Pageant

Pageant Mar 1953   18Jan2005 Hillman 162 pages (digest) Back cover by Al Capp featuring Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae. Complete in this issue Those 20 Democratic Years (article) -- a look back from the dawn of the Eisenhower Administration, jam-packed with historical photos. Three Strange Cases by William Sharpe, Brain Surgeon Allen's Sallies by Fred Allen Pageant Visits Adlai E. Stevenson Plus many other articles and picture features Al Capp's America by Al Capp -- 17-page heavily illustrated satire by the creator of Li'l Abner Condition: Fine. The only problems are a narrow strip at the base of the spine torn away from the back cover and last page, a penciled notation next to the last page number, evidence of the staples pressing against the covers, slight edgewear, and wear at the spine tips.

Pageant Jan 1959   4Jan2005 Hillman 146 pages (digest) Complete in this issue Captions Outrageous! (picture story) -- example of the funny-caption fad Color Explosion (picture story) -- on the implications of "the rise of colored peoples" Aspirin: The All-Around, All-American Pill (article) Burt Lancaster, Baloney Battler (article) About Jackie Gleason (Would You Believe It? picture story) -- art by the brilliant, zany Will Elder, of Mad comic book fame The Kisser's Guide (picture story) with Mike Nichols and Elaine May Ten Faces He'll Never Forget (picture story) by N.and M. Rau -- movie expert recalls glamour girls He's Ike's Boy (article) -- John Eisenhower Art a la Carte (picture story) -- Greeting card art modeling The War Against Dracula (article) -- fighting the lamprey in the Great Lakes Pageant of Interesting Americans (picture story) -- theatrical behind-the-scenes movers and shakers Top Spinner! (article) -- Chicago DJ Howard Miller (affected by cut page) One Girl & Five Men (picture story) -- singer/actress Juliette Greco Remember (Hic) When? (article) -- here's to the end of Prohibition Just Joan (picture story) -- modeling by Joan Tabor, photos by Russ Meyer and Don Ornitz Condition: Corner creasing; light soiling; small tear mid-right edge of first page; dog-earing; 4/5 pages 117/118 cut out.

The Popular Magazine

The Popular Magazine Nov 20, 1926 (Vol 82 #3)   31Jan2005 Street & Smith 144 pages (7x10") Cover by Lawrence Herndon Complete in this issue The Pied Piper (complete book) by Henry C. Rowland Assayed by J.H. Greene The Higher Showmanship by Robert H. Rohde For the Good of the Service (novelette) by B.M. Bower Caribou by Frederick Niven Just a Whiz-Bang by Theodore Goodridge Roberts Serials Lightnin' Calvert (3/6) by W.B.M. Ferguson Too Experienced (conclusion, 2/2) by Roy Norton Condition: Heavy edgewear, some rubbing; top 1/2 inch and bottom 1/4 inch of spine missing; pages supple and tan.

Railroad Magazine

Railroad Magazine Aug 1945 (Vol 38 #3)   14Jan2005 Popular 146 pages (7x10") Cover In the Mohawk Valley by Frederick Blakeslee (signed) Serials Wanderlust (Illustrated feature, part 2) by Maxwell Swan Complete in this issue The Would-Be Jesse James (illustrated feature) Too Perfect by William L. Rohde Varnish on the Signal by John Paul Mills • Plus True Tales of the Rails (Actual happenings told by eyewitnesses) Condition: Moderate edgewear; light staining (water damage?); pages bright and supple.

Railroad Stories

Railroad Stories Jun 1933 (Vol 11 #3)   14Mar2005 Munsey 144 pages (7x10") Cover by Emmett Watson (signed) for The Haunted Division -- a classic! Complete in this issue The Haunted Division (novelette) by John Johns Baggage-Car Goat by Vernon Swaine Muleshoe Maloney by James W. Earp A Man's Job by Norman F. Brandhorst Desert Freight by The Engine Picture Kid Rails to the Front (novelette) by E.S. Dellinger • Plus illustrated features, true tales, departments. Condition: Moderate edgewear (tears, creases); FRONT COVER: writing above title; SPINE: bottom 3/8 inch missing; BACK COVER: bottom half separated; PAGES: supple, tanned, store stamp, price penciled.

Railroad Stories Apr 1934 (Vol 14 #1)   14Mar2005 Munsey 144 pages (7x10") Cover by Emmett Watson (signed) for The Devil's Slide (true tale) Complete in this issue Railroad Man (novelette) by N.F. Brandhorst Brakeman's Luck by H.B. Hargis Hot Shot! (composite story) by Ten Authors Always Inventing Things by James W. Earp The Hobo Rider by Alexander Scott Speed Limits (novelette) by E.S. Dellinger • Plus true tales, illustrated features, departments. Condition: Very light edgewear (small tears); FRONT COVER: 3/8 inch bottom separation, 1 inch rubbing along bottom spine; SPINE: very light tip wear; BACK COVER: 1/2 inch tear 1 3/4 inch from bottom of spine; PAGES: supple, tanned, 1/2 inch tear 2 inches down outer edge pages 1-8, page 1 store stamp, price penciled, tiny tears and crease 3 inches up outer edge.

