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AMAZING STORIES.
Jamaica, NY: Experimenter Publications, Inc., 1929. Large octavo, single issue, cover by Hugh Mackay, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. Includes a Jules Verne reprint, conclusion. Other fiction by David H. Keller, Irvin Lester and Fletcher Pratt, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 14-49].
WHISPERS.
Browns Mills, NJ: Stuart David Schiff, 1983. Octavo, single issue, cloth. First edition. Of 376 hardbound copies this is one of 350 numbered copies signed by Whitley Strieber and publisher Stuart Schiff. The Whitley Strieber issue. Contributors include Strieber, Charles Grant, Stephen Goldin, Manly Wade Wellman, Hugh B. Cave and others.
THE SPIDER.
Chicago: Popular Publications, Inc., 1935. Octavo, single issue, cover by John Howitt, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Reign of the Death Fiddler" with Norvell Page writing as "Grant Stockbridge." The character was established to be a direct competitor to Street and Smith's Shadow magazine. After Doc Savage and The Shadow this was the most popular hero character. The Spider character was considered one of the most brutal and violent of the pulp era. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 521-527. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 602-604].