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Starlog Jul 1998
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22Feb2005
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Starlog Group 98 pages (magazine)
Cover feature: X-Files movie (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as Mulder and Scully) |
Contents of this issue- Small Soldiers
- Sliders
- Baqbylon 5
- Chris Carter/X-Files
- Nicolas Cage/Superman
- Leonard Nimoy
- Mulan
- Art of Edd Cartier -- gatefold with many art samples.
- The Gnome of Unknown -- Interview with Cartier by Will Murray
- Earl Holliman talks about Forbidden Planet and the Twilight Zone
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| | Condition: Very light edge and spine wear, more at bottom spine tip; pages like new.
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Startling Stories Mar 1947 (Vol 15 #1)
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30Dec2004
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Better 114 pages
Cover by Rudolph Belarski (signed) for The Laws of Chance |
Complete in this issue- The Laws of Chance (novel) by Murray Leinster
- When Planets Clashed (novelet) by Manly Wade Wellman
- The Soma Racks by Margaret St. Clair
- Stellar Snowball by John Barrett
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| • Illustrators include Virgil Finlay, Marchioni, Morey. • Letters from Chad Oliver, Lin Carter.
| | Condition: Light edgewear, creasing; pages supple, some browning.
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Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1938 (Vol 12 #2)
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30Dec2004
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Standard 130 pages
Cover by (uncredited) for Of Jovian Build |
Complete in this issue- Satellite Five (novelet) by Arthur K. Barnes
- The Challenge of Atlantis by Arthur J. Burks -- with author bio
- The Brain Pirates by John W. Campbell, Jr.
- Cosmic Teletype by Carl Jacobi
- Of Jovian Build by Oscar J. Friend
- Mind out of Time by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.
- The Man Who Saw Too Much by Ray Cummings
- The Robot and the Lady (a storiette) by Manly Wade Wellman
- If (picture feature) by Jack Binder
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| • Illustrators include Marchioni, Morey, Schomburg, Wesso. • Letter from Leslie Charteris.
| | Condition: Light edgewear; pages supple, edges darkening.
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Thrilling Wonder Stories Fall 1943 (Vol 25 #1)
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30Dec2004
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Standard 130 pages
Cover by Earle Bergey for Peril on Phoebus |
Complete in this issue- Daymare (novel) by Fredric Brown
- The Man from the Stars (novelet) by Robert Moore Williams
- Peril on Phoebus (novelet) by Nelson S. Bond
- The Bubble People by John Henry Carlisle III
- Promotion to Satellite by Ray Bradbury
- That's Just Like a Martian by Manly Wade Wellman
- Light in Darkness by William Morrison
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| • Illustrators include Orban, Morey, Wesso. • Letter from Chad Oliver.
| | Condition: Crumbling right edge; back cover edges darkening, inside and out; otherwise light wear; pages supple, some browning.
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Top-Notch Magazine Dec 1, 1915 (Vol 24 #4)
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25Jul2005
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Street & Smith 224 pages (plus 4-page front and back advertising sections) (7x10")
Cover by Clark Fay for Sh! Not So Loud! |
Complete in this issue- On Ripples of Sound (novel) by Fred C. Smale
- Sh! Not So Loud! (novelette) by J.A. Fitzgerald
- Stanley Holt's Deal (novelette) by Ralph Boston
- Just for That by Frank X. Finnegan
- Music Hath Charms by Bertram Lebhar
- That Gay Deceiver by Franklyn Barrows
- Deuce in the Dark by John D. Emerson
- At His Own Game by Harold de Polo
- The Cog that Slipped by Edgar White
- In the Picture by Oscar Lewis
- In the Blizzard's Teeth by H. Mortimer Batten
Serials- The Square Peg (conclusion, chs 10-15) by Leonard Stone
- Their Billion-Dollar Cruise (chs 6-12) by Albert M. Treynor
- Sons of Old Eli (chs 1-7) by Gilbert Patten
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| | Condition: Light edgewear; FRONT COVER: surface creasing and tears, 1 1/2 inch top and 1 1/4 inch bottom separation, writing in mid-left area; BACK COVER: creasing, light soiling; SPINE: tip wear; PAGES supple, tan.
