Theagenes

That's a great book, Steve! Now you need to find 2 and 3.

Time to sing along....

That's true in general, but I don't believe the top and bottom were trimmed at all at this point on WT, so all the artwork should be present on the top and bottom edges.

Not to mention the lady in a skirt.

Oh, they're definately worth less, how much probably depends on scarity. If you're talking about one of those early ERB All-Storys it's probably not a big deal as they're really rare in any condition. If it's a more common pulp like a later WT then it's more of a problem. That said, many of Jerry Weist pulps were described as trimmed, but yet people bid on them as though they were untrimmed. I was shocked at some of the prices realized for those trimmed pulps. I have to wonder if some people didn't read the descriptions well enough. Was yours disclosed as trimmed? I think I got the one WT that wasn't trimmed---lots of overhang.

Those Central Valleys are amazing!

It's a pretty serious flaw, but it doesn't draw the kind of over-the-top hatred that it receives in the comic book world (due to the Ewert scandal). I have seen people on these boards say in all seriousness that all trimmed comics should be destroyed---as though that's not worse than the trimming itself. In the pulp world it's treated a little more rationally---it's missing paper---it is what it is.

Note the bottom edge where Brundage's sig is cut off. It may just be this one issue and the seller missed it, but if you bought from this collection I would recommend checking it against a scan of another copy.

Just a heads up. Those of you that bought WTs from the hg collection on ebay need to check them closely for trimming.

I know how that guy feels. I had a similar problem doing some yardwork last weekend.

Gotta include these two in Buck Rogers group.

This was supposed to be Buck Rogers of course before the code reared its ugly head.