| March 20, 2024: The New York Book Fair and New Arrivals
The New York Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory is around the corner, and Susan and I hope to see you there April 4-7. We are exhibiting at booth B-11. Fresh material will be on hand including items from recently purchased collections, including fine books, fan material, amateur magazines, pulps and just in - a Philip K. Dick letter archive. We still have a few passes left. This mailing is also a follow up to this week's announcement, most of the material just uploaded and being offered today is from the Gerry de la Ree collection. Newly listed are short run SF digests, fanzines, small press magazines and other interesting items. As usual, more new stock can be seen on the website. | HOUDINI'S SPIRIT EXPOSÉS and DUNNINGER'S PSYCHICAL INVESTIGATIONS. Dunninger, Joseph. Joseph H. Kraus (editor). New York: Experimenter Publishing Company, Inc., 1928. Large octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Large magazine format. First and only issue. 112 page magazine consisting of Part 1, (pp. 12-59) "Houdini's... (#31531) Price: $1,250.00 | | | | FLASH GORDON STRANGE ADVENTURE MAGAZINE. FLASH GORDON STRANGE ADVENTURE MAGAZINE. December, 1936. (Volume 1, number 1). New York: C.J.H. Publications, Inc., 1936. Large octavo, single issue, illustrations by Fred Meagher, pictorial wrappers saddle stapled. Pulp magazine. The only issue, which includes eight full page color illustrations... (#31578) Price: $1,250.00 | | | | THE VAIVAISUKKO'S BRIDE. Scott-Moncrieff, David. [Glasgow: Published by Scots Digest Ltd.], n.d., [1949]. Octavo, pp. [1] 2-63 [64: ads], pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. The author's second collection of horror fiction, preceded by NOT FOR... (#31537) Price: $200.00 | | | | | | ORBIT SCIENCE FICTION. (Five issues, all published). ORBIT SCIENCE FICTION. [Fall] 1953 - November/December 1954. (Volume 1, Numbers 1-5) Jules Saltman, (editor). New York: Hanro Corporation, 1953-1954. Small octavo, five issues. Digest magazine. Another short lived magazine of the 1950s boomlet. A magazine that published some quality fiction. Though Saltman was the... (#31573) Price: $100.00 | | | | GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS. Russell, Eric Frank, Jack Williamson, Arthur C. Clarke, S. Fowler Wright, Raymond F. Jones, Clifford. New York: Galaxy Publishing Corp. [1950-1961]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First editions and later editions. A complete set of all forty six in the Galaxy Science Fiction Novels series. Numbers... (#31575) Price: $1,500.00 | | | | SHOCK MYSTERY TALES. SHOCK MYSTERY TALES. December 1961. (Volume 2, number 1). New York: Pontiac Publishing Corp. 1961. Small octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Digest magazine. "Macabre backgrounds, cults and weird characters highlight these stories..." - Cook, Mystery, Detective and... (#31570) Price: $150.00 | | | | FANTASY MAGAZINE [later] FANTASY FICTION. (Four issues, all published). FANTASY MAGAZINE [later] FANTASY FICTION. March 1953 - November 1953. (Volume 1, Numbers 1-4). Lester. New York: Future Publications, 1953. Small octavo, four issues, cover illustrations by Hannes Bok, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Digest magazine. All four issues of this short lived magazine. Includes two... (#31552) Price: $150.00 | | | | STARTLING MYSTERY STORIES. (Eighteen issues, all published). STARTLING MYSTERY STORIES. Summer [May] 1966 - March 1971. (Volume 1, Number 1 - Volume. New York: Health Knowledge Inc., 1966-1971. Octavo, eighteen issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This publication included new and reprint fiction. Reprints coming mainly from the pulps, including Seabury Quinn's... (#31558) Price: $1,750.00 | | | | UNUSUAL STORIES. (All published). UNUSUAL STORIES. May - June 1935 - Winter 1935 (volume 1, numbers 1-2). Edited by. Everett, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Publications, 1935. Octavo, two issues. First edition. All published. A short-lived semiprofessional magazine, a companion publication to Crawford's MARVEL TALES (1934-1935). Short fiction published in these issues... (#31547) Price: $850.00 | | | | STRANGE ADVENTURES. (Two issues, all published). STRANGE ADVENTURES. [November 1946-January 1947]. [Numbers 1-2]. [Dennis Pratt (editor). London: Hamilton & Co. (Stafford) Ltd, n.d., [c. 1946-1947]. Large octavo, two issues, pictorial wrappers. Magazine size. The only two issues of this British SF magazine, the first venture by... (#31567) Price: $350.00 | | | | SCIENTIFICTION: THE BRITISH FANTASY REVIEW. SCIENTIFICTION: THE BRITISH FANTASY REVIEW. January 1937 (volume 1, number 1); June 1937-March 1938 (volume. Ilford, Essex: Walter H. Gillings, 1937-1938. Octavo, six issues, printed wrappers, stapled. Six of the seven issues published (lacking issue number 2, April 1937) prior to merging with Doug Mayer's... (#31549) Price: $850.00 | | | | SCIENCE FANTASY. (Pratchett, Terry). SCIENCE FANTASY. [August] 1963. (Volume 20, No. 60). John Carnell (editor). London: Nova Publications Ltd., 1963. Small octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. This features the first professionally published story by Terry Pratchett, 15 years old. From the story... (#31540) Price: $100.00 | | | | AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN FANDOM I. (1935-1940). Molesworth, Vol. Sydney: Australian Fantasy Foundation, [1953]. Octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-5 [6] 7-26 [27-28], printed wrappers, stapled. First edition. A short history on the beginning of Australian fan history, early organizations and... (#31536) Price: $250.00 | | | | ST. NICHOLAS. ST. NICHOLAS. December, 1880. Mary Mapes Dodge (editor). New York: Scribner & Company, London: Frederick Warne, 1880. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. First edition. The 1880 Christmas issue of this long running children's magazine. This issue includes "A... (#31528) Price: $150.00 | | | Fine books bought and sold, please contact us if you have material to sell-single items or collections. Thank you for looking. John W. Knott & Susan B. Knott Members: Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) 301-512-1300 - email: jwk@jwkbooks.com
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