![BLACK MASK - VOLUME [VOL.] XXIV, NUMBER [NO.] 10 - FEBRUARY 1942. W. T. Ballard, John Lawrence,...](/pictures/thumb/1362.jpg?v=1563426299)
Chicago: Fictioneers, Inc., 1942. Quarto; illustrated pulp wrappers, with cover art by Rafael DeSoto; 130pp. Hint of tanning to text edges, though pages are still creamy and supple; short tears to overhang, with a touch of rubbing to extremities; a bright, Near Fine example that's rich in color. Though a...... More
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
New York: Standard Magazines, Inc., 1944. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Henry Kuttner, Robert Arthur, Ross Rocklynne, Ford Smith, Scott Morgan, Kelvin Kent, and John Foster West. Cover art by Rudolph Belarski. Quarto (24.75cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 129,[1]pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, touch of dustiness to rear wrapper..... More
Chicago: Better Publications, Inc., 1947. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Keith Hammond, Stanley Weinbaum, Ray Cummings, and Carl Jacobi. Cover art by Earle Bergey. Quarto (23.5cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 113,[1]pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, short tears and a few creases to lower wrapper edges, with a faint vertical..... More
Springfield, MA: Better Publications, Inc., 1950. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Ray Bradbury (Purpose), Leigh Brackett (The Truants), Frank Belknap Long, Jack Vance, Walt Sheldon, Edward E. Smith, Edmond Hamilton, and William Morrison. Cover art by Earle Bergey. Quarto (24.5cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 161,[1]pp; illus. Gentle sunning to spine..... More
Springfield, MA: Better Publications, Inc., 1950. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Jack Vance, Edmond Hamilton, Willy Ley, L. Ron Hubbard, Mack Reynolds, Robert Moore Williams, and Rog Phillips. Quarto (25cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 161,[1]pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, a few short tears and creases to wrapper edges, 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
New York: Fictioneers Inc., 1950. Very Good+. Page edges are browned, light wear to the spine, a clean tear running halfway up the rear hinge. A bit of chipping to the side edge of the rear wrapper. Contains Ray Bradbury's story "Outcast of the Stars," the stories "Exil of the..... 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
![BLACK MASK - VOLUME [VOL.] XXVIII, NUMBER [NO.] 4 - JANUARY 1946. D. L. Champion, Julius Long,...](/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
![THE CURTAIN [IN] BLACK MASK - VOLUME XIX, NUMBER 7 (SEPTEMBER, 1936). Raymond Chandler, George...](/pictures/thumb/2271.jpg?v=1563426430)
New York: Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, 1936. Notable issue containing 'The Curtain,' Chandler's penultimate contribution to Black Mask, which would later be collected in Killer in the Rain. Includes novelettes by W.T. Ballard, Dwight Babcock, George Harmon Coxe, and Theodore Tinsley. Bruccoli C50; Hagemann 348. Quarto (25cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 128pp;..... 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
!["CRIME WANTED - MALE OR FEMALE" [RED HARVEST - PART 2] [IN] BLACK MASK - VOL.VI, NO.4 (DECEMBER,...](/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
New York: Better Publications, Inc., 1941. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Alfred Bester (The Mad Molecule), Henry Kuttner, Arthur J. Burks, Raymond Z. Gallun, Kelvin Kent, Joseph Millard, and Frederick Englehardt, et al. Cover art by Gabriel Mayorga. Quarto (24.75cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 129,[1]pp; illus. Gentle sunning to spine..... 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
![BLACK MASK - VOLUME [VOL.] XX, NUMBER [NO.] 10 - DECEMBER 1937. Cornell Woolrich, W. T. Ballard,...](/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