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VORTEX SCIENCE FICTION.

VORTEX SCIENCE FICTION. [MAY 1953]. (Volume 1, No. 1). Chester Whitehorn, editor.

New York: Specific Fiction Corporation, [1953]. Small octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. Twenty stories. Notable are "The Mitr" by Jack Vance and an early story by S. A. Lombino, who would later change his name to Evan Hunter and also use the pseudonym Ed McBain. The first of only two issue published. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 720-721]. Ink date stamped to front cover, small losses to spine, a nearly fine copy. (34046). Item #34046

Price: $35.00