Science Fiction Adventures

Science Fiction Adventures Nov 1952 (Vol 1 #1)   16Feb2005 Science Fiction Publications 160 pages (digest) Cover by Van Dongen Complete in this issue The Fires of Forever (novel) by Chad Oliver Make Mine Mars (novelette) by Cyril Kornbluth The 21st Generation (novelette) by Irving B. Cox, Jr. Interplanetary Tin Can by Ross Rocklynne A Day's Work by Wilmar H. Shiras The Ordeal of Professor Klein by L. Sprague de Camp Recognition by Thomas C. Pace The Persuasive Man by Roger Dee The Dissecting Table (book reviews) by Damon Knight • Plus articles.Illustrators include Van Dongen and Orban. • Publisher (R. Alvarez) and editor (Philip St. John) are pseudonyms of Lester Del Rey • Michael Shaara, author of Gettysburg, is Associate Editor Condition: Front cover: 1/2 inch top separation; back cover light corner and edge wear; pages supple, tan.

Hugo Gernsback's short-running last hurrah in the pro SF arena. Innovative slick format, but rather old-fashioned in content, featuring many old-timers as well as a few newcomers. Sam Moskowitz ran day-to-day operations and provided book reviews.

Science Fiction Plus (Preview of the Future)

Science Fiction Plus (Preview of the Future) Apr 1953 (Vol 1 #2)   9Jul2005 Gernsback 66 pages (magazine) Cover by Alex Schomburg (signed), "Thousand-Year Space Ark", for Interstellar Flight Back cover by Frank R. Paul and Tina (signed), "Science-Fiction Views the Cosmos" Inside back cover feature, Once Around the Solar System by Forrest J. Ackerman -- Morris Scott Dollens photo-illustrations Complete in this issue World War III -- in Retrospect by Hugo Gernsback -- Paul illustrations Captive Asteroid (novelette) by Raymond Z. Gallun Retrograde Evolution (novelette) by Clifford D. Simak Throwback in Time (novelette) by Frank Belknap Long The Ultimate City by Richard Tooker The Radio Brain (short short) by "Gus N. Habergock" Interstellar Flight (article) by Leslie R. Shepherd, Ph.D. -- Paul illustrations • Plus editorial, science quiz, science news shorts, book reviews, science Q & A. • Gernsback is editor and publisher, Sam Moskowitz Managing Editor of this short-lived old-fashioned magazine. Condition: Light edgewear; FRONT COVER: date stamp, dust shadows (foxing?) at edges; SPINE: top tip wear; PAGES supple, white.

Science Fiction Plus (Preview of the Future) May 1953 (Vol 1 #3)   9Jul2005 Gernsback 66 pages (magazine) Cover by Frank R. Paul, "Modern Space Suit", for Future Space Suits Back cover by Frank R. Paul and Tina (signed), "Time is the Fourth Dimension" Inside back cover feature, The World at Bay by Forrest J. Ackerman Complete in this issue Death of a Sensitive (novelette) by Harry Bates Worlds in Balance (novel) by F.L. Wallace The Cosmic Blinker by Eando Binder -- Paul illustration The Proxy Head by Robert Bloch Intelligence Test by Harry Walton Future Space Suits (article) by Donald H. Menzel, Ph.D. -- Paul illustration The Electronic Baby (risiscience) by "Grego Banshuck" -- Paul illustration • Plus editorial, science quiz, science news shorts, book reviews, science Q & A, other features. Condition: Light edgewear; FRONT COVER: date written to right of leading "S" in title, light foxing; SPINE: tip wear; PAGES supple, white.

Science Fiction Plus (Preview of the Future) Aug 1953 (Vol 1 #5)   9Jul2005 Gernsback 66 pages (magazine) Covers by Frank R. Paul (signed), for The End of the Moon Inside back cover feature, War of the Worlds -- stills from the George Pal film. Complete in this issue Spacebred Generations (novel) by Clifford D. Simak The End of the Moon (feature) by Gustav Albrecht, Ph.D., Frank R. Paul, and Donald H. Menzel, Ph.D. -- Paul illustrations Ultimate Life by Albert de Pina and Henry Hasse Hands Across Space by Chad Oliver Serials The Stolen Minute (2/2) by Pierre Devaux and H.G. Viot • Plus editorial, science news shorts, book reviews, science Q & A, other features. Condition: FRONT COVER: date stamp, staple stress, very light soiling; SPINE: tip wear; PAGES supple, white.