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With Argosy and Blue Book, one of the big three long-running genre-spanning fiction pulps. First published by Ridgway, purchased by Popular in the 20's, finally converted to a men's magazine in the early 50's.
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Adventure Oct 20, 1923 (Vol 43 #2)
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27Dec2004
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Ridgway 192 pages
Cover by H.C. Murphy, Jr. |
Complete in this issue- Men from Below (novelette) by Harold Lamb
- Petrels by Bill Adams
- Hazard at Dusk by C.M. Sublette
- Gold by A.I. MacNamee
- Too Many Champions by Charles King Van Riper
- The Jade Ax (novelette) by J.D. Newsom
- The Master's Touch by James K. Waterman
- The Highwayman of the Marsh by F. St. Mars
- Haunted Skyways (novelette) by Thomas Burtis
Serials- Old Misery (4/5) by Hugh Pendexter
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| • Editorial content is preceded by a 16-page advertising section.
| | Condition: Trimmed, light edgewear; back cover separated at bottom about 8 inches, 1/2 inch separation at top; front cover separated 1/2 inch at top and 2 inches at bottom; light rubbing on front cover; light soiling on back cover; pages browning at edges, but not brittle.
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Adventure Feb 15, 1927 (Vol 61 #5)
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17Aug2005
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Butterick Publishing 208 pages (7x10")
TOC-style cover |
Complete in this issue- On Getting Acquainted by Raymond S. Spears
- Boyhood (article) by Gordon Young)
- The Rider from the Desert (novelette) by Arthur D. Howden Smith
- The Mold of Steel (novelette) by Edmund M. Littell
- Squareheads by John Webb
- The Elephant with the Crooked Tail (novelette) by Lyman Bryson
- A Steady Job by Lawrence Rockwell
- Hunger (novelette) by Leonard H. Nason
Serials- The Fighting Years (5/6) by Hugh Pendexter
- Painted Ponies (conclusion, 4/4) by Alan LeMay
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| • Plus departments, filler. • Decorations by Rockwell Kent.
| | Condition: Light edgewear (creases, tears); FRONT COVER: light smudging, 1 3/4 inch bottom separation; SPINE: wrinkled; BACK COVER: light rubbing; PAGES supple, white, shallow top corner creases, price written top right title page.
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Adventure Feb 1, 1935 (Vol 91 #1)
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18Dec2004
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Popular 128 pages
Cover by Walter Baumhofer for Pecos Bill Goes Hunting |
Complete in this issue- Bristol the Blunderer (novelette) by Major George Fielding Eliot
- The Old Man Bears Down by James B. Connolly
- Hill-Billy by Raymond S. Spears
- Under the Front Lines (novelette) by Ared White
- Pecos Bill Goes Hunting by Tex O'Reilly
- Hanrahan, Drinking Man by Andrew A. Caffrey
Serials- The Sea Plunderers (1/2) by Berry Fleming
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| | Condition: Light edgewear; bottom right corner creased; smudge over "A"; large piece torn out of ads page 127/128, disrupting Probak Junior Dizzy Dean ad.
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Adventure Jul 1940 (Vol 103 #3)
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8Feb2005
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Popular 128 pages (7x10")
Cover by Griffith Foxley |
Complete in this issue- Red Is the Blade (novelette) by F.R. Buckley
- Who Plugged Whickerbill? (novelette) by Henry Herbert Knibbs
- Radio Patrol by Leslie T. White
- Stars in His Head by Richard Howells Watkins
- Wild Town (fact story) by William MacLeod Raine
- "War's War, Girl" by Ivan March
- The Colonel's Son by Garnet Radcliffe
Serials- Spy of the North (2/4) by Luke Short
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| | Condition: Front cover: light edgewear, some chipping; back cover: light edgewear, liquid staining at bottom, ribbed soiling; pages supple, tan.
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Adventure Dec 1941 (Vol 106 #2)
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6Mar2005
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Popular 130 pages (7 x 9 1/2")
Cover by Hubert Rogers (typical pose, but atypically sketchy rendering) |
Serials- Viva China! (1/2) by James Norman
Complete in this issue- Kag the Killer by John Murray Reynolds
- Riders East (fact) by Walter Livingston
- Petticoat Pilot by Thomas H. Raddall
- Three Roads Home by Jack Byrne
- Murder in Martinique (novelette) by Richard Howells Watkins
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| • Plus departments. • Illustrators include Greene, Peter Stevens.
| | Condition: Moderate edgewear (tears); front cover: 1 inch tear at top of spine, chips bottom left and right; spine: wear at tips; back cover: bottom left corner missing, stain bottom right edge, light soiling; pages supple, light.
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Adventure Jan 1947 (Vol 116 #3)
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25Jul2005
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Popular 146 pages (6 3/4 x 9")
Cover by Rafael DeSoto |
Complete in this issue- Hell on Brick (novelette) by William Campbell Gault
- Datu's Dividend (novelette) by E. Hoffmann Price
- A Gentleman by Blood by R.W. Daly
- The Two Wheel Dream by Dave Grubb
- Permit to Kill by William Lynch
- Snafu Johnny by Francis Gott -- Pyles illustrations
- A Bridge to the Future by Giff Cheshire
- One More River by George C. Appell -- Eggenhofer illustration
- Champions Wear Purple by Clifton Adams
- The Spirit Wagon (fact) by Glenn R. Vernam
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| | Condition: Light/moderate edgewear; FRONT COVER: surface scratch near center spine, light creasing; SPINE: wrinkled, tip wear; BACK COVER: vertical crease down center; PAGES supple, bright, shallow vertical creasing in back.
