Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. POD. Includes "Hijack Haul" by Lee Fredericks; "A Fourth Must Die" by Benton Braden; "Poor Economy" by Ray Cummings; "Hibiscus and Homicide" by William Campbell Gault; "Night Without End" by Wyatt Blassingame; "Death of a Dead Man" by Wayland Rice; "Crime Capers" by Harold Helfer. Light handling wear. Book.
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
US$ 24.25
Quantity: 15 available
Add to basketPAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
US$ 31.07
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Add to basketHRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Published by Better Publications, NY, 1949
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 26, No. 3. Pulp magazine. Cover art is uncredited for "Riders of the Shadow Trail" (novel) by D. B. Newton. Includes "Padlock Pilgrimage" by Ed La Vanway; "Payday Brawl" by Raley Brien; "Nobody's Goats" by L. P. Holmes; "Expiation" by Harold Helfer. Features: "Trail Talk" by Foghorn Clancy; "Cactus Crusade" by Leslie Ernenwein. Illustrated by Al Savitt and others. Minor stains, mosty to spine and hinges; rusty staples; staple poke to front. Book.
Published by NY: STANDARD MAGAZINES, 1951, 1951
Seller: BOOK BUDDY, Thompsonville, MI, U.S.A.
PULP MAGAZINE. Good. APPROXIMATELY 9-3/4 X 6-3/4. "FRAIL DECORATIVE COVER, WITH WEAR, SMALL TEARS, FADING AND CHIPPING OF COV ER, BROWNING OF PAGES, OVER 100 PAGES OF FUN AND THRILLING READING; SOME FE ATURED STORIES AND ARTICLES ARE: BLIND SPOT; MURDER HUNCH; ANYTHING TW ICE; HEADQUARTERS; CRIME CAPERS".
Published by Better Publications, NY, 1952
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 49, No. 1. Pulp magazine. Edited by Jim Hendryx, Jr. Cover art is uncredited for "Land of the Lost" (complete novel; Jim Hatfield series) by Jackson Cole. Includes "Throw Lead or Die" (novelet) by Giles A. Lutz; "The Wedding Gift" by Robert J. Hogan; "The Miracle Makers" by Leslie Ernenwein; "The Face of Fear" by Gordon D. Shirreffs; "One-Gun Willie" by Noel Loomis. Features: "The Frontier Post" by Captain Starr; "Westernettes" by Harold Helfer; "Sagebrush Savvy" by S. Omar Barker; "Gentling the Wild Ones" by Allan K. Echols; "They Played It Texas Style" by Norman B. Wiltsey. Illustrations by Murphy and others. Standard wear and tear at edges with small losses; creasing; roll. Book.
Published by Clark Publishing Company,, Highland Park, IL, 1954
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. GGA - {Good Girl Art) Painted Cover (illustrator). First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. Inventory # D510-2 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 7, No. 2, Issue 47, February 1954 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown - The Moon And You Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, CONTENTS; ** STORIES (1) Miracle At Kalinnovka by N. Mamontoff (2) Father Charbels Bleeding Corpe by G. A. Cevasco (3) A Date With Doom by Barnet Hyams (4) The Inexhaustible Potatoes by Lee R. Gandee (5) Thoughts That Bridged The Miles by Pauline Andre (6) The Ace And The Widow by Harold Helfer (7) Revenge Of The Shark God by Wilmon Menard;** ARTICLES = (1); The Moon And For You by Virginia Stumbough (2) Dreams For Profit by Lt. Col. J. Bland - Jameson (3) Science Views The Faith Cure by Felix J. Fraser (4) Search For Thelma by Dr. Herbert Charles (5) Irish Ghost Hunt by William Liddell (6) France Acquits A Healer by Warrington Dawson; CONDITION; VG; minor spine wear 1/2" bottom PRICE = $25; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by Better Publications, NY, 1957
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 67, No. 2. Pulp magazine. Cover art by Sam Cherry for "The Last Comanchero" (complete novel) by Jackson Cole [Walker Tompkins]. Includes "Violent Night" by Edward Carr; "Spring Blizzard" by Philip Ketchum; "A Woman for the Bar D" by Ben Frank; "Back-Shooter" by Edwin Booth; "A Chance for Johnny Falk" by F. H. Bennett; "Return of Dobie Isobel" by Philip Morgan. Features: "Frontier Post" by Captain Starr; "The Long and Short of It" by Harold Helfer; "Dead Certain" by Howie Lasseter; "Smoking Guns" by John Patten; Cartoons. Illustrations are uncredited. 1" tear at cover and first page foredge; creasing; foxing; other short tears. Book.
