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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 17, No. 2. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond Palmer. Cover art by J. Allen St. John for "Skeleton Men of Jupiter" (novel) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Includes "Visitor to Earth" by P. F. Costello [Willam P. McGivern]; "The New Adam" (pt. 1) by Stanley G. Weinbaum; "Phantom Transport" (novelette) by Leroy Yerxa; "Ard of the Sunset People" by Stanton A. Coblentz; "The Persian Carpet" (novel) by Dwight V. Swain; "Phantom from the Film" by Tarleton Fiske [Robert Bloch]; "A Pawn for a King" by Harry Jenkins, Jr. Features: "The Observatory"; "Amazing Facts"; "Room for Trees"; "Vignettes of Famous Scientists"; "Ice Age Cave-Men"; "The Flying Wing"; "Patriotic Dogs"; "It's An Interesting World"; "Salt Water Made Fresh"; "Wisconsin Bacterium To The Rescue"; "Lost Age Found"; "Meet the Authors" (Harry Jenkins, Jr.); "Casting" a Fish"; "Scientific Mysteries"; "Discussions"; "Stories of the Stars" (Rear cover illustration by Frank R. Paul); "Correspondence Corner". Illustrated by J. Allen St. John, Virgil Finlay, Ned Hadley, Magarian, Hadden, Robert Fuqua, Rod Ruth, and Joseph Sewell. Creasing; tanning; 2" tear at lower front hinge; small flap tear to cover; sunning; small coupon clip to p. 5. Previously owned by Leroy Yerxa and bears his stamp on cover. Book.

Octavo, boards. First edition. Basis for the film noir of the same title, produced in 1954 starring Edmond O'Brien and John Agar, directed by O'Brien and Howard Koch. Corrupt cop is chased by both the police and a gangster who wants to get even. "O'Brien transcends his characterization of the policeman on the take and becomes a symbol of decaying middle-class values." - Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 256. Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, 360. Keaney, Film Noir Guide, pp. 383-384. Small nick to top edge of front cover, lower spine end a bit soft, a very good or better copy in very good dust jacket with some rubbing to edges, some loss spine ends, and small chip to middle of spine panel at rear fold. (#137040).