Willmorth Gus Editor (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. see images. Cover Art Roy Hunt (illustrator).

Soft cover (Stapled Wrappers). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Manuscript / Archival File Fol. 1st Edition. An exceptionally well-preserved copy of Gus Willmorth's legendary golden-age science fiction and fantasy fanzine. Cover price 10¢. This highly collectible issue features an iconic, swashbuckling cover illustration by fan artist Joe Gibson, depicting a space pirate or futuristic duelist brandishing a rapier against a circular starburst pattern. Very Good (Clean front cover wrap with light edge-toning consistent with post-war paper stock, staples firm and secure, small neat vintage owner signature "Joe Scanlon" on the top right corner).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Gus Willmorth, 1949. Volume III, No. 4, the February, 1949 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Neil Austin; interior art mostly by Herman King in this issue, with one full-page ad art by Lin Carter. Octavo, stapled wraps, 27 numbered pages. Near Fine copy, with only the inevitable modest toning to the paper and lightly red-penciled previous owner's note at cover top (see scan). High grade. Very sharp, undamaged copy. An early copy of the fanzine; mostly ads, book lists, book reviews, and in this issue, a Gus Willmorth editorial, info on the Seventh World Science Fiction Convention, article "Nova Tomes" by Walt Liebscher reviewing the latest Shasta offering, and a very lengthy (for a fanzine) Edgar Allan Poe piece by Herman King, "Poe / Master of Macabre", also illustrated by King. 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, of course. L-pr1. Neil Austin, Herman King, Lin Carter (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Gus Willmorth, 1948. Volume II, No. 4, the November, 1947 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Russ Manning; interior art by Ralph Rayburn Phillips, Waible, Cockroft freres. Octavo, stapled wraps, 39 numbered pages. A very rare Fine copy, with only the inevitable modest toning to the paper. Highest grade. Very sharp, undamaged copy. An early copy of the fanzine; mostly ads, book lists, and events, and in this issue several articles: "Of Nova Tomes (W.A. Liebacher); "The Road to Eldorado" (Fred Brown); "Fankind's Fanzines" (R.A. Elcun), and "H.P. Lovecraft" a lengthy (for a fanzine) piece by Michael Harrison, illustrated by Ralph Rayburn Phillips, on the horror luminary, reprinted from "Phoenix", who reprinted it from the British journal Prediction. 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, of course. L37n. Russ Manning, Ralph Rayburn Phillips, Waible, Cockroft freres (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Gus Willmorth, 1948. Volume III, No. 2, the July, 1948 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Henry Ernst; interior art by Kroll, Grossman and others. Octavo, stapled wraps, 21 numbered pages + more ads. Slight sunning at cover edges (see scan), one title in an ad on the last page has been underlined in red pencil, else fine. High-grade. Very sharp, undamaged copy. An issue of the fanzine classic from the golden age, replete with ads, sale and auction notifications, publications notices, and more, all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, of course. L30n. Henry Ernst, Kroll, Grossman (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Gus Willmorth, 1948. Volume II, No. 5, the January, 1948 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Ken Brown; interior art by regulars Waible, Manning & Stein, plus several illustrations each by Lin Carter and Gordon L. Cockroft within "The Shaver Series As Literature", a piece Kroll, Grossman and others. Thomas H. Carter. Octavo, stapled wraps, 30 numbered pages. Sun-line down front left of binding, red-penciled word "Shaver" in small letters near top of cover (see scan), "Checklist of Fantastic Literature" advertisement is boxed in red-pencil, else VG+ to NF. High-grade. Very sharp, undamaged copy.Also contains Forrie Ackerman offering to sell a Stanley Weinbaum manuscript, The Mad Brain, to the highest wired offer which also guarantees to publish it; also a full-page ad for Torcon Toronto 1948. An issue of the fanzine classic from the golden age, replete with ads, sale and auction notifications, publications notices, and more, all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, of course. L30n. Ken Brown; Waible, Mannin, Stein; Gordon Cockroft; Lin Carter (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Gus Willmorth, 1948. Volume 2, No. 6, the March, 1948 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Joe (ScarHog) Gibson; interior art by Waible, Raj Rehm and others, including O.G. Estes, who is featured in this issue with a spread of five full-page sci-fi illustrations, which all appear to have been published. Octavo, stapled wraps, 31 numbered pages. Some sunning at cover edges (see scan), red-penciled name "Shasta" at top right of cover, small (see scan), else Near Fine, high-grade. Very sharp, undamaged copy. An issue of the fanzine classic from the golden age, replete with ads, sale and auction notifications, publications notices, and more, all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, of course. L105. Joe (ScarHog) Gibson (cover); Waible; Raj Rehm; O.G. Estes (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Gus Willmorth, 1948. Volume 3, No. 3, the December, 1948 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Roy Hunt; interior art by Henry Ernst, Jon Arfstrom, S.C. Skirvin, Ralph Rayburn Phillips and others. Octavo, stapled wraps, 39 numbered pages. Some sunning at cover edges (see scan), several red pencil check marks inside, else Near Fine, high-grade. Very sharp, undamaged copy. An issue of the fanzine classic from the golden age, replete with ads, sale and auction notifications, publications notices, and more, all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, of course. Two articles and other notes in this issue on sci-fi great A. (Abe) Merritt. L-105. Hunt, Roy (cover); Henry Ernst, Jon Arfstrom, S.C. Skirvin, Ralph Rayburn Phillips et al (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Glendale, CA: Roy Squires, 1949. Volume 3, No. 5, the November, 1949 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Lin Carter; interior art by Jack Gaughan, Henry Ernst and other sources. Octavo, stapled wraps, 27 numbered pages. Some sunning at cover edges (see scan), else Near Fine, high-grade. Very sharp, undamaged copy. An issue of the fanzine classic from the golden age, replete with ads, sale and auction notifications, publications notices, and more, all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, of course. Lin Carter executes the cover and the featured contribution, that being a three-page tribute to Clark Ashton Smith entitled "The Emperor of Dreams"; Malcolm M. Ferguson offers his take on fantasy bookplates, with several examples shown, one executed by Aubrey Beardsley. Lpr1. Carter, Lin (cover); Gaughan, Jack; Ernst, Henry; Beardsley, Aubrey, et al (illustrator).…