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Published by Roy Squires, Los Angeles, 1950
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Jon Arfstrom, Neil Austin, Jack Gaughan, Frank Jonbrian, Ken Brown, Allen Chambers (illustrator). 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Roy Squires, 1950. Volume 4, No. 5, the November, 1950 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Neil Austin; rear cover by Frank Jonbrian displays a fetchingly clad young lady of the future with a dog-like alien pet (see scans). Interior art also by Austin and Jonbrian, as well as Jon Arfstrom, Jack Gaughan, Ken Brown, and Allen Chambers in this issue. Octavo, stapled wraps, 26 numbered pages. Near Fine copy, with modest marginal cover sunning (see scans). Otherwise a high grade, very sharp, undamaged copy. An early copy of the fanzine; mostly ads, book lists, book reviews, plus some commentary by "the editor",that being Roy Squires bat this time. Reviews in this issue, by Les Holbrook, Malcom W. Ferguson, Dan Imbrifer, Jack Kelsey, Leo Lemming, Julian Parr and Roger Scott are of: A.E. Van Vogt's "The Voyage of the Space Beagle', Frank Scully's "Behind the Flying Saucers", Kurt Lasswitz's "Auf Zwei Planeten", Groff Conklin's "Big Book of Science Fiction", Theodore Sturgeon's "The Dreaming Jewels", Robert A. Heinlein's "The Farmer in the Sky", Bleiler & Dikty's "The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950", Hugo Gernsback's "Ralph 124C 41+", and A. Hyatt Verrill's "The Bridge of Light". Many more titles are either briefly mentioned or advertised. A classic issue from a fanzine classic from the golden age of sci-fi, replete with ads, sale and auction notifications, publications notices, and more - all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, by intent, but mostly on Science Fiction by execution at this time. L-pr1.