Magazine
ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover painting by Howard V. Brown, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. The first sf story by L. Ron Hubbard, "The Dangerous Dimension" appears. Stories by Clifford Simak, Ross Rocklyne, Ray Cummings, Raymond Z. Gallun, conclusion of the serial novel The Legion of Time by Jack Williamson. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE.
New York: Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 1930. Octavo, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Arthur J. Burks, Victor Rousseau, Edmond Hamilton, Murray Leinster and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE.
New York: Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 1930. Octavo, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Captain S.P. Meek, Harl Vincent and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE.
New York: Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 1930. Octavo, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. The second issue. Stories by Victor Rousseau, Harl Vincent, Hugh B. Cave and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE.
New York: Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 1930. Octavo, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Arthur J. Burks, Harl Vincent, Captain S.P. Meek, Murray Leinster and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE.
New York: Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 1930. Octavo, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Victor Rousseau, Ray Cummings, L.A. Eshbach and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES.
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1935. Octavo, single issue, cover painting by Howard V. Brown, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Jack Williamson, Don A. Stuart (John W. Campbell, Jr.), John Taine and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES.
New York: The Clayton Magazines, Inc., 1931. Octavo, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Ray Cummings, Robert H. Wilson, Murray Leinster and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
AVON FANTASY READER.
New York: Avon Book Company (later Avon Book Company, Inc., Avon Publishing Co., Inc., and Avon Novels, Inc.), 1947-52. Small octavo 18 issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. A complete set of the Avon Fantasy Reader which consists of 18 issues. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisherJoseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine an anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. The story selection came from a wide range of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales, All-Story and Argosy, Thrill Book, Astounding and Amazing as well as stories from hardcover book publications. Authors included William Hope Hodgson, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, M. R. James, Ambrose Bierce, A. Merritt, Algernon Blackwood, C. L. Moore, Fritz Leiber and many more. A few original stories were printed, including A. E. Van Vogt, Carl Jacobi, A. Merritt, Robert Bloch, Robert E. Howard and most notably "Ylla" by Ray Bradbury, part of THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 124-132.
AVON SCIENCE FICTION READER.
New York: Avon Novels, Inc., 1951-1952. Octavo, three issues, pictorial wrappers. First edition. All published. Short lived digest which relied mainly on reprints from older magazines which was unable to compete with Galaxy and F & SF. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 134-35.
BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE.
Chicago: Better Publications, Inc., 1949. Octavo, cover by Rudolph Belarski, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. A Black Bat novel, "Thirty-One Deadly Guns" by G. Wayman Jones (pseudonym). "The Black Bat novels were fast-moving, exciting and held your interest." - Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 56-59.
BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE.
Chicago: Better Publications, Inc., 1943. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. A Black Bat novel, "Captains of Death" by G. Wayman Jones (pseudonym). Espionage and Nazi theme story, cover depicts a woman being threatened with a red hot brand of a swastika. "The Black Bat novels were fast-moving, exciting and held your interest." - Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 56-59.
BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE.
Chicago: Better Publications, Inc., 1943. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. A Black Bat novel, "Without Blood They Die" by G. Wayman Jones (pseudonym). An espionage story involving a fifth column plot. "The Black Bat novels were fast-moving, exciting and held your interest." - Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 56-59.
BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE.
Chicago: Better Publications, Inc., 1951. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. A Black Bat novel, "The League of Faceless Men" by G. Wayman Jones (pseudonym). Also stories by Carroll John Daly and Johnston McCulley. "The Black Bat novels were fast-moving, exciting and held your interest." - Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 56-59.
"The Other Foot." In NEW-STORY.
New York: Gargoyle Press, Inc., March 1951 (number 1). Octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. The first appearance in a magazine of this classic story about racism and forgiveness set in the future on Mars after Earth is ruined by the Third World War. This story was first published in February 1951 in THE THE ILLUSTRATED MAN. However, the release of both was probably more or less simultaneous. Its first appearance in an anthology was in THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 1952, edited by Martha Foley (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952). Foley also collected this story in FIFTY BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES: 1915-1965 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965). The first separate edition was published in 1982 by The Perfection Form Company as a paperbound booklet. Nolan, pp. 114, 197, 275, and 280.
