THE WITCH'S TALES: WEIRD, DRAMATIC AND FANTASTIC FICTION - VOL.1, NO.1 (NOVEMBER, 1936)
New York: The Carwood Publishing Co., 1936. First Edition. Item #9068
Slim quarto (bedsheet, 30cm); original pictorial wrappers, wire stapled; 48pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, a very faint five-pointed star stamped at upper front cover, with some dust-soil and a diagonal crease to upper left corner of rear cover; subtle tanning to text edges (while not being brittle), with a few dog-eared corners smoothed out; a complete, and solidly Very Good copy.
Debut issue of this short-lived pulp magazine, which ran for just 2 issues, inspired by a radio program of the same name and appealing to readers of Weird Tales. Contents include "The Madman" by Alonzo Deen Cole, "Fountain of Youth" by William H. Osborne, "Phantom of the Links" by John C. Haywood, "Castle of Death" by Laurence D. Smith, "The Striker" by P.C. MacFarland, and a sheaf of ghost stories. Cover art and internal illustrations by Elmer C. Stoner. See Tymn & Ashley, pp.742-743. 9068.
Price: $750.00