This item contains 2 of the highly collectible LIFE magazines and one very rare, first edition "Honolulu Today" now known as Honolulu magazine.

LIFE Feb. 9, 1953, cover story: The World We Live In: Miracle of the Sea,

LIFE Oct. 8, 1965, cover story: Vigor and Languor on Glowing Tropical Isles: Hawaii 50th State-In Color, back cover missing, some pages loose

Honolulu Today, July 1966,  "first inaugural issue", cover story: The Story Behind Jackie's Hawaiian Holiday, very little wear

A little background about HonoluluToday magazine:  In 1888, when Hawai‘i was still a monarchy, King Kalakaua commissioned a magazine under royal charter to be Hawai‘i’s ambassador to the world. That magazine was Paradise of the Pacific.  In 1966, Paradise of the Pacific became Honolulu Today magazine and shifted focus dramatically. No longer would it just promote local business and tourism to the United States.  It became a magazine by and for the people of the Islands.  Today, HONOLULU is among the handful of publications in the U.S. that have chronicled the events of an entire century.  It is, in fact, the longest established magazine west of the Mississippi and the only monthly city magazine in the state of Hawai‘i….and it continues today.