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I don't own this one, but I remembered it and grabbed the image from Galactic Central. Argosy, Jul 1942

And the Canadian repaint version of that one has the Nazi flag! Ace G-man Stories (Canadian), Jan 1943

I don't like it, of course, but sometimes I'll accept it on an otherwise really nice book. But CGC might hit that hard, I don't know. Personally, I'd grade it the way the book looks and note the defect, and if high-grade knock the grade. So an otherwise VF book I might say Fine with coupon out. But once you get below Fine I wouldn't knock the grade. The one particular book that comes to mind is the 1st Buck Rogers, Amazing Stories, Aug 1928. That book has a full page ad with "FREE" in giant letters across the top. A LOT of people cut out that coupon. I've handled dozens of copies, and I'd estimate somewhere between 30 and 50% were missing that coupon.

Only slightly orange. Still mostly red.

Yeah, I should clarify that if it's mid- or low-grade I don't really adjust the grade for spine fading, other than noting it, but on an otherwise high-grade book I do knock it down. But that's just me. I wonder how CGC will handle?

The spine should be deep red. The yellow one is extremely faded, most likely from sitting on a bookshelf in sunlight. I don't know how CGC will account for it in grading. Me, I still give the book the same grade but note the spine fading. But as a collector I avoid spine fading. I like the reds.

One observation about the Dunwich Horror ASE...it's an excellent selection of stories! Some of the better longer titles like At the Mountains of Madness and The Case of Charles Dexter Ward are necessarily omitted for space reasons, but the rest of the selections are top-notch. The weakest entries, I think, are the last two: The Moon-Bog and The Hound. I think I'd replace those with Dagon, Cool Air, and The Temple. But overall, wow, great selections!

This was my 2019 table setup. It's going to be better this year.

There are very few pulp shows. The two big ones are Windy City in Chicago, which is usually in the spring but will be in Sept this year, and Pulpfest in Pittsburg in Aug. PulpAdventureCon, a smaller but still good pulp show, is Nov 6 in Bordentown, NJ. I'm not sure if NY has a pulp show.

Pulpfest is a little over two weeks away, and I'm busy preparing my tables. I'm so excited to finally see everyone again! Who will be there? From what I hear, ticket and room sales are already well above previous years. I think it's going to be a great show! The programming lineup looks great. There are presentations about romance pulps, Shadow art, Shadow premiums and collectibles, female pulp editors, the art of Margaret Brundage and more! Hope to see you there! Todd Aug 13-22 in Pittsburgh, PA pulpfest.com

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

At Matt's request, I took measurements of Weird Tales from 1923 to about 1933. I discovered something really interesting...the change from untrimmed to factory trimmed did not happen in one month, but was a transition that took several months. Jan 1927 to Jul 1930 - Weird Tales size was consistent at 9 3/8" high by 6" wide. These all have overhangs and the right edges are rough cut. Aug 1930 - transition begins, and the pulp is widened to 6 3/8". Still has overhang, and the right edge of the pages are still rough cut. Sep 1930 - pulp enlarged again, to 9 7/8" high by 6 3/4" wide. Still has overhang, but right edge is now smooth cut. 1st smooth cut pages. Oct 1930 - I measured it at 9 3/4" high, but that a really minor change, if it is a change at all. Otherwise it's exactly the same as Sep 1930. Last issue with overhang. Nov 1930 - 1st factory trimmed issue. No overhang. Right edge smooth cut. Size 9 7/8" high by 6 3/4" wide. Note that the right edge on factory trimmed issue will line up exactly with the pages, but the top and bottom edges may have slight (1/8" or less) overhang. This small overhang is much smaller than the old overhangs. Dec 1930 - Size decreases slightly to 9 5/8" high by 6 3/4" wide. Jan 1931 - Beginning of new standard size of 9 3/4" high by 6 5/8" wide. I haven't checked how far this size goes, but it's at least several years.

Yes, there's a definite increase in size of Amazing Stories bedsheets in 1928, between the March and April issues. I've talked with Matt quite a bit about pulps sizes and size-changes within runs, so CGC is aware of this.

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Sky Fighters, April 1936 Cover by Eugene Frandzen Another bright, colorful cover, which this title has lots of. This one is especially great because of the Zeppelin going down in flames.

Submarine Stories, March 1930 (#3) Cover by Sidney Riesenberg This title is rare!

Mystery Adventure, September 1936 Cover by Norman Saunders God, I love this cover!

Virgil Finlay "The Discus Thrower" Original cover art for Fantastic Universe, September 1958 My first Finlay, and I'm loving it!

So great! Have fun! Say hello to Jeff for me!

Lovecraft's aunt, Annie Phillips Gamwell, was his sole heir. Barlow was the executor of his literary estate. Derleth later claimed all rights to Lovecraft's work, but it's unclear how he acquired them and it all may have been a bluff. Lovecraft's aunt died in 1941 and Barlow committed suicide in 1951, so after that point I don't know if there was anyone left to contest Derleth's claim.

Very nice! I've somehow ended up with 4 copies of the Canadian edition of this one (and 1 US version).

The letter this envelope once carried can be read on page 213 (#123) of Selected Letters Volume 1.

I have acquired H.P. Lovecraft's DNA. Step one is complete.

It did change to digest sized. The last 7 issues, from late 1954 into late 1954 are digests.

What a great auction! It was a beautiful night, so I sat out on my