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Top-Notch Magazine Dec 1, 1923 (Vol 56 #3)
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31Jan2005
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Street & Smith 144 pages (plus 16-page advertising sections, front and back) (7x10")
Cover by Robert Robinson |
Complete in this issue- Breed of the Border (novel) by William D. Hoffman
- Partners First (novelette) by Harrison R. Howard
- "Stroke! Stroke!" by Frank Richardson Pierce
- Too Light to Fight by William Merriam Rouse
- Counted In by Mert E. Smith
- One Wise Cuckoo by N. Beresford Shields
- Son of Iron Jaw by Harold de Polo
Serials- Jaws of the Desert (4/5) by John Mersereau and E. Whitman Chambers
- From Farm to Fortune (conclusion, 5/5) by Allen Chapman
- His Headway to Success (1/5) by John Pilot
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| | Condition: Moderate edge wear; front 4 creases; back lightly soiled; heavy spine wear, some separation at middle, missing top 3/8 inch and bottom 2 inches; pages supple and tan.
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Tops in Science Fiction Fall 1953 (Vol 1 #2)
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25Apr2005
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Love Romances 128 pages (digest)
Cover by Kelly Freas |
Complete in this issue- Lorelei of the Red Mist by Ray Bradbury and Leigh Brackett -- Freas illustrations
- And the Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown
- Grifters' Asteroid by Harold C. Fosse -- Emsh illustration
- Sword of Johnny Damokles (novelet) by Hugh Frazier Parker -- Freas illustration
- Saboteur of Space (novelet) by Robert Abernathy -- Emsh illustrations
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| | Condition: FRONT COVER: bottom right corner strip missing, tear from lower spine, surface creases, scuffs; BACK COVER: corner tips missing, chips, light spine stress; PAGES supple, yellow.
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Venture Science Fiction Jul 1958 (Vol 2 #4)
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24Feb2005
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Mercury Press 130 pages (digest)
Cover by Emsh for Lady of Space |
Contents of this issue- Two Dooms (novelet) by C.M. Kornbluth (his final story)
- Science: The Clash of Cymbals (fact) by Isaac Asimov
- Books: On Hand... Offhand (reviews) by Theodore Sturgeon
- Contact Between Equals by Albert Stroud
- The Biggest Damned Martini in the Universe by John Novotny
- The Money Tree (novelet) by Clifford D. Simak
- Lady of Space by Lester del Rey
- Venturings -- tributes to two recently fallen greats: Frederik Pohl on Kornbluth, Sturgeon on Henry Kuttner.
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| | Condition: Light edge and corner wear; front cover: bottom right corner piece missing; spine: light wear at tips; pages supple, tan.
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Weird Tales Sep 1949 (Vol 41 #6)
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22Aug2005
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Weird Tales 96 pages (6 3/4 x 10")
Cover by Michael Labonski |
Complete in this issue- One Foot and the Grave (novelette) by Theodore Sturgeon -- Coye illustrations
- The Deep Drowse (novelette) by Allison V. Harding -- Napoli illustration
- The Rainbow Jade (novelette) by Gardner F. Fox
- Country House by Ewen Whyte -- Coye illustration
- The Slayers and the Slain by August Derleth -- Napoli illustration
- The Shot-Tower Ghost by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
- Blindman's Buff by Seabury Quinn
- Thinker by Malcolm Kenneth Murchie -- Napoli illustration
- The Woman on the Balcony by Dorothy Quick
- Weirdisms (illustrated subject) by Coye
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| | Condition: Minor creases and tears, almost like new; SPINE: partially faded; PAGES supple, light tan, irregular page heights, taller ones cut roughly at bottom.
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Western Story Nov 8, 1930 (Vol 99 #5)
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3Feb2005
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Street and Smith 142 pages (plus 16-page advertising sections, front and back) (7x10")
Cover by (uncredited) |
Complete in this issue- Beyond the West (novel) by Seth Ranger
- Anything for Gold by Ronald Everson
- Deadfall! by Kenneth Gilbert
- Trail's End by Frank Richardson Pierce
- Pioneer Towns of the West by Duane Clark -- Marshall, Texas
Serials- Buffalo Bill's Boyhood (true story) (2/?) by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham
- Wayne of the Whippoorwhill (2/5) by Robert J. Horton
- Rippon Rides Double (4/6) by Max Brand
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| | Condition: Heavy edgewear (tears, chipping); pages supple, light tan.
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