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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!
FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES, September 1942
Great early issue of this Munsey pulp reprinting fantasy and horror classics from earlier pulp mags. Highlights are Ray Cummings’ book-length novel “A Brand New World” and Guy de Maupassant’s classic short story “The Horla.” Cover and interior illos by Virgil Finlay. Condition: Near Fine. Minor handling wear, two small abrasions on front cover (see […]
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FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES, December 1942
Another issue of this Munsey magazine—in fact, the last one published by Munsey before selling the title to Popular Publications, which significantly changed the pulp’s reprint policy. Highlights include Farley’s “The Golden City” and an installment of Austin Hall’s “Into the Infinite.” Cover art and interior illos by Virgil Finlay. Condition: Very Good Plus to […]
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FIVE NOVELS MONTHLY, June 1932
This title—first published by Clayton and, from late 1933 onward, by Dell—published five complete novellas per issue, each from a different genre to maintain variety. The writers were rarely top-notchers but delivered consistently entertaining if unmemorable yarns. Cover art and interior illos by Stephen Waite. Condition: Very Good. A substantially intact and collectable copy, but […]
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STARTLING STORIES, November 1947
Nice representative issue of this popular “Thrilling Group” SF pulp blending newly written yarns with reprints of old favorites. Earle Bergey cover. Condition: Fine, maybe Fine Plus. No specific flaws, just minor handling wear, especially to overhangs. Complete, brightly colored spine. Text block is lightly but evenly yellowed and supple. Overall a sharp copy. SORRY, […]
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THE POPULAR MAGAZINE, April 20, 1916
Throughout the 20th century’s early years (the Aughts and the Teens), Street & Smith’s The Popular was not only the principal competitor to Munsey’s The Argosy and The All-Story but also the company’s flagship pulp magazine. Popular attracted many of the day’s top fictioneers, including many big names that later achieved success in the slicks […]
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THRILLING WONDER STORIES, December 1937
Early issue from the “Thrilling Group” incarnation of this pioneering SF pulp, which began life in 1929, under Hugo Gernsback, titled Wonder Stories. Thrilling editors made it more lively and introduced many new writers to its pages, among them this issue’s John W. Campbell, Ralph Milne Farley, Edmund Hamilton, Robert Moore Williams, Paul Ernst, and […]
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WINGS, Fall 1948, Saunders GGA cover
Late 1940s issue of this popular Fiction House title, with Good Girl Art cover by the great Norman Saunders. Condition: Fine to Fine Plus. A couple minor edge tears to front cover. Back cover spotless. Spine complete and bright white. Text block is cream to very lightly yellowed and supple. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS […]
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YESTERDAY’S FACES, Robert Sampson pulp reference books, complete set, As New
All six volumes of this towering achievement by pulp historian Robert Sampson: a wide-ranging survey of series characters from the non-hero pulps. Hardcovers in cloth with dust jackets. First editions. Originally published by Bowling Green University’s Popular Press between 1983 and 1993, these books profiled dozens of series characters from magazines as diverse as Adventure, […]
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ELLERY QUEEN’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, April 1950, “Third Man”
A key issue of this long-running, multi-award-winning crime digest edited by the “Queen” cousins, Fred Dannay and Manny Lee (more by the former than the latter). Its main attraction is the original novella-length version of Graham Greene’s “The Third Man,” which served as the blueprint for the famous movie’s shooting script. It also has Anthony […]
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