Famous Fantastic Mysteries April 1940 (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Frank R. Paul (illustrator). 1st Edition. VG. Vol.2; No. 1; April, 1940. Covers and spine intact, covers possibly trimmed, light soiling and rubbing, old dampstain affects front and back covers - see pics, slight spine stress, light chipping at spine ends, pages browning. Authors include A. Merritt, and others. In archival bag and board.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good+. Frank R. Paul (illustrator). 1st Edition. VG+. Vol.2; No. 1; April, 1940. Covers and spine intact, light soiling and rubbing, slight spine stress, light chipping at spine ends, pages browning. Authors include A. Merritt, and others. In archival bag and board.

Condition: Trade paperback (pulp), Fair, New York: Popular Publication:, 1940. Trade paperback (pulp), Fair, 130 pp. Spine taped. A. Merritt and others.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 2, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mary Gnaedinger.] Cover art by Frank R. Paul for "The Beast Plants" by H. Thompson Rich. Includes "The Devil of the Western Sea" by Philip M. Fisher; "The Blind Spot" (pt. 2 of 6) by Austin Hall & Homer Eon Flint; "The Conquest of the Moon Pool" (pt. 6 of 6) by A. Merritt; "Fire Gas" by Stanton A. Coblentz; "Weird Travel Tales" by Bob Davis; "Austin Hall" (Autobiographical sketch); "The Readers' Viewpoint". Illustrated by V. E. Pyles, Virgil Finlay, and Frank R. Paul. Tanning; minor front cover losses (see scan); very minor rear cover edge tears.

1st edition. This pulp magazine was published from 1939 to 1953. This early issue includes two serials (The Blind Spot-I by Hall/Flint, and The Conquest of the Moon Pool-V by Merritt), one novelette (The Planet Juggler by Frederick), three short stories (Bomb From Beranga by Walton, The Belated Tears of Louis Marcel by Sheehan, and A Place of Monsters by Byron), plus features. Unusually nice bright collector*s copy. 7 x 10, 128 pp, b/w illus & ads. Near Fine, bright vivid wraps, backstrip intact, hardly any wear. Magazine in color illus wraps (art by Virgil Finlay), side-stapled.

softcover. Condition: Fine hint of tanning. cover by Frank Paul (illustrator).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Magazine. Cover by Frank R. Paul and illustrations by Virgil Finlay. Octavo. Illustrated perfectbound wrappers. Small tear at the crown with tape reinforcement along the spine, trimmed edges, very good. Features: "The Devil of the Western Sea" by Philip M. Fisher, "The Blind Spot" (Part 2 of 3) by Austin Hall & Homer Eon Flint, "The Beast Plants" by H. Thompson Rich, "The Conquest of the Moon Pool" (Part 6 of 6) by A. Merritt, "Fire Gas" by Stanton A. Coblentz, and an ad for the second issue of Prize Comics that featured the first appearances of The Black Owl and Jupiter.

Wraps. Condition: All Vg. Virgil Finlay (illustrator). All three volumes sewn together. The Oct 1940 issue conatins The Face in the Abyss by Merritt Nov.1940 issue Contains The Snake Mother by Merritt and the April edition contains The Dwellers in the Mirage. Book.