OTHER WORLDS SCIENCE STORIES.
Evanston, IL. Clark Publishing Company, 1950. Small octavo, single issue, cover by Malcolm Smith, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. Includes "Way in the Middle of the Air" by Ray Bradbury, one of the Martian Chronicles.
THE FOUR FALSE WEAPONS.
New York: Novel Selections, Inc., [1945]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U. S. paperback edition. Detective Novel Classic No. 40. Digest sized format. This is an abridged edition. In the 1940s after splitting with Curl, Hillman launched his own digest lines, seeing the writing on the wall for pulp magazines after the war Hillman essentially considered the digests as paperbacks.
POISON IN JEST.
New York: Novel Selections, Inc., [1944]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U. S. paperback edition. Thriller Novel Classic No. 23. Digest sized format. This is an abridged edition. This novel features Patrick Rossiter. In the 1940s after splitting with Curl, Hillman launched his own digest lines, seeing the writing on the wall for pulp magazines after the war Hillman essentially considered the digests as paperbacks.
THE CASE OF THE LONELY LOVERS.
New York: Farrell Publishing Corporation, 1951. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Suspense Novel No. 2. Digest sized format. The second of three published, a companion to Suspense Magazine. The only novel the author's under this pseudonym. Hubin, p. 209.
THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR. Summer 1967 - Summer 1971 (numbers 1-10).
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House, Summer 1967 - Summer 1971 (numbers 1-10). Octavo, printed self wrappers, stapled. All published. A complete file of the house organ of Arkham House, internationally known for their publications in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. A wealth of historical and bibliographical data on the books and their authors as well as short fiction and poetry by H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, August Derleth, and others.
THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR. Summer 1967 - Summer 1971 (numbers 1-10).
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House, Summer 1967 - Summer 1971 (numbers 1-10). Octavo, self wrappers, bound in publisher's black cloth. One of 676 complete sets hardbound in black cloth by the publisher. All published. A complete file of the house organ of Arkham House, internationally known for their publications in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. A wealth of historical and bibliographical data on the books and their authors as well as short fiction and poetry by H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, August Derleth, and others.
THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR. Summer 1967 - Summer 1971 (numbers 1-10).
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House, Summer 1967 - Summer 1971 (numbers 1-10). Octavo, ten issues, printed self wrappers, stapled. All published. A complete file of the house organ of Arkham House, internationally known for their publications in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. A wealth of historical and bibliographical data on the books and their authors as well as short fiction and poetry by H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, August Derleth, and others.
DETECTIVE: THE MAGAZINE OF TRUE CRIME STORIES.
Concord, N.H. Common Sense Publishing Co., Inc., 1951. Small octavo, two issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. Billed on the front covers "A selection of the best True Crime stories, new and old." Authors include Eleazar Lipsky, Craig Rice, Lillian de la Torre, Stuart Palmer, James Thurber and others. Published by Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Publications, these two issues are perhaps the only two published (this cataloger is unsure).
ED MCBAIN'S MYSTERY BOOK. [ALL PUBLISHED].
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1960-61. Small octavo, three issues, all published, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. Pocket Books capitalized on publishing the McBain novels by entering the digest magazine world. Managing Editor Robert Goodney sought ought well known mystery writers and invited them to submit stories with their famous characters. Authors included McBain, Richard Prather (Shell Scott), Ross MacDonald (Lew Archer), Henry Kane (Peter Chambers), Fredric Brown (Ed and Am Hunter), Robert Bloch, Bruno Fischer, Hampton Stone, Lawrence Block and others. First rate material but did not get beyond the three issue. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 211-213.
EXCITING DETECTIVE.
New York: Better Publications, 1941. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Cover novel, "Murder For A Million" by Nelson Bond, also inlcude a short story by Fredric Brown, "Number-Bug." Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 226-227.