Published by Standard Magazines, NY, 1952
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 4, no. 2. Pulp magazine. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "The Morning After" (novel) by William Irish [Cornell Woolrich]; "The Bride Shot Once" (novel) by Donn Mullally; "Don't Tell the Police" (novelet) by Edward Hope; "Headless Angel" *(novel) by Baynard Kendrick; "Danger in the Dark" (novel) by G. T. Fleming-Roberts; "Paint That Pistol In" by Rufus Bakalor; "Case of the Ordibnary Dame" (True) by Harold Helfer. Illustrations are uncredited. Small loss to front cover at mid foredge; pencil marks on cover; mild tanning. Book.
Published by Better Publications, Toronto, 1948
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. LI, no. 2. Pulp magazine. Canadian issue. Cover art is uncredited [Belarski] for "Murder Acres" (novel) by Robert Wallace. Includes "I'll Remember, Dearest" (novelet) by Dean Evans; "An Eye for Blood" by Harold Helfer; "Ghost of a Chance" by Wayland Rice; "Death Draws a Picture" by Robert Leslie Bellem; "Cold Turkey" by O. B. Myers; "The Tree That Died" by Leonard F. Jones. Features: "The Phantom Speaks"; "Wood Sleuth" by Jackson Hite. Illustrations are uncredited. Bent from poor stacking; tanning; tears and losses at spine ends; tears to foredges. Book.
Published by Standard Magazines, NY, 1953
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. LVIII, No.2. Pulp magazine. Cover art is uncredited for "The Staring Killer" (novel) by Robert Wallace. Includes "Better Off Dead" by Katherine Vail; "Homicide" by Carroll John Daly; "A Lethal Bit of Heaven" by Gene Austin; "The Man Who Killed a Hundred Men" by Thomas Thursday; "A Hand for Murder" by Morris Cooper. Features: "The Phantom Speaks"; "Law and Disorder" by Harold Helfer; "The Revolutionary" by Bess Ritter; "The Last Mile" by William Carter; "Name the Crime" (quiz); "Did You Know-" by Joseph C. Stacey. Illustrated by Orban and others. Creasing; glue-shrink; light rubbing; mild tanning. Book.
Published by Better Publications, NY, 1951
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. XXIX, no. 1. Pulp magazine. Cover art is uncredited for "The Dangerous Corpse" (novel) by G. Wayman Jones. Includes "Murder Stalks the Big Top" (novelet) by H. C. Butler; "The Unarmed Super" by Len Zinberg; "The Purse" by Harold Helfer; "A Little Psychology" by Arnold Grant; "See You at the Morgue" by Russell Branch. Features: "The Crime Quiz"; "Six-Legged Lawbreaker" by Carter Critz; "The Reader Wites"; "Murder by Experts" (A Guide); "What's Your Alibi?". Illustrated by A.S. and others. Staple tears; creasing; rear cover a little soiled; faint dealer's marks on front. Book.
Published by Better Publications, Toronto, 1948
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. LI, no. 2. Pulp magazine. Canadian issue. Cover art is uncredited [Belarski] for "Murder Acres" (novel) by Robert Wallace. Includes "I'll Remember, Dearest" (novelet) by Dean Evans; "An Eye for Blood" by Harold Helfer; "Ghost of a Chance" by Wayland Rice; "Death Draws a Picture" by Robert Leslie Bellem; "Cold Turkey" by O. B. Myers; "The Tree That Died" by Leonard F. Jones. Features: "The Phantom Speaks"; "Wood Sleuth" by Jackson Hite. Illustrations are uncredited. Small area stained at spine heel and adjacent cover areas; glue mend at same; small scuff-tear to front cover at same; short tear at upper front hinge. Book.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. LXVII1, no. 1.Pulp magazine. Cover is uncredited for "What Price Murder" (classic novel) by Cleve F. Adams. Includes "Bodyguard" (novelet) by Larry Holden; "My Dreams Are Getting Bitter" by M. Mathieu Truesdell; "Star Sapphire" by J. Lane Linklater. features: "Headquarters" by The Editor; "That's How It Happened" by Harold Helfer; "Recent Rulings" (fact feature). Illustrated by Orban and others. Standard wear with minor tears; a couple of internal checkmarks. Book.
