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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!
ASTOUNDING STORIES, April 1934, key issue, high grade
A must-have issue for collectors of this greatest of science-fiction pulps. It contains the opening installment of Jack Williamson’s classic space-opera “The Legion of Space.” Former Astounding editor Harry Bates contributes “A Matter of Size,” one of the best examples of the shrinking-man theme. Nat Schachner’s “He from Procyon” is an early “thought-variant” story about […]
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AIR ADVENTURES, December 1939, first issue, Nazi pilot cover
The first issue of this Ziff-Davis air-war pulp hits the stands just as Hitler invaded Poland and started World War II. The magazine was rushed into production to take advantage of the conflict, with H. W. McCauley enlisted to paint this dramatic cover of a Nazi pilot being blown out of the cockpit of his […]
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BLUE BOOK, July 1934, nice copy
One of the few Blue Book issues from this period that doesn’t have at least one story by H. Bedford-Jones, which alone makes it special! But there’s plenty of top-notch adventure fiction in this number, by George Allan England, William J. Makin, Roy Chanslor, Leland Jamieson, and Harold Channing Wire among others. Cover by Joseph […]
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BLUE BOOK, September 1934
Typical issue of this outstanding pulp with stories by excellent writers (James Francis Dwyer, Robert Mill, William J. Makin, Lemuel De Bra, W. C. Tuttle, Richard Howell Watkins) and illustrations by excellent artists (Monte Crews, R. F. James, Bert Salg, Alfred Simpkins). Cover by Joseph Chenowith. Condition: Near Fine. Minor creasing to back cover. Lightly […]
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BLUE BOOK, October 1934
Above-average issue with top-notch author lineup (H. Bedford-Jones, Beatrice Grimshaw, W. C. Tuttle, James Francis Dwyer, others) and the usual array of great black-and-white illustrations. Cover by Joseph Chenowith. Condition: About Fine. Very little wear, off-white text block. PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC U. S. BUYERS. SORRY, NO INTERNATIONAL SALES.
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DETECTIVE TALES, October 1942, high grade, DeSoto cover
Popular Publications’ detective pulps during the early ’40s were unusually good, boasting all-star writer lineups and excellent covers. This one is particularly good, with stories by Frederick C. Davis, D. L. Champion, John K. Butler, G. T. Fleming-Roberts, Murray Leinster, Wyatt Blassingame, Robert Turner, Don James—top-notchers all. Cover by Rafael De Soto. A terrific wartime […]
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RED STAR ADVENTURES, October 1940, Hugh J. Ward cover
Featuring “Savage Jeopardy,” a Matalaa the White Savage novel written by E. Hoffmann Price under the house name “Martin McCall.” Price has another story under his own byline, as does Hugh B. Cave. Nice Ward cover. Condition: Fine. A slight ding to spine heel (but no paper loss) and a couple small closer tears on […]
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RIO KID WESTERN, bound volume of all 1943 issues
In his eponymous pulp published by the Thrilling Group, Bob Pryor and his aides frequently crossed trails with historical figures of the Old West, which gives his adventures more oomph than is normally found in the company’s other genre titles. This bound volume of all four 1943 issues (February through October) was prepared for use […]
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THE GIRL HUNTERS, Mickey Spillane, 1st in DJ
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1962. Cloth in dust jacket. First edition (stated). After years in limbo Mike Hammer returned to the scene in this Spillane “comeback” novel, made into a movie the following year with the Mick playing his own creation. As the story begins, Mike is an alcoholic headed for complete mental collapse, […]
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