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FANTASY: A MAGAZINE OF THRILLING SCIENCE-FICTION. [3 issues, all published].

FANTASY: A MAGAZINE OF THRILLING SCIENCE-FICTION. 1938-1939 (numbers 1-3). Edited by T. Stanhope Sprigg.

London: Published by George Newnes Ltd., 1938-1939. Octavo, three issues, all covers by S. R. Drigin, pictorial wrappers. Fantasy magazine was a combination of reprints and new materials as well as factual articles. Authors included John Beynon, John Russell Fearn, Eric Frank Russell and others. The magazine was canceled due to the war. "Fantasy 's lifetime was too short to make a value judgment on its position in SF, but there is not denying that Sprigg had considerable editorial acumen and that Fantasy would no doubt have developed into a major magazine" - Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 254-56. Mild tanning to text paper, some mild edge rubbing, a fine set. (34265). Item #34265

Price: $750.00