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Adventure Feb 1947 (Vol 116 #4)
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25Jul2005
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Popular 146 pages (6 3/4 x 9")
Cover by Malvin Singer
Back cover ad for Calvert Whiskey with art by Tom Lovell. |
Complete in this issue- Justice at Jijiga (novelette) by Kern L. Perc -- Greene illustrations
- The Year of the Dog (novelette) by Sidney Hershchel Small
- Potatoes and the Little Joker by Robert W. Cahoon
- The Reluctant Dowser by Clive Grierson Cornish
- A Shift of Cargo by Albert Richard Wetjen -- Peter Stevens illustration
- Kilroy Was Here by Franklin Gregory
- Charley Hoe Handle and the Fifty-Buck Beaver by Jim Kjelgaard
- Deep-Sea Diplomacy by John Scott Douglas
- Getting Sickly's Goat by Paul Annixter
- Live Bait by O.B. Myers -- Mayan illustration
- Brush Pile Round the Bend by Steve Hail -- Pyles illustration
- No Sword at His Side (fact) by Oliver Hazard Perry
- Dead Horse Trail (fact) by Edward A Herron
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| | Condition: Light edgewear; FRONT COVER: 2 inch jagged tear top center; shallow vertical crease down center; BACK COVER: vertical crease down center, light soiling; SPINE: light wrinkling, tip wear; PAGES supple, bright, shallow vertical crease down center.
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Adventure May 1947 (Vol 117 #1)
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25Jul2005
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Popular 146 pages (6 3/4 x 9")
Cover by Rafael DeSoto |
Complete in this issue- Xipe the Skinless (novelette) by Gordon MacCreigh
- -- And to Hell with the Pilots (novelette) by Andrew A. Caffrey -- Greene illustrations
- Full Throttle by Coleman Meyer
- Salt Water Daffy by Albert Richard Wetjen -- Peter Stevens illustration
- The Old Man Finally Died by Harold R. Stoakes -- Eggenhofer illustration
- Charley Hoe Handle and the Spirit Wolf by Jim Kjelgaard
- Javelina Jamboree (fact) by Byron W. Dalrymple -- Mayan illustration
- Battle of the Rangers by James T. Doty
Serials- Salmon Sweepstakes (2/3) by Robert E. Pinkerton
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| | Condition: Light edge and corner wear; FRONT COVER: vertical crease down center; BACK COVER: light surface wear and soiling; SPINE: wrinkled, tip wear; PAGES supple, bright, shallow vertical crease down center.
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Adventure Sep 1947 (Vol 117 #5)
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16Jun2005
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Popular 146 pages (7x10")
Cover by Rafael DeSoto
Back cover ad for Calvert Blended Whiskies with art by Tom Lovell |
Complete in this issue- According to His Lights (novelette) by William Chamberlain
- Deep-Water Decision by John Scott Douglas -- Pyles illustration
- Hell and Holy Water by Fred Gipson -- nice George Wert illustration
- Eskimo No Cry by Howard Stephenson
- Ashes to Ashes by C.P. Donnel, Jr.
- The Man Who Didn't Like Texas by Clifton Adams
- A Pig for Mauna Loa by Carl J. Kunz
- When Your Number's Up by Earl Sutterfield
- 1:54 and a Fraction by Eustace Cockrell
- Escape to El Dorado (fact) by Allison W. Bunkley
Serials- He Who Rides the Tiger (4/5) by James Norman -- Lawrence Sterne Stevens illustrations
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| | Condition: FRONT COVER: 1 inch surface tear; PAGES supple (but some flaking), tan, some edge tears.
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Adventure Nov 1947 (Vol 118 #1)
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25Jul2005
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Popular 146 pages (6 3/4 x 9")
Cover by Rafael DeSoto
Back cover ad for Calvert Whiskey with art by Tom Lovell |
Complete in this issue- Border Incident (novelette) by E. Hoffmann Price -- Lawrence Sterne Stevens illustrations
- Hot-Rod Handicap by Coleman Meyer
- The Fakir of Marrakesh by Bernard Simiot (translated by Georges Surdez) -- Mayan illustration
- A Buck to Grow Up On by Allen Rankin
- Temporary Skipper by Steve Hail -- Pyles illustration
- Cowpunching in Paradise (fact) by Nat McKelvey -- Eggenhofer illustration
- Ninety Blows a Minute by Steve Frazee
- Snowman's Land by Vincent H. Gaddis
Serials- Prairie Paddles (2/3) by Carl D. Lane
- High Sierras (verse) by Norman H. Sokolow -- Lawrence Sterne Stevens decoration
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| • Plus verse, departments.
| | Condition: Light edgewear; BACK COVER: corner and surface creasing, vertical crease right of center; PAGES supple, bright, shallow crease right of center (heavier in back).
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