Malcom Ferguson (5 results)

Very Good condition. Tanning to the front bottom edge.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red cloth with gilt to spine and decorative front; blind-ruled & bevelled front and back. Frontis engraved portrait of author. With portraits, engravings and devices throughout. Decorative endpapers. Inscribed by author and dated 2 May 1891. Includes another later inscription. Cloth has several small water stains to front, general wear, sunned spine, corners bumped. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Morris Scott Dollens; Neil Austin; Ralph Rayburn Phillips (illustrator). 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Roy Squires, 1951. Volume 5, No. 2, the June, 1951 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Morris Scott Dollens; interior art is by Dollens, Neil Austin, and Ralph Rayburn Phillips. Octavo, stapled wraps, 23 numbered pages. Near Fine copy, notable age toning, small crease at bottom right front. See scan. A high grade, very sharp, undamaged example. The classic sci-fi fanzine; essays, opinion, ads, book lists, book reviews. In this issue, the offerings are from editor Roy Squires, Arthur J. Cox ("A Short Essay on Long"), Neil Austin ("Alfred Korzybski: A Tribute"), R.G. Medhurst ("The Antiquarian Bookshelf"), and book reviews by Malcom W. Ferguson (Eric Frank Russell's "Dreadful Sanctuary"), Carolyn Gaybard (Robert A. Heinlein's "Beyond This Horizon" and William F. Temple's "Four-Sided Triangle"), Jack Kelsey (Edmond Hamilton's "City at World's End"), and Russell A. Leadabrand (John Wyndham's "The Day of the Triffids").and many other short features - all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, by intent, but mostly on Science Fiction by execution at this time. L-pr1.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Jon Arfstrom, Neil Austin, Jack Gaughan, Frank Jonbrian, Ken Brown, Allen Chambers (illustrator). 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Roy Squires, 1950. Volume 4, No. 5, the November, 1950 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Neil Austin; rear cover by Frank Jonbrian displays a fetchingly clad young lady of the future with a dog-like alien pet (see scans). Interior art also by Austin and Jonbrian, as well as Jon Arfstrom, Jack Gaughan, Ken Brown, and Allen Chambers in this issue. Octavo, stapled wraps, 26 numbered pages. Near Fine copy, with modest marginal cover sunning (see scans). Otherwise a high grade, very sharp, undamaged copy. An early copy of the fanzine; mostly ads, book lists, book reviews, plus some commentary by "the editor",that being Roy Squires bat this time. Reviews in this issue, by Les Holbrook, Malcom W. Ferguson, Dan Imbrifer, Jack Kelsey, Leo Lemming, Julian Parr and Roger Scott are of: A.E. Van Vogt's "The Voyage of the Space Beagle', Frank Scully's "Behind the Flying Saucers", Kurt Lasswitz's "Auf Zwei Planeten", Groff Conklin's "Big Book of Science Fiction", Theodore Sturgeon's "The Dreaming Jewels", Robert A. Heinlein's "The Farmer in the Sky", Bleiler & Dikty's "The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950", Hugo Gernsback's "Ralph 124C 41+", and A. Hyatt Verrill's "The Bridge of Light". Many more titles are either briefly mentioned or advertised. A classic issue from a fanzine classic from the golden age of sci-fi, replete with ads, sale and auction notifications, publications notices, and more - all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, by intent, but mostly on Science Fiction by execution at this time. L-pr1.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Carter, Lin (cover); Gaughan, Jack; Ernst, Henry; Beardsley, Aubrey, et al (illustrator). 1st Edition. Glendale, CA: Roy Squires, 1949. Volume 3, No. 5, the November, 1949 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Lin Carter; interior art by Jack Gaughan, Henry Ernst and other sources. Octavo, stapled wraps, 27 numbered pages. Some sunning at cover edges (see scan), else Near Fine, high-grade. Very sharp, undamaged copy. An issue of the fanzine classic from the golden age, replete with ads, sale and auction notifications, publications notices, and more, all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, of course. Lin Carter executes the cover and the featured contribution, that being a three-page tribute to Clark Ashton Smith entitled "The Emperor of Dreams"; Malcolm M. Ferguson offers his take on fantasy bookplates, with several examples shown, one executed by Aubrey Beardsley. Lpr1.