Language: English
Published by New York: Skye Publishing July 1957 First Edition 66pp Quarterly Magazine, New York, 1957
Seller: N & A Smiles, Kellerberrin, WA, Australia
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG+ Light edgewear, light tanning to pages, otherwise a very nice copy, clean throughout. Front cover features voluptuous young lady in lingerie.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers and spine, Very slight scuffing, edge wear. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents includes: The haunted bed, Three warnings of death, The couple whyo lived twice, Mischeievous poltergeist, Telephone between worlds, Hypnotized chimpanzee, Telepath, Telepathic witch doctor, Fingers of fate, Psychometry for everybody, etc. 130 pages on age-toned paper with ads, b&w photos, drawings, prints. Keywords: Haunted House, Magazine, 1950's, Metaphysics, Occult, Psychic, Phenomena, Spirits, Past Lives, Warning, Mystic, Mysticism, Ghosts.
Language: English
Published by Popular Publications, New York, 1950
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in orginal wrappers with a short tear on the front panel, light edgewear, and a chip on the rear panel.
Published by Better Publications, NY, 1949
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. XXXVI. no. 1. Pulp magazine. Cover art by Belarski for "Dead Certain" (novel) by Stewart Sterling. Includes "Murder Sets a Stage" (novelet) by Roger Fuller; "Blood at the Lake" by S. L. Throckmorton; "New Year's Pitfall" by Johnston McCulley; "State Penmanship" by Joe Archibald; "Turn on the Heat" by Harold Helfer; "The Totem Pole Murder" by M. D. Orr. Features: "Official Business"; "The 'Inside' of Detective Work" by Carter Critz; "Murder on the Operating Table" by Jackson Hite. Illustrations are uncredited. Tanning; tape at head, inside front foredge, and at upper inside rear foredge corner; standard wear and tear at edges. Book.
Published by Clark Publishing Company,, Highland Park, IL, 1954
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. GGA - {Good Girl Art) Painted Cover (illustrator). First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. Inventory # D516-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 7, No. 7, Issue 53, August 1954 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown - *Special The Holy Shroud of Turin -Balis Mysterious Sword Ritual - Balinese Tribal Cover, Nazareth, Zen Buddhism Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, CONTENTS; ** STORIES (1) We Live In A Haunted House by Pauline Barry (2) Uratua by May Elliot (3) Visitor from 50,000 A.D. by Dr. X (4) A Warning For The Grand Duke by Virginia D. Randall (5) Psychic Portraits of My Father by D. Mitchell (6) This Could Kill You by Harold Helfer (7) Bringing In The Planes by Lillian Ayers;** ARTICLES = (1) There Was A Jesus of Nazareth by Dr. W. D. Chesney (2) Holy Shroud of Turin by Frances Barton (3) Is There A Time Dimension? by Don Mullen (4) Balis Mysterious Sword Ritual by Mary Stiehm Fuller (5) The Story of Zen Buddhism by Frank Jackson (6) The Truth About Witches by Virginia Stumbough (7) Unknown Apes of The Americas by Frank Volkmann (8) History of Hypnosis by Virginia Stumbough; CONDITION; Near Fine; minor spine tear; minor glue repair PRICE = $29; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by Clark Publishing Company,, Highland Park, IL, 1953
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. Inventory # D508-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 6, No. 12, Issue 45, December 1953 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown - Sarasvati The Fair Goddess Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, CONTENTS; ** STORIES (1) She Divined The Comstock Lode by B. Palmer Sullivan (2) Murder Will Out by Harold Helfer (3) I Heard A Dead Man Talk by Stuart Whitehouse (4) The Lost Concerto Of Robert Schumann by Pauline Saltzman (5) The Return Of Nelly Butler by John P. Bessor (6) Baraboos 10 Ton Ghosts by Stuart Palmer;** ARTICLES = (1) The Fair Goddess Sarasvati by Mary Stiehm Fuller (2) Man Of Miracles by Attila Von Sealay and Sophia Williams (3) "Damned" Phenomena - Fires And Monsters by Harold T. Wilkins (4) Do You Believe In Hunches? by W. E. Farbstein (5) Through The Barrier by Arthur L. Burks (6) Numbers On The Brain by Frank L. Remington; CONDITION; VG/ Fine; minor shelf wear; minor scuffing 2" fc top right corner PRICE = $49 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by Standard Magazines, NY, 1952
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. LVII, No.2. Cover art is uncredited for "The Doomed Millions" (novel) by Robert Wallace. Includes "Counsellor at Crime" (novelet) by Don Mulally; "And a Dash of Opium" by Dorothy Dunn; "The Killer" by Wilbur S. Peacock; "Neighbors Is Lovely" by Greg Sanford; "Murder Waits" by Carter Critz. Features: "The Phantom Speaks"; "Law and Disorder" by Harold Helfer; "X-Ray Ink" by Bess Ritter; "Arsenic and Old Blood" by William Carter; "Did You Know?" by Joseph C. Stacey; "They Got Their Lumps" by Mark Knight. Illustrated by Joe Farren and others. Edge tears and small losses.rubbing. Book.
