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DESIRABLE ITEMS FOR DISCRIMINATING COLLECTORS OF ADVENTURE, MYSTERY AND MELODRAMA. ALL PRICES INCLUDE THE COST OF SHIPPING (USPS) AND HANDLING. VINTAGE ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS; ALL SALES ARE FINAL! NEW LISTINGS WILL BE ADDED FREQUENTLY, SO COME BACK OFTEN!
ADVENTURE, November 20, 1925
Strong issue of this magazine from its peak period. Author lineup on covder (see scan). Cover by Gerry Delano. Condition: Very slight cover trim, otherwise Fine. Clean, tight, bright, glossy. Back cover has one inch-long closed tear. Complete spine. Text block is yellowed but supple. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE TO DOMESTIC U.S. BUYERS […]
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ADVENTURE NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES, January 1938, V1 N1
First issue of this short-lived Columbia/Blue Ribbon/Double Action pulp, one of the scarcest published by this company. Strong author lineup, with stories better than the usual for Columbia. Again, extremely scarce if not downright rare. Condition: Fine. Clean, tight, glossy. Some minor edge wear to covers. Complete spine. Text block is lightly yellowed, slightly darker […]
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AMAZING STORIES, July 1939, second Adam Link story
Early issue of AMAZING as a Ziff-Davis publication edited by long-time SF fan Ray Palmer. Good stories by good writers, the highlight being Eando Binder’s “The Trial of Adam Link,” second and arguably best installment of the magazine’s most popular series. This story was memorably dramatized in an episode of the popular Sixties TV series […]
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FANTASTIC NOVELS, July 1940, first issue
Volume One, Number One. Munsey published five issues of this companion magazine to FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES. Like its sister publication, FANTASTIC NOVELS initially reprinted classic fantasy and SF from other Munsey pulps including ARGOSY and ALL-STORY. (“The Blind Spot” originally appeared in 1921.) It was revived by Popular Publications in 1948. This issue’s cover and […]
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FANTASTIC NOVELS, September 1940, second issue
Reprints Ray Cummings’ novel-length sequel to his classic “Girl of the Golden Atom” and A. Merritt’s first published story, “Through the Dragon Glass.” Cover by Frank R. Paul; interior illos by Paul and Virgil Finlay. Condition: Fine, only real defect being tiny corner chip out of front cover (see scan) and first two pages. Spine […]
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POPULAR WESTERN, May 1936, author’s file copy
Another early issue of a long-running “Thrilling Group” magazine. Excellent author lineup headed by H. Bedford-Jones. Cover artist unidentified. This copy came from the files of prolific pulpster W. Ryerson Johnson, who has a story inside. Condition: Slight gouging at spine head (see scan), otherwise Very Fine. Clean, tight, square, glossy. Complete spine. Text block […]
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Three First-Draft Shooting Scripts from 1923 Ruth Roland Serial
These are one-of-a-kind items for the discriminating fan and collector of movie-serial history and memorabilia: original shooting scripts written for Episodes Three, Four, and Five of the 1923 Pathé serial Riddle of the Range, which starred top-ranking serial queen Ruth Roland. Working one chapter at a time from an original story being developed by novelist […]
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“B” MOVIES, rare 1973 first edition
New York: Curtis Books, 1973. Mass-market paperback. First edition. Don Miller’s chronicle of the great second features produced during Hollywood’s Golden Age is hands down the best book on the subject written to date: a one-stop-shopping compendium that covers literally hundreds of low-budget films made between 1933 and 1945. The first edition (there was a […]
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FORT LEE: BIRTHPLACE OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
Charleston SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2006. Trade paperback. First edition. Compiled by the Fort Lee Film Commission. Anybody who’s seen one of Arcadia’s “Images of America” books knows what fine products they are: printed on slick paper and packed with beautifully reproduced photographs. This one traces the early 20th-century movie studios that proliferated in and around […]
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