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Collection of nine magazines and reports personally-owned by Paul R. Jobs, the father of Steve Jobs, retrieved from the bedroom closet of the 'Apple Garage' family home in Los Altos. Includes: the 1982 Apple Computer, Inc. annual report, detailing the company's second year as a public company; a 1983 Apple booklet entitled "The Way We Give: Philanthropic Programs of Apple Computer, Inc."; the March/April 1980 issue of "Apple Orchard: The Apple Newsmagazine of the Fifth Annual West Coast Computer Faire" (Volume One/Number One); the Fall 1983 issue of Financial Enterprise, featuring Steve Jobs and John Sculley as "The Magician and the Manager"; a special issue of Newsweek Access from Fall 1984, featuring a lengthy interview with Steve Jobs, containing his commentary on ethics, status, and money in Silicon Valley; the April 1989 issue of Inc. magazine, honoring Steve Jobs as "Entrepreneur of the Decade"; the October 1989 issue of Publish!, featuring Jobs and his NeXT computer; the October 9, 1989 issue of Fortune, with a cover story on "How Steve Jobs Linked Up With IBM"; and the August 26, 1991 issue of Fortune, featuring Steve Jobs and Bill Gates on the cover. In overall fine condition, with some rippling to the Jobs/Gates issue of Fortune.
Provenance: from the personal collection of John Chovanec, stepbrother of Steve Jobs.