Published by Clark Publishing Co., Illinois, 1954
Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers and spine, Very slight scuffing, edge wear. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents includes:The Golden Inca, pigeon navigation, Dream of a drowning, When fireballs periled N.Y. , Dowsing, Precognition, Ghosts, the Mollasian Dogs, the Moodus Noises, etc. 130 pages on age-toned paper with ads, b&w photos, drawings, prints. Wrapped in protective clear cover. Keywords: Haunted House, Magazine, 1950's, Metaphysics, Occult, Psychic, Phenomena, Spirits, Past Lives, Warning, Mystic, Mysticism, Ghosts, Paranormal, Raymond A. Palmer, Kenneth Arnold.
Published by McCall Co. Pub., 1955
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good/ Fine. Painted Front Cover: Richard Cardiff Interior Artists: John Leone; Tracy Sugarman; Dom Lupo; Bill Harrison; Joseph Krush; Emerson Barron; Jim Bishop; (illustrator). Bluebook Men Adventure Magazine Volume 100, #4 (February /1955; McCail Publications;) Painted Front Cover: Richard Cardiff; 132 pages including covers; Writers: Murray Teigh Bloom; Rowland Barker; Richard Day; Harold Helfer; Will Barnard; Carl Dreher; Robert Turner; Frank Holwerda; Kenneth Gilbert; George P. Morrill; John Concannon; Jim Bishop; Robert Bendiner; Lawrence Galton; John T. Dunlavy; John Sharnik; Robert C. McCormick; Paul Faron; Richard Cardiff; Interior Artists: John Leone; Tracy Sugarman; Dom Lupo; Bill Harrison; Joseph Krush; Emerson Barron; Jim Bishop; *** Book Order # ADV205-3; >> Date stamp to front cover; tape residue & minor staining to front cover.creasing to backcover; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Book.
Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
US$ 17.57
Quantity: Over 20 available
Add to basketPaperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book tells the captivating true story of Rudolph F. Kurz, a Swiss artist who arrived in America in the mid-19th century. The author takes us on a journey through Kurz's life, chronicling his experiences working with fur traders on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. We witness his unique encounters with Native Americans and his attempts to navigate the cultural differences between their worlds. Through Kurz's experiences, the book explores the themes of intercultural communication, the complexities of adapting to a new environment, and the search for connection in a time of great change and upheaval. The book sheds light on the fascinating history of the American frontier, offering a glimpse into a bygone era and the unique individuals who shaped it. This book provides a compelling perspective on the lives of those who lived and worked in the American West during the 19th century, revealing the human stories that often lie hidden within historical events. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
Publication Date: 1954
Seller: Jean-Paul TIVILLIER, MEYS, France
Thrilling Detective / LONDON, Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd. - 1954 - Br.24,5x16,5 cm - Couverture au premier plat illustré en couleurs, dos blanc titré en bleu et rouge; 64 pages; 2 illustrations en noir; publicités in-texte; texte sur 2 colonnes. (Collection Thrilling Detective, a Thrilling Publication - British edition - Vol. VII, N° 8 - March 1954 - 9D). Couverture un peu défraîchie. Bon état général. Ouvrage en langue anglaise. Réimpression partielle du numéro d'Avril 1942, Mai 1943, Décembre 1951 (États-Unis). Anglais Livres.
