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Science Fiction Plus (Preview of the Future) (continued)
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Science Fiction Plus (Preview of the Future) Oct 1953 (Vol 1 #6)
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9Jul2005
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Gernsback 66 pages (magazine)
Cover by Frank R. Paul (signed) for Our Atomic Sun
Back cover by Paul and Tina (signed), "The Elements of Science-Fiction" |
Complete in this issue- The Celestial Brake (novelette) by Thomas Calvert McClary -- Paul illustrations
- Strange Compulsion (novel) by Philip Jose Farmer -- Finlay illustrations
- Operation: Gravity by Jack Williamson
- Postscript by Eric Frank Russel (sic)
- Worlds Within Worlds by Roger Dee
- Freedom of the Race by Anne McCaffrey -- first story by this SF great
- Our Atomic Sun (article) by Donald H. Menzel, Ph.D.
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| • Plus editorial, science news shorts, book reviews, science Q & A, other features.
| | Condition: FRONT COVER: date stamp, bottom right corner crease; SPINE: tip wear; PAGES supple, tan (now rough stock), occasional warping (liquid?) at top.
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Science Fiction Plus (Preview of the Future) Dec 1953 (Vol 1 #7)
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9Jul2005
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Gernsback 66 pages (magazine)
Cover by Frank R. Paul (signed) for Misfit -- first and only full-bleed cover painting
Inside back cover, Science-Fiction Around the World, covers of international SF magazines.
Back cover by Paul (signed) for Extra-Terrestrial Communication |
Complete in this issue- The Triggered Dimension (novel) by Harry Bates -- Finlay illustrations
- The Vampirate (novelette) by James H. Schmitz
- Trans-Human by Murray Leinster -- Finlay illustrations
- Planted! by Frank M. Robinson -- Lawrence illustration
- Bitter End by Eric Frank Russell -- Lawrence illustration
- "Space" Salesman by J.P. Phillips -- Lawrence illustration
- Intelligence Factor (short short) by Corwin F. Stickney -- Lawrence illustration
- Misfit (short short) by Michael Fischer
- Operation Switch (short short) by Norman Arkawy and Stanley Henig
- Extra-Terrestrial Communication (article) by Leslie Shepherd, Ph.D. -- Paul illustration
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| • Plus editorial, science news shorts, book reviews, science Q & A, other features. • Next issue announcement touts The Malignant White by Murray Leinster, claims it's keeping the remaining contents a surprise. That issue would never appear.
| | Condition: FRONT COVER: light soiling; SPINE: tip wear, rubbing at bottom; PAGES supple, bright.
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Scribner's Jun 1874 (Vol 8 #2)
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7Jul2005
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Charles Scribner's Sons 132 pages (397-528) (plus 28-page front and 60-page back advertising sections) (7x10") |
Complete in this issue- The University of Chicago (article) by Robert Herrick
- The Lamp of Psyche by Edith Wharton
- American Posters, Past and Present (feature) by H.C. Bunner
- Mr. Stevenson's Home Life at Vailima (article) by Lloyd Osbourne -- Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa (subtle)
- The Art of Living -- The Case of Woman (article) by Robert Grant -- women's emancipation
- Mr. Huxley (article) by N.S. Shaler -- Thomas Huxley
- American Wood-Engravers -- William Miller
Serials- The Amazing Marriage (chs 37-39) by George Meredith
- A History of the Last Quarter Century in the United States 7: Home Agitations and Foreign Problems -- Stanley's explorations, Jesse James, Chinese,
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| • Plus articles.
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Scribner's Oct 1895 (Vol 18 #4)
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7Jul2005
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Scribner & Co.130 pages (129-258) (plus 4-page front and 60-page back advertising sections) (7x10") |
Complete in this issue- The Great South -- The South Carolina Problem; The Epoch of Transition (article)
- Victorian Poets: Alfred Tennyson Pt 2
- Au Sable Chasm (travelog?) by Clifford P. MacCalla
- An Elephant Hunt in Siam by Ganier d'Abain
- Monsieur le Baron by Amalie La Forge
- The Best Fellow in the World by R.H.D.
Serials- Katherine Earle (chs 18-20) by Adeline Trafton
- Adina (pt 2) by Henry James, Jr.
- The Mysterious Island (chs 5-6) by Jules Verne
- A Four-Leaved Clover (1/2) by Saxe Holm
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| • Plus editorial features.
| | Condition: FRONT COVER: stains, rubbing/pulling; BACK COVER: missing; PAGES: supple, offwhite, last page light soiling+staining.
