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

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., 1948. First Edition. Contents include contributions by Edmond Hamilton, Emmett MacDowell, L. Ron Hubbard, Henry Kuttner, Jack Vance, Walt Sheldon, and Margaret St. Clair. Cover art by Earle Bergey. Quarto (23.5cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 145,[1]pp; illus. Light wear and a few tiny tears to wrapper extremities..... 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

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

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

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

[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

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