Vargo Statten British Science Fiction Magazine no 5

No 5 (July 1954). Ronald Turner cover art. 19 issues in total published between January 1954 - February 1956. Only the first five issues had ''Vargo Statten'' in the title - it was renamed THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE for issues 6 - 12, then retitled again as THE BRITISH SPACE FICTION MAGAZINE for issues 13 - 19. . The first three issues were large pulp-size format, reverting to several smaller formats from no 4. The first six issues edited by Alistair Paterson (and published by Scion), the rest by John Russell Fearn himself (and published, from no 8, by Dragon Publications). In: Harbottle & Holland: British SF Paperbacks And Magazines 1949-1956: An Annotated Bibliography And Guide, p. 153. Page edges browning, a VG+ copy.