Published by New Publications, USA, 1956
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Front Cover Painting by Rudolph Belarski;; Interior Artists: Harry Rosenbaum; James Triggs; Walter Popp; (illustrator). ADVENTURE Magazine Volume 130, #3; (March/1956; New Publications;) Front Cover Painting by Rudolph Belarski; Writers: Herbert D. Kastle; John Murray Reynolds; Helmuth Heyn; Murray T. Pringle; Jerome Thayer; Brian O'Brien; J. R. Gaver; Thorp McClusky; Harold Helfer; R. A. Jenkins; Joseph C. Stacey; Interior Artists: Harry Rosenbaum; James Triggs; Walter Popp; 82 pages including covers; Contents; ** "Killer for Kicks" (short story) by Herbert D. Kastle, art by Harry Rosenbaum. They had business in the night, real gone business - a cool little caper called Murder!; ** "The Beach Ran Red" (short story) by Cecil Sanford, art by Herb Mott. She was a ship of doom ordered on a voyage straight to hell - with a skipper who knew the way!; ** "Death Along the Border" (short story) by John Murray Reynolds, art by William George. The woods are full of Mohawks on the warpath and it's bullets and knives for the women and kids. Sell yourself dear - and God help us all.; ** "Terror is my Co-Pilot" (novel) by Joe Carr, art by James Triggs. He knew the peak was there somewhere in the smoke pall - and then he felt a shuddering impact as the sky lit up in flame.; ** "I Saw Them Die!" (Picture story) by Helmuth Heyn. Here, before your very eyes, our camera catches a Moroccan festival - just as it explodes into blazing Death! ; ** "The Night When Death Was King" (picture story) by Ellis Lucia. Incredibly, impossibly, a handful of men took their stand - the last thin line between the lives of their loved ones and flaming death!; ** "This was Once a Man" (true adventure) by Murray T. Pringle. Two struggling shadows. a cream in the night. something writhing feebly in a gutter . the Skid Row Slasher had struck again.; ** "Strange Sex Customs" by Jerome Thayer. Romance or Rape? Passion or Promiscuity? It all depends on the girl and where she lives. Here are some startling examples.; ** "Claw the Man Mau Raiders" (true adventure) by Gene Caesar, art by Walter Popp. He was the lord of the jungle and he could crush any living thing until the day he stalked a feeble, two-legged enemy, the deadliest foe of all.; ** "World's Most Exclusive Model" 4 page Cheesecake photo layout of Eve Meyer for New York.; ** "I Fought the Mau Mau Raiders" (true adventure) by Brian O'Brien. One last day they gave me to stop the caravan whose cargo was terror! ; ** "Adventures in Medicine" (true adventure) by J.R. Gaver.; ** "Human Bait for Sharks" by Thorp McClusky.; ** "Fife's Wife" by Harold Helfer.; ** "Winter Fish Lure" by R.A. 'Doc' Jenkins.; ** "Sporting Notes" by Joseph C. Stacey. *** Book Order # ADV079-2; Condition= Small paper pull to back cover; minor shelf wear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Book.
Language: English
Published by Clark Publishing Company, Evanston, IL, 1956
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Evanston, IL: Clark Publishing Company, 1956. The September, 1956 issue of Fate Magazine (issue no. 78) in Raymond A. Palmer's now-legendary paranormal-reporting non-fiction enterprise, which began with, in its first issue, Kenneth Arnold's cover account of flying crescents which "skipped like saucers across a pond", an event which, for whatever reason, kicked off the modern era of UFO events. After that, Fate introduced countless events which remain, to this day, fodder for paranormal documentaries and investigation. 12mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 130 pp. A Fine copy, with no flaws at all discernible without close loupe inspection. As high grade as Fate gets. Newsprint page paper has modestly toned, as always, but nor much. Extraordinarily sharp example. Highest Grade, particularly for a periodical which often shows substantial wear from use. See scans. This issue features articles on Dowsing for Murder, Lost in the Fourth Dimension, The Phantom Wolf, My Invisible Wife, a 1956 alchemist, Sea Serpents, Handel's ghost, a poltergeist, and of course much, much else, including the standard Departments, always engrossing in themselves. Interior art and photography is largely uncredited. A piece of paranormal history, and an example of a unique branch of Americana, in very highly collectible condition. l50n.
Language: English
Published by Clark Publishing Company, Evanston, IL, 1954
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Evanston, IL: Clark Publishing Company, 1954. The December, 1954 issue of Fate Magazine (issue no. 57) in Raymond A. Palmer's now-legendary paranormal-reporting non-fiction enterprise, which began with, in its first issue, Kenneth Arnold's cover account of flying crescents which "skipped like saucers across a pond", an event which, for whatever reason, kicked off the modern era of UFO events. After that, Fate introduced countless events which remain, to this day, fodder for paranormal documentaries and investigation. 12mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 130 pp. A Near Fine copy - and this one is as near fine as near fine gets, with just touch micro-edgewear. See scans. Highest Grade, particularly for a periodical which often shows substantial wear from use. This issue features articles on The Golden Inca, Aldous Huxley, Dowsing, Precognition, Ghosts, the Mollasian Dogs, the Moodus Noises, and of course much else, including the standard Departments, always engrossing in themselves. Interior art and photography is largely uncredited. A piece of paranormal history, and an example of a unique branch of Americana, in very highly collectible condition. l49n.