Kubler on cover, preview of 1950 Tour de France, 36 pictures, fair/good condition with tears on front and back pages and folds on bottom right corner, right edge untrimmed, wonderful color image of Kubler on the verge of tears. $10
12) Miroir Sprint, Special Edition, 4 August 1950, green, 16 pages total, 16 pages of cycling coverage, Bobet on cover, coverage of 1950 Tour de France stages 18 & 19, 41 pictures, 1 full-page cartoon by Pellos, poor condition, rodent-chewed at top and right, stains on front page and decreasing through first 8 pages. $6
Lots of pictures at:
http://www.birfield.com/
or
Aldo Ross
Blue Ball, Ohio