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April 30, 2024: New Arrivals: Pulps 

We are pleased to offer here our first listing of pulps from the Gerry de la Ree and Joe Wrzos collections.  Many of you are familiar with these gentlemen, who were avid science fiction fans and devotees of all things related to science fiction.  We are cataloguing as fast as we can, so check our web site regularly for more works from these collections and look for a second pulp list next week.

32048 WEIRD TALES.
WEIRD TALES. March 1923. (Volume 1, No. 1). Edwin Baird (editor).
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... (#32048)
Price: $15,000.00  

32050 WEIRD TALES.
WEIRD TALES. June 1925. (Volume 5, No. 6). Farnsworth Wright (editor).
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1925. Octavo, single issue, cover art by Andrew Brosnatch, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Frank Belknap Long, Greye La Spina, Seabury Quinn... (#32050)
Price: $250.00  

32042 WEIRD TALES.
WEIRD TALES. November 1929. (Volume 14, No. 5). Farnsworth Wright (editor).
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... (#32042)
Price: $450.00  

32056 WEIRD TALES.
WEIRD TALES. October 1930. (Volume 16, No. 4). Farnsworth Wright (editor).
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"... (#32056)
Price: $200.00  

32063 WEIRD TALES.
WEIRD TALES. January 1933. (Volume 21, No. 1). Farnsworth Wright (editor).
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1933. Octavo, single issue, cover art by J. Allen St. John, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Murray Leinster, Arthur J. Burks, Seabury... (#32063)
Price: $850.00  

32040 WEIRD TALES.
WEIRD TALES. October 1933. (Volume 22, No. 4). Farnsworth Wright (editor).
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1933. Octavo, single issue, cover art by M[argaret] Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. The classic "Bat-Woman" cover. Includes stories by Robert E. Howard ("Pool... (#32040)
Price: $12,500.00  

32037 WEIRD TALES.
WEIRD TALES. June 1936. (Volume 27, No. 6). Farnsworth Wright (editor).
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... (#32037)
Price: $250.00  

32071 WEIRD TALES.
WEIRD TALES. March, 1936. (Volume 27, No. 3). Farnsworth Wright, editor.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1936. Octavo, single issue, cover by Margaret Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Hour of the Dragon" part 4, with Conan by Robert E. Howard... (#32071)
Price: $250.00  

32035 WEIRD TALES.
WEIRD TALES. May 1938. (Volume 31, No. 5). Farnsworth Wright (editor).
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover art by M[argaret] Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Henry Kuttner, Robert E. Howard ("Pigeons From Hell")... (#32035)
Price: $150.00  

32046 CAPTAIN FUTURE.
CAPTAIN FUTURE. Winter 1940. (Volume 1, No. 1). [Hamilton, Edmond].
New York: Better Publications, Inc., 1940. Octavo, single issue, cover by George Rozen. pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. First issue of Captain Future with the title story, "Captain Future and the... (#32046)
Price: $650.00  

32047 THE SPIDER.
THE SPIDER. September 1934. (Volume 3, No. 4).
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). Tymm and Ashley, Science... (#32047)
Price: $350.00  

32099 THE SHADOW.
THE SHADOW. December 15, 1935. (Volume 16, No. 2).
New York, NY: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1935. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Case of Congressman Coyd" by Maxwell Grant. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines... (#32099)
Price: $75.00  

32097 FEDERAL AGENT.
FEDERAL AGENT. August 1936. (Volume 2, No. 1). West F. Peterson, editor.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1936. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Originally titled Public Enemy this is the first issue under the new name of Federal Agent... (#32097)
Price: $250.00  

32098 THE FEDS.
THE FEDS. June 1937. (Volume 2, No. 4). John L. Nanovic, editor.
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... (#32098)
Price: $125.00  

32196 DETECTIVE BOOK MAGAZINE.
DETECTIVE BOOK MAGAZINE. Summer 1938. (Vol 2, No. 9). Malcolm Reiss, editor.
New York: Fiction House, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Lead story is "Creep Shadow" by A. Merritt. Other fiction by Ted Tinsley, Erle Stanley Gardner, Franklin... (#32196)
Price: $250.00  

32096 ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION.
ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION. August 1938. (Volume 21, No. 6). John W. Campbell, Jr., editor.
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover painting by Wesso (Hans W. Wessolowski), pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. First publication of the classic story "Who Goes... (#32096)
Price: $150.00  

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