http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/astounding-stories/10
I have only sampled the covers, but the archive has each entire issue to view from 1957 to 2007 - found at the Form Covers Archive http://www.form.de/w3fa.php?nodeId=116&lang=2&pVId=381191218
More gorgeous graphic design from yesteryear, this time from Italy...
“Advertising in Italy” is an accurate look at Italian graphic design between each two years stated, including: posters, advertising, catalogs, packaging, trade-marks and more - via http://www.thisisdisplay.org/
Illustrating a myriad of scientific theories, here are the most beautiful 'Naturwissenschaft und Medizin' (Natural Science and Medicine) magazine covers by Erwin Poell - found through Ekusupo's Flickr set and on http://counter-print.co.uk
Editor: Hoimar von Ditfurth
Year: 1965-1972
Publisher: Boehringer Pharmaceutical Company
Art Director: Erwin Pœll
Well they float my boat... found via http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/electrical-experimenter
I know the Star Wars cover isn't in correct order by date, but it is in correct order of my long-term preference... http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/hobby-japan
"The term pulp fiction originally referred to "pulp" paper magazines of the late 19th century, such as Weird Tales and The Strand, which featured the work of such prolific literary masters as H.G. Wells (The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (The Lost World, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) J.R.R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings) and Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan of the Apes). Generally, pulp fiction stories focused on man struggling with dark, powerful and often, evil forces -- both internal and external -- beyond his control. By the early and mid-20th century, pulp fiction, with its mix of science fact and speculative fiction, launched a new era and genre of fantasy stories with compelling alternative or parallel realities." Source: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3992 and http://www.coverbrowser.com/