Chicago: Better Publications, Inc., 1947. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Murray Leinster, Manly Wadw Wellman, Margaret St. Clair, and John Barrett. Quarto (23cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 113,[1]pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, gentle sunning to spine, with numerous short tears and a few creases along lower wrapper edges; faint..... 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
![Item #848 BLACK MASK - VOLUME [VOL.] XXVIII, NUMBER [NO.] 4 - JANUARY 1946. D. L. Champion,...](/pictures/thumb/848.jpg?v=1563426254)
Chicago: Fictioneers, Inc., 1946. A Near Fine copy in illustrated wrappers. Aside from some minute loss at the heel of the spine, an exceptionally well-preserved copy with clean pages and the overhang untrimmed. The issue includes 'Two-Death Parlay' by D.L. Champion and 'Crime Is Bustin' Out All Over' by Julius..... 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
Chicago: Fictioneers, Inc., 1940. First Edition. Contains the stories 'Tong Trouble' by Erle Stanley Gardner, 'Clamp Down' by H.H. Stinson, and 'Too Many Angles' by Roger Torrey, et al. Terrific cover by De Soto for Gardner's story. Hagemann 982. Quarto; illustrated wrappers; 130pp, illus. Edge chipping, tears, and brief loss..... More
![Item #2404 "CRIME WANTED - MALE OR FEMALE" [RED HARVEST - PART 2] [IN] BLACK MASK - VOL.VI, NO.4...](/pictures/thumb/2404.jpg?v=1563426454)
[New York: Pro-Distributors Publishing Company], 1927. First Edition. A key issue, marking Horace McCoy's debut in Black Mask with a story called "The Devil Man," additionally containing stories by Erle Stanley Gardner, Julian Kilman, Victor Shaw, Tom Curry, and others. The issue is most notable for containing "Crime Wanted -..... More
Chicago: New Publicatons, 1949. A Very Good+ to Near Fine copy. One short closed tear at the lower left corner of the front cover, with a touch of spine fading and creasing to the yapped edges. Reprints the novel "Seven Footprints To Satan" by A. Merritt, and the short story..... More
Springfield, MA: Better Publications, Inc., 1949. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Murray Leinster, John Taine, Carter Sprague, Jack Vance, Robert Moore Williams, William Fitzgerald, Clifford Simak, and Rene Lafayette. Quarto (24.5cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 162pp; illus. Some wear to extremities, wrappers with some faint creases, and several short edge-tears;..... More
![Item #427 BLACK MASK - VOLUME [VOL.] XX, NUMBER [NO.] 10 - DECEMBER 1937. Cornell Woolrich, W. T....](/pictures/thumb/427.jpg?v=1563426217)
New York: Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, 1937. This issue contains the story "Dusk To Dawn," by Cornell Woolrich, a notably early appearance in Black Mask, with stories by W.T. Ballard, John Lawrence, Norbert Davis, and Frank Gruber. (Hagemann #2486; Nevins, 490). Quarto (25cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 128pp; illus. A few vertical..... More