AMAZING STORIES ANNUAL (Bound Volume).
New York: Experimenter Publishing Co., 1927. Large octavo, single issue, bound volume, pictorial wrappers in brown cloth with spine stamped in gold. Bedsheet-sized pulp, bound. This features the first printing of "Master Mind of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The only issue of AMAZING STORIES ANNUAL. Released in July 1927, its 100,000-print run sold out. The success of the ANNUAL encouraged Gernsback to launch AMAZING STORIES QUARTERLY in January 1928. [Reference: Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 49-51]. Text paper mildly tanned, front cover shows a touch of edge rubbing, a lovely copy bound in brown cloth which has preserved this issue quite nicely. This issue does not appear to be trimmed for binding. (31969). Item #31969
Price: $1,500.00