Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1927. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Very mild wear, a few tiny tears to left edge of rear wrapper, two tiny tears across spine, with a 3" split at upper rear joint neatly repaired at some early date; text is..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1927. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. One inch loss at upper spine, with a small attendant tear and crease, light wear to extremities, and text lightly tanned without being brittle; Very Good. Complete issue of this successor title to Detective..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1927. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Four hair-line tears across spine, trivial wear, with a thin horizontal streak across rear wrapper; text is uniformly lightly tanned without being brittle; Near Fine. Well-preserved issue of this successor title to Detective Tales..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1927. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Light wear and a few tiny tears to extremities, with text edges uniformly lightly tanned without being brittle; Near Fine. Well-preserved issue of this successor title to Detective Tales (1922-24), which ran for 68..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1927. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, one tiny edge tear, with old, thin damp marks to upper and lower spine (not affecting internal pages); text is uniformly lightly tanned without being brittle; Very Good+ or better..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Light wear, with an old, faint damp mark at lower spine and along right edge of lower rear wrapper (affecting 1.5cm at lower edge of textblock); text is uniformly lightly tanned without being brittle;..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Trivial wear to extremities, three tiny hair-line tears to spine, with text lightly and evenly tanned without being brittle; a bright, Near Fine example. Well-preserved issue of this successor title to Detective Tales (1922-24)..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Trivial wear to extremities, tiny stain to upper spine, with text edges lightly and evenly tanned without being brittle; a bright, Near Fine example. Well-preserved issue of this successor title to Detective Tales (1922-24)..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, mild dust-soil, a few hairline tears at lower spine, with text lightly and evenly tanned without being brittle; Very Good+. Well-preserved issue of this successor title to Detective Tales (1922-24)..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Gentle sunning to left edge of front wrapper, tiny diagonal crease to lower right corner of front wrapper, with text lightly and evenly tanned without being brittle; Very Good+ or better. Well-preserved issue of..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Trivial wear to heel, text edges lightly tanned, else a bright, Near Fine example. Well-preserved issue of this successor title to Detective Tales (1922-24), which ran for 68 issues between 1924-1931. Contents include contributions..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1929. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, mild dust-soil and some sunning to wrappers, faint foxing to rear wrapper and inner wrappers, with a few patches of old adhesive-pull to front cover, and a few hair-line tears..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1926. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, tiny diagonal creases to upper and lower left corners of front wrapper, a few thin, faint damp marks affecting the spine only, with text uniformly lightly tanned without being brittle;..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1926. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Edgeworn, shallow losses to spine ends, 3" split to lower front joint, diagonal creases, tiny nicks, and tears, and a small chip to front wrapper, with some old damp-stains to wrappers (bleeding through only..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1925. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Light edge wear, some small stress creases and tiny tears across spine, and a 1.5" closed tear extending from upper rear joint into rear wrapper; text is lightly tanned but not brittle; Very Good..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1925. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Gentle sunning to spine, light wear to extremities, minute (1/8") loss to spine ends, text edges tanned but not brittle, with a half-dozen old, stray pencil marks to margins; Very Good+. Early issue of..... More
Chicago: Real Detective Tales, Inc., 1925. First Edition. Quarto (bedsheet, 28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 96pp; illus. Gentle sunning to spine, light wear to extremities, faint stress creases to wrappers, a few tiny edge tears, and a few short hairline splits at upper joints; text edges tanned without being brittle, with..... More
Chicago: Better Publications, Inc., 1948. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Fredric Brown (What Mad Universe), John D. MacDonald (Shenadun), Jack Vance, P. Schuyler Miller, R.L. Farnsworth, and Dorothy & John de Courcy. Cover art by Earle Bergey. Quarto (23.5cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 145,[1]pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, gentle..... More
New York: Best Books, Inc., 1954. A Fine, unread copy. Superb cover painting by Walter Popp. Contains one of Bradbury's space stories, "Promotion To Satellite," as well as stories by Bolling Branham, Ray Cummings, Henry Kuttner, and Stanley G. Weinbaum. Most uncommon in this condition. More
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1941. This issue contains Burroughs's John Carter novel Black Pirates of Barsoom, James Norman's "Lost Treasure of Ankgor," McGivern's "The Quandary of Quintus Quaggle," and Reed's "The Girl From Venus." Front cover by J. Allen St. John. Quarto (25cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 146pp; illus. Three-digit ink..... More
Chicago: Popular Publications, Inc., 1948. First Edition. Quarto (23.5cm); original pictorial wrappers; 98pp; illus. Light wear, tiny tears and creases to untrimmed edges, with some heavier creasing at base of spine; pages are off-white and supple; Very Good+ or better. Contents include "Man About Murder" by Frederick C. Davis, and..... More
Chicago: Popular Publications, Inc., 1947. First Edition. Quarto (23.75cm); original pictorial wrappers; [5],6-98pp; illus. Light wear, one tiny nick, and some tiny tears and attendant creases to extremities, with faint foxing to inner wrappers; text is off-white and supple; Very Good+ or slightly better. Contents include contributions by Frederick C...... More
New York: Standard Magazines, Inc., 1951. First Edition. Contents include contributions by L. Sprague de Camp, Robert Moore Williams, Carter Sprague, Margaret St. Clair, Mack Reynolds, Dallas Ross, and Matt Lee. Quarto (23cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 162pp; illus. Some trivial loss to crown, light wear to extremities, with several tiny..... More
New York: Short Stories, Inc., 1954. First Edition. Digest-sized octavo (19.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; [1]-128pp; illus. Tanning to text edges without being brittle, trivial wear to extremities, with a few faint stress creases to front wrapper; Near Fine. Late issue of this long-running pulp magazine dedicated to horror, fantasy, and..... More
New York: Short Stories, Inc., 1953. First Edition. Digest-sized octavo (19.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; [1]-128pp; illus. Text edges tanned but still supple, pinpoint wear to spine ends and extremities, with some trivial dust-soil to rear wrapper; Near Fine. Late issue of this long-running pulp magazine dedicated to horror, fantasy, and..... More