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Short Stories Sep 25, 1946
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30Dec2004
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Short Stories Inc 144 pages
Cover by Charles Wood for Payment to Tondo Radang (a guy who resembles Jerry Orbach) |
Complete in this issue- Payment to Tondo Radang (novel) by Kenneth Perkins
- Last Command by Wilbur S. Peacock
- Precession by George Whitley
- The Bucko Mates Board Jezebel (novelette) by Steuart M. Emery
- Spar Boy by Don James
- League with the Leopard by Don Cameron Shafer
Serials- Red Clark's Short Cut (2/4) by Gordon Ray Young
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| | Condition: Moderate wear along edges and front spine; front cover detached; spotting along bottom spine, first page edges, back cover left edge staining; pages supple
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Short Stories Aug 25, 1947
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30Dec2004
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Short Stories Inc 144 pages
Cover by Pete Kuhlhoff for Clean Record |
Complete in this issue- Clean Record (novelette) by H.S.M. Kemp
- The Jade Bell by Dan Cushman
- The Horse Thief Trap (novelette) by Walt Coburn
- School Ship Product by Francis Gott
- A Gunman's Luck by Caddo Cameron
- Unknown Partner (novelette) by Edward Parrish Ware
- Two Kinds of Killers by Lyndon Ripley
Serials- Freedom Has a Price (3/4) by H. Bedford-Jones
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Short Stories Mar 25, 1948
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30Dec2004
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Short Stories Inc 144 pages
Cover by Charles Wood for Story about a Cat |
Complete in this issue- Story about a Cat (novelette) by William Chamberlain
- Flash Flood by John E. Kelly
- Men Who Wouldn't Die by George C. Appell
- Too Much Water by Edward Parrish Ware
- Bush Rookie by H. Fredric Young
- A Turn Over for Tony (novel) by Kerry O'Neil
- The Letter of Deception by Gene Van
- Homeward Bound with Death by Berton E. Cook
Serials- Your Bones in the Brush (2/4) by Caddo Cameron
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Smith's Magazine Nov 1912 (Vol 16 #2)
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16Jun2005
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Street & Smith 180 pages (181-360) (plus 4-page front and 12-page back advertising sections) (7x10")
Cover by H.W. Ditzler (signed) |
Serials- The Parasite (Chs 1 to 8) by Helen R. Martin
Complete in this issue- Deux ex Machina by Margaret Busbee Shipp
- Old Timbers by Marion Short -- Graef illustrations
- "Thrift, Thrift, Horatio!" by Anne O'Hagan
- The Champion by Nalbro Bartley
- A Hit in the Nith by Edward Boltwood
- The Generous Strain by Hulbert Footner
- The Emancipation of Ann by Elizabeth Newport Hepburn
- The Taming of a Tyrant by Ellen Childe Emerson
- The Leading of Thomas Bruen (novel) by Emma Lee Walton
- The Cruise of Narrow Margins by Holman F. Day
- How We Elect Our Presidents (article) by Forbes Lindsay
- How to Ward Off the Finger Prints of Time (article) by Dr. Lillian Whitney
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Smith's Magazine Jan 1913 (Vol 16 #4)
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16Jun2005
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Street & Smith 180 pages (541 - 720) (plus 4-page front and 8-page back advertising sections) (7x10")
Cover by Mayo Bunker (signed) |
Complete in this issue- "Let Nothing You Dismay" (Christmas novelette) by Grace Margaret Gallaher
- The Spirit of the Day (Christmas play) by Grace Torrey
- Father at All Angels' by Anne O'Hagan
- The Millionaires (Christmas story) by Kate Jordan
- The Mysterious Lavender Notes by Edith Summers Updegraff
- "Plug" Koose , of Christmas Cove by Holman F. Day
- On Second Wives by Hildegarde Lavender
- The Little Manager by Virginia Kline -- Graef illustrations
- The Obsolete Festival (Christmas story) by Nina Wilcox Putnam
- The Forked Road by Nalbro Bartley
Serials- The Parasite (Chs 19 to 24) by Helen R. Martin
- Against the Wall (2/2) by Marion Hill
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Sport Story Jul 1, 1937 (Vol 56 #1)
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14Jan2005
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Street & Smith 128 pages (7x10")
Cover by H.W. Scott (signed) |
Complete in this issue- Rocking-Chair Catcher (novelette) by Arthur Mann
- The Slugging Swede (novelette) by Franklin P. Miller
- Vault Venom by Jack Volney
- Torture Test by Robert N. Bryan
- Shell Shock by Royal Hall
- Caddy Culture by Jackson V. Scholz
- The Crab Fouls Out by Burt L. Standish
- Headline Headaches (feature article) by Joe Cronin (Manager, Boston Red Sox)
Serials- Net Bomber (2/4) by T.W. Ford
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| • Back cover ad features actor Leslie Howard (Petrified Forest) for Lucky Strike cigarettes. • Joe Cronin was later President of the American League.
| | Condition: Moderate edge and spine wear; 1 inch separation top of spine, front and back; staining inside front cover; pages supple, browning at very edges and bottom.
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