Pulp Magazines: 2024
Newly acquired Pulp Magazines from recent collections. This will be updated regularly as material is cataloged.
AMAZING STORIES. (Issues 1-4 bound).
New York: Experimenter Publications, Inc., 1926. Large octavo, bound volume, covers by Frank R. Paul, pictorial wrappers in green cloth spine stamped in gold. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format, bound. The first four issues of Amazing stories. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 14-49].
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].
FANTASY: A MAGAZINE OF THRILLING SCIENCE-FICTION. [3 issues, all published, bound volume].
London: Published by George Newnes Ltd., 1938-1939. Octavo, three issues, all covers by S. R. Drigin, pictorial wrappers bound in black boards with spine stamped in gold. 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.
FEDERAL AGENT.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1936. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Originally title Public Enemy this is the first issue under the new name of Federal Agent. Lead story features Agent G-77. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 430-432].
DOC SAVAGE MAGAZINE. "The Man of Bronze."
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1933. Octavo, cover painting by Walter Baumhofer, pictorial wrappers. The first issue with the story "The Man of Bronze." "Doc Savage was intended to be an adventure character, but under Lester Dent's imaginative manipulations he became something more - the first superhero and an inspiration for countless pulp, comic-book, and television characters." - Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 521-527. "The enormously wealthy Doc Savage – headquartered in a fantasticated New York with his five sidekicks, who specialize in various crafts and sciences at the borderline of sf – devotes his life to combating criminal conspiracies, almost all masterminded by the kind of charismatic villain later given definitive form by Ian Fleming in the James Bond books. Doc Savage himself clearly influenced the creation of Superman." - SFE online. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 183-185].
STORIES ANNUAL.
New York: Standard Magazines Inc., 1955. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. First and only issue. Includes twelve stories, three western, three sports, three mystery and three science fiction. The science fiction and mystery stories appear to be original to this magazine. Includes a story by Margaret St. Clair.
TALES OF MAGIC AND MYSTERY. Numbers 1-5 [all published, bound volume].
Camden, NJ: Personal Arts Company, Publishers, 1927-1928. Octavo, five issues, pictorial wrappers bound in blue boards with gold stamping to spine. A bound volume of all five issues that were noted magician Joseph Dunningers copy, with his signed name and also inscribed and signed by editor/author Walter Gibson to Joe Dunninger. Gibson wrote several books about magic for Dunninger, they were lifelong friends. This is likely a presentation volume to Dunninger. Tales of Magic and Mystery was a short lived magazine which published stories and articles about magic and the occult, as well as some short fiction. The March, 1928 issue published the H. P. Lovecraft short story "Cool Air." Other authors of fiction include Frank Owen, Miriam Allen de Ford, Archie Binns, Robert Leslie Bellem and others. Gibson wrote most non-fiction material under his own name and also using the pseudonyms, Alfred Maurice and Bernard Perry.
THE FEDS.
New York: Street and Smith Publishing, Inc., 1937. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Lead feature is "Public Hero No. 1-The Life Story of John Edgar Hoover and the F.B.I." Also includes a Steve Fisher novelette. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 237-239].
THE SPIDER.
Chicago: Popular Publications, Inc., 1934. Octavo, single issue, cover by John Howitt, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Reign of Silver Terror" by Grant Stockbridge (house pseudonym). [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 602-604].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1930. Octavo, cover by Hugh Rankin, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn, August Derleth, Edmond Hamilton, Paul Ernst, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1932. Octavo, single issue, cover art by C. C. Senf, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by H. P. Lovecraft ("In the Vault"), Seabury Quinn, Edmond Hamilton, Clark Ashton Smith, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1936. Octavo, single issue, cover art by M[argaret] Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Robert E. Howard ("The Hour Dragon, conclusion - Conan), Jack Williamson, Carl Jacobi, Robert Bloch, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1933. Octavo, single issue, cover art by M[argaret] Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Jack Williamson, Carl Jacobi, August Derleth, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1929. Octavo, single issue, cover art by Hugh Rankin, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn, Robert E. Howard ("Skull-Face," conclusion), Clark Ashton Smith (verse), E. F. Benson, Gaston Leroux, August Derleth, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1936. Octavo, single issue, cover art by J. Allen St. John, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Robert E. Howard ("The Fire of Asshurbanipal"), H. P. Lovecraft ("The Haunter of the Dark'), Robert Bloch, Amelia Reynolds Long, Manly Wade Wellman, Henry Kuttner, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1936. Octavo, single issue, cover art by M[argaret] Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by C. L. Moore, Robert E. Howard ("The Hour Dragon, p. 3 - Conan), Paul Ernst, Theodore Tinsley, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1936. Octavo, single issue, cover art by M[argaret] Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by C. L. Moore, Robert E. Howard ("The Hour Dragon, p. 3 - Conan), Paul Ernst, Theodore Tinsley, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1932. Octavo, single issue, cover art by J. Allen St. John, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn, Clark Ashton Smith, Grey La Spina, August Derleth and Mark Schorer, Frank Belknap Long, Hugh B. Cave, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1936. Octavo, single issue, cover art by M[argaret] Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Robert E. Howard ("Black Canaan" - a voodoo story), August Derleth, Jack Williamson, Robert Bloch, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Chicago: Rural Publishing Corporation, 1923. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. The first issue of this important 20th century magazine. Includes stories by Anthony M. Rud, Otis Adelbert Kline, R.T.M. Scott, Joel Townsley Rogers, Howard Ward and many others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1927. Octavo, single issue, cover art by C. C. Senf. pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn, H. P. Lovecraft ("The White Ship"), Edmond Hamilton, Eli Colter, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover art by C. C. Senf, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn, Paul Ernst, August Derleth and Marc Schorer, Gaston Leroux, Amelia Reynolds Long (film source for "Fiend Without a Face,") and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1932. Octavo, single issue, cover art by C. C. Senf, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Clark Ashton Smith ("The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis", Hugh B. Cave (His first story in WTs), Edmond Hamilton, Robert E. Howard ("The Horror From the Mound"), Mary Shelley ("Frankenstein" reprint), and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1929. Octavo, single issue, cover art by C. C. Senf, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn, Robert E. Howard ("Skull-Face," part two), Everil Worrell, Zealia Brown Reed [Bishop] ("The Curse of Yig" - written in uncredited collaboration with H. P. Lovecraft), Clark Ashton Smith (verse), E. F. Benson, August Derleth and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover art by C. C. Senf, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by H. P. Lovecraft ("The Fungi From Yoggoth" (3) - verse), Seabury Quinn, August Derleth, Edmond Hamilton, G. G. Pendarves, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].






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