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Western Story (continued)

Western Story Oct 5, 1940 (Vol 185 #6)  Gallery entry 18Jan2005
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    Street & Smith 130 pages (7x10")
    Cover by H.W. Scott (Coronado Cuarto Centennial Issue)

    Complete in this issue
  • Trouble Shootin' Buckaroo (novel) by Bennett Foster
  • War Talk in Apache Hole by Harry F. Olmsted
  • Trail of Conquest -- 1540-1940 (article) by R. Edgar Moore
  • The Men Who Ride (poem) by S. Omar Barker
  • Tundra Trap by Seth Ranger
  • Too Much Fire for Chief by George Cory Franklin
  • Range Savvy by H. Fredric Young
  • Departments, including Where to Go and How to Get There, Mines and Mining, Guns and Gunners, The Hollow Tree (letter column)
    Serials
  • Gunsmoke Graze (1/7) by Luke Short
  • Gringo Caballero (conclusion) by Harry Sinclair Drago

• This Coronado Cuarto Centennial is the subect of the Trail of Conquest article and the Where to Go and How to Get There department.

Condition: Top right corner missing; pencil marks front and back; spine wear/stress, especially at tips; front (top) and back cover (top and left edges) dust shadows; inside front cover dark; small bumps bottom back cover top and bottom, noticeable back to page 113; pages supple, with brownish edges.


Western Story Mar 1, 1941 (Vol 189 #3)  Gallery entry 14Feb2005
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    Street & Smith 130 pages (7x10")
    Cover by H.W. Kiemle for Don Desperado

    Complete in this issue
  • Payoff at Kicking Horse (novel) by Harry Sinclair Drago
  • Cowpuncher's Bullet Legacy by Barry Cord
  • Four-Footed Lookout by S. Omar Barker
  • The Peacemakers by Eric Howard
  • Gold Is Where You Find It by Jim Kjelgaard
    Serials
  • Don Desperado (1/7) by L.L. Foreman
  • Peyote Pistoleers (conclusion) by William Colt MacDonald

• Plus feature, departments. • Illustrators include Eggenhofer.

Condition: Front cover: wear at top staple, skewed cut, writing between prongs of "W" in title and near mid-right edge; back cover: heavy edgewear, soiling, rubbing; spine: top 1/2 inch missing, more wear near top; pages very light tan, mark at top of first page, closed edges dirty.


Western Story Aug 16, 1941 (Vol 193 #3)  Gallery entry 22Feb2005
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    Street & Smith 130 pages (6 3/4 x 9")
    Cover by H.W. Scott for Lightnin' Branded

    Complete in this issue
  • Lightnin' Branded (novel) by Walt Coburn
  • Badge for a Buckaroo by Bennett Foster
  • Trap-Line Treachery by Frank Richardson Pierce
  • Nester, Get Your Gun! by Philip Ketchum
  • Gun Glory for a Gambler
  • Sidewinder Sellout by Clifford W. Ryan
  • True Tales of the West (Green Gold) by Jim West
    Serials
  • Buckskin Empire (2/5) by Harry Sinclair Drago

• Illustrators include Eggenhofer.

Condition: writing over date stripe and near mid-right edge; pages supple, tan, some miscut, some staining, some marked, one bottom corner (1 1/2 x 3/4") torn out.


Western Story Annual 1945  Gallery entry 6Mar2005
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    Street & Smith 144 pages (bedsheet)

    Complete in this issue
  • Boothill for Bounty Hunters by C.K. Shaw
  • What's a Sheriff? (poem) by S. Omar Barker
  • Trigger Trinity by L.L. Foreman
  • Trouble Brands an Hombre by Bennett Foster
  • Dead Man's Hats by Walt Coburn
  • Danger Rides the River by Norman A. Fox
  • Ramrod of Satan's Range by Cliff Farrell
  • Ryan of the Mounted by Frank Richardson Pierce

• All stories illustrated, some by Eggenhofer.

Condition: Light edgewear (tears, creasing); front cover: narrow chip at bottom left taped from inside; spine wear, especially at top and bottom, top 1/4 inch missing, 1 inch front top separation, 1 1/2 inch bottom front separation; back cover: several small dents, slight rubbing, creasing at left corners; pages supple, light tan, dogeared, rounded bottom corners, pages 37-48 torn at bottom, smudged on bottom back corners.


Western Story Feb 1946 (Vol 214 #4)  Gallery entry 5Jan2005
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    Street & Smith 130 pages (digest)
    Cover by H.W. Scott

    Complete in this issue
  • Cibicu Kid (novel) by Walt Coburn
  • Rattlesnake Poison (novel) by C.K. Shaw
  • Hell Bent for Abilene (novelette) by M.L. DeVries
  • Showdown at Shownee Lake (novelette) by Paul Craig
  • Sacred But Tough by Nat W. McKelvey
  • Horse Trade by L.P. Holmes
  • Man or Maverick by Rod Patterson
  • Gambler's Creed by Ray Goulden
  • Wagon Wise by Cliff Walters

Condition: Chipping at top of spine; fraying and 1/2 inch separation at bottom front spine; light wear at mid-left edge of back cover; pages supple, slightly browning.


Western Story Apr 1946 (Vol 214 #6)  Gallery entry 7Feb2005
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    Street & Smith 130 pages (digest)
    Cover by H.W. Scott

    Complete in this issue
  • The Big Ramrod (novel) by Walt Coburn
  • Gun-Aces Wild (novel) by L.L. Foreman
  • Siwash Gamble (novelette) by Frank Richardson Pierce
  • Drive Your Spikes with Lead (novelette) by Giff Cheshire
  • Two Kinds of Buzzards by Cliff M. Bisbee
  • What's an Earmark? (poem) by S. Omar Barker
  • Men Who Make Western Story (artist bio) -- Louis Goodwin
  • Pete's Tough Luck by George Cory Franklin
  • Liar from Yonderly by M.L. DeVries
  • Land Seeker in Hades by Harold R. Stoakes

• Plus features.

Condition: Front cover: dust shadow, staining (continues unobtrusively for 28 pages), wear along right edge, writing in bottom of "W" in title and in middle; back cover: narrow strip out near top left corner, 5/8 x 2 1/2 inch vertical strip torn out at bottom left corner; light spine wear; pages supple, light tan.


Western Story Jun 1946 (Vol 215 #2)  Gallery entry 7Feb2005
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    Street & Smith 130 pages (digest)
    Cover by H.W. Scott

    Complete in this issue
  • The San Marcos Border Jumpers (novel) by Walt Coburn
  • Tide-Flat Buckaroo (novelette) by Seth Ranger
  • Let the Six-Guns Howl (novelette) by Rod Patterson
  • Deputy Death (novelette) by M. Howard Lane
  • Wayward Witness by Norman A. Fox
  • Bay Rum for a Buzzard by Hapsburg Liebe
  • Showdown at Gunsight Pass by James Shaffer
  • Men Who Make Western Story (author bio) -- Ralph Yergen

• Plus features. • Full-page ad for Renegades featuring Evelyn Keyes, Willard Parker, Larry Parks, Edgar Buchanan

Condition: Front cover: dust shadow at top, writing in bottom left area, light bottom right corner creasing; back cover: corner wear, near-crease; light spine wear; pages supple, light tan.


Western Story Nov 1946 (Vol 216 #1)  Gallery entry 14Feb2005
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    Street & Smith 130 pages (digest)
    Cover by H.W. Scott

    Complete in this issue
  • Powdersmoke Puritan (novel) by L.L. Foreman
  • Farallone Bounty (novelette) by L.P. Holmes
  • Baron of the Brazos (novelette) by Rolland Lynch
  • Lean Bellies Are Tough (novelette) by Giff Cheshire
  • Payoff for a Hardrock Man by Joseph Chadwick
  • Turkey Feathers by Frank Richardson Pierce
  • Scene of the Crime by M.L. DeVries

Condition: Front cover: soiling, writing + marks under "W" of title; pages supple, bright.


Western Story Dec 1946 (Vol 216 #2)  Gallery entry 7Feb2005
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    Street & Smith 130 pages (digest)
    Cover by H.W. Scott

    Complete in this issue
  • The Tenderfoot (novel) by Walt Coburn
  • Home Ranch for Hellions (novelette) by Tom W. Blackburn
  • Dog Team Santa (novelette) by Seth Ranger
  • Doc Comanche's Railhead Rendezvous (novelette) by Norman A. Fox
  • Fishy Business by S. Omar Barker
  • Balloon Buster by William J. Glynn
  • Water-Barrel Trap by Wayne D. Overholzer

• Plus features. • Full-page ad for Joe DiMaggio's Lucky to Be a Yankee

Condition: Front cover: writing in "W" of title and above, rubbing in bottom right area and in "N" of title, with mark to right, light edge and corner wear; back cover: soiling, heavy edge wear bottom right corner; spine: wear at tips; pages supple, light tan, occasional spotting and staining, harmless mark on crossword puzzle.




Wild West Weekly

Wild West Weekly Jan 13, 1940 (Vol 134 #1)  Gallery entry 5Feb2005
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    Street and Smith 130 pages (6 3/4 x 9")
    Cover by Robert Stanley for Gun Ghosts of Skeleton Valley

    Complete in this issue
  • Gun Ghosts of Skeleton Valley (novel) by Ed Earl Repp
  • Death Waits for Buckskin Warriors by Harlan Graves
  • The Ford at Painted Gap by J. Allan Dunn
  • Roy Bean's Artillery by Dean McKinley
  • Judge Bean Saved the Day (fact)
    Serials
  • Massacre Mine (2/6) by William F. Bragg
  • Omaha Hooker on the Oregon Trail (4-page black and white comic-book story) by Warren E. Carleton and Bill Timmins

• Plus verse, fact stories, departments. • Full-page ad for The Shadow Magazine with Cartier interior illustration.

Condition: back: soiling, pencil sketching at top; spine: separation 1/2 inch front top, 1 1/4 inch front bottom, 3.4 inch back bottom; pages supple, tanning.





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