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Detective Story Feb 1941 (Vol 161 #4)
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22Jan2005
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Street & Smith 130 pages (7x10")
Cover by (uncredited) for Riddle in Red |
Complete in this issue- Riddle in Red (novel) by Arthur Leo Zagat
- Hairsbreadth (novelette) by Carl Clausen
- The White Eye (novelette) by Anthony Rud
- Old-Fashioned Cop by Dale Clark
- Murder on May Street by Neil Miller
- Girl from Boston by Eric Howard
- Amateur by Sidney Waldo
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Detective Story May 1941 (Vol 162 #1)
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22Jan2005
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Street & Smith 130 pages (7x10") |
Complete in this issue- A Tooth for a Tooth by Benton Braden
- Murder in High Heels by Neil Miller
Serials- Mr. Marlow Takes to Blondes (1/2) by John Bentley
- Death on Post #7 (conclusion) by Frank Gruber
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| • 1 Cartier illustration for A Tooth for a Tooth.
| | Condition: Light edgewear in front; back cover soiling, with very heavy edgewear, bottom right corner worn out (missing); spine stress and moderate-to-heavy spine wear, with bottom 1/2 inch missing; pages supple, off-white.
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Detective Story Annual 1948
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27Jan2005
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Street & Smith 224 pages (digest)
Cover by Charles G. Ravel |
Contents of this issue- Flowers on a Grave by Agatha Gandy
- Lost in Hell by Dorothy Dunn
- She Sang of Murder by Roger Torrey
- Oswald Has His Night by Ronald Henderson
- Seventh Round Homicide by James Causey
- Marked for Murder by Inez Sebastian
- A Trifling Matter by Donald Van Riper
- Unwanted Body by Paul E. Triem
- The Want Ad Murders by Frances M. Deegan
- The Hanging Garden by Margaret Manners
- The Case of the Indian, O'Shaughnessy by Warren Fabian
- Tell the Coroner by George Cory Franklin
- Murder Rode Aft by Curt Storm
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Famous Fantastic Mysteries
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Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct 1946 (Vol 8 #1)
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29Jun2005
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Popular 130 pages (7 x 9 1/4")
Cover by Lawrence |
Complete in this issue- The Island of Dr. Moreau (novel) by H.G. Wells -- Lawrence illustrations
- Third Person Singular (novelette) by Clemence Dane -- Finlay illustrations
- Daemon (novelette) by C.L. Moore -- Finlay illustration
- The Burial of the Rats (novelette) by Bram Stoker -- Lawrence illustration
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| • As expected, readers excitedly anticipate Finlay's return from the army.
| | Condition: Light edgewear (small tears, creases); FRONT COVER: crease down mid-left half; BACK COVER: very light soiling; SPINE: top 1/2 inch heavy wear, bottom 1/2 inch missing; PAGES supple, light.
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Famous Fantastic Mysteries Mar 1951 (Vol 12 #3)
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11Jul2005
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Popular 112 pages (6 1/4 x 8 1/2")
Cover by (uncredited) for The Threshold of Fear |
Complete in this issue- The Threshold of Fear by Arthur J. Rees
- The Music of Erich Zann by H.P. Lovecraft
- The Dancing Partner by Jerome K. Jerome
- Golden Apple by C.H. Liddell
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| • Announcement that interior illustrations will resume next issue, specifically Virgil Finlay on Slayer of Souls.
| | Condition: Light edgewear, moderate surface wear; FRONT COVER: wear along spine, top half scratch near spine, 1/2 inch tear mid-upper right edge; PAGES supple, light tan, mid-top stain in front detectable through front half.
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Famous Fantastic Mysteries Apr 1952 (Vol 13 #3)
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11Jul2005
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Popular 114 pages (6 1/4 x 8 1/2") |
Complete in this issue- The Death Maker by Austin J. Small -- Lawrence illustrations
- The New Sun by J.S. Fletcher Finlay illustration
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Famous Fantastic Mysteries Aug 1952 (Vol 13 #5)
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14Mar2005
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Popular 114 pages (7x10")
Cover by Norman Saunders for White Wolf |
Complete in this issue- White Wolf by Franklin Gregory -- brilliant Virgil Finlay illustrations
- The Green Splotches by T.S. Stribling -- Lawrence illustrations
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Fantastic Adventures Mar 1947 (Vol 9 #2)
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17Aug2005
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Ziff-Davis 178 pages (7x10")
Cover by Robert Gipson Jones for Forever Is Too Long |
Complete in this issue- Forever Is Too Long (novel) by Chester S. Geier
- You Can't Scare Me (novelette) by Charles F. Myers
- Not as Plotted by Guy Archette
- Hickson's Strange Adventure by E.K. Jarvis
- Man of Two Worlds (novelette) by Robert Moore Williams
- The Princess and Her Pig by Richard S. Shaver
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| | Condition: Light edgewear; FRONT COVER: faded, 1/2 inch top and 1 1/4 inch bottom separation, light oblique lengthwise creasing; BACK COVER: bottom 2/3 loose with messy dried blackish glue on spine, penciling at top, light soiling and creasing; SPINE light staining; PAGES supple, yellowed, outer pages glue blotches.
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Fantastic Novels Jan 1950 (Vol 3 #5)
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25Jan2005
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New/Popular 112 pages 7x10"
Cover by Lawrence |
Contents of this issue- The Flying Legion by George Allan England
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| • Illustrated by Lawrence.
| | Condition: Light edgewear; writing under "F"; chipping at tips of spine; pages light and supple, 1 smudged a little, one torn 3/4 inch at top.
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Fantastic Universe (Science Fact & Fiction)
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Fantastic Universe (Science Fact & Fiction) Feb 1960 (Vol 12 #4)
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14Mar2005
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Great American Publications 128 pages (7x10")
Cover by David Afton (?, worn in signed area) |
Complete in this issue- The Night Before the Battle by J.T. McIntosh
- There IS an Abominable Snowman (article) by Ivan T. Sanderson
- Mercenaries Unlimited by David Gordon -- Finlay illustration
- To Mars and Venus in the Gay Nineties (article) by Sam Moskowitz -- old illustrations
- The Mystery of the Martian Satellites (article) by Dr. I.S. Shklovsky
- Drug on the Market by Randall Garrett -- Finlay illustration
- The Large Ant by Howard Fast -- Finlay illustration
- Fannotations (feature) by Belle C. Dietz
- The Lutine Bell by Tom and Gladys Cluff
- Universe in Books (feature) by H.S. Santesson
- Rope by James Rosenquest -- Finlay illustration
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