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Title: Collection of 61 Sci-Fi and Detective Fiction pulp magazines Author: Brown, Fredric Place: Various places Publisher: Date: 1940-60 Description: Comprises: Mostly Sci-Fi / Fantasy pulp magazine issues, with: Startling Stories (with What Mad Universe – complete novel). Sept. 1940; Two issues of Planet Stories, Spring 1942 & 1944; Two issues of Captain Future (Man of Tomorrow), Winter 1941 & Spring 1944; Five Astounding Science-Fiction: Oct. 1943, May 1946, Aug. 1949, April 1951 & Sept. 1954; Weird Tales, July 1949; Five Thrilling Wonder Stories: Winter 1945, Dec. 1948, Apr. & June 1949 & Aug. 1951; Other Worlds Science Stories, Oct. 1950; Worlds Beyond Science-Fantasy Fiction, Dec. 1950; Super Science Stories, Nov. 1949; Three Amazing Stories: Oct. 1950, Dec. 1951 & March 1954; Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1953; Beyond Fantasy Fiction, Sept. 1954; Six of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: Aug. 1953, Feb., March & May 1955, Feb. 1957 & Oct. 1958; Six Galaxy Science Fiction: Oct. & Nov. 1950, Jan. 1951, Dec. 1953, Feb. 1954 & June 1960. * The rest are 25 Detective Fiction issues, including: Detective Fiction Weekly (Formerly Flynn’s Weekly), 3 issues: July 13 & Dec. 28, 1940 & Jan. 10, 1942; Detective Short Stories magazine (two issues), April 1942 & 1943; Exciting Mystery (first issue – with Brown’s Legacy of Murder), Oct. 1942; Thrilling Detective magazine (7 issues – with Brown’s Get Out of Town, Homicide Sanitarium, The Ghost Breakers, Compliments of a Fiend, etc.): May, Nov. & Sept. 1942, May, July & Nov. 1944 & May 1945; Popular Detective, Feb. 1943; Street & Smith’s Mystery Magazine (2 issues), May 1943 & Aug. 1944 (with Bucket of Gems Case by Brown); “Ten Detective Aces” magazine, May 1945; Mystery Book Magazine (with Dead Ringer – a complete novel by Brown), Spring 1948; “2 Detective Mystery Novels Magazine” Winter 1950; “5 Detective Novels” (including Brown’s The Cat from Siam), Spring 1953; Manhunt Detective Story Monthly (includes James M. Cain’s The Two O’Clock Blonde), Aug. 1953; Verdict mystery magazine, Sept. 1953. Together, 61 pulp magazines. 8vo to 4to. Color pictorial wrappers. Other Sci-Fi stories by Brown include: Martians, Go Home; Pi in the Sky; Gateway to Darkness; And the Gods Laughed; and Not Yet the End. Includes many other great writers in both genres, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, August Derleth, Robert A. Heinlein, Rex Stout, Louis L’Amour, etc., etc. Lot Amendments Condition: General wear overall: rubbing, chips, tears, occasional hand-written marks, some of the covers loose; from good to very good. Sold with all faults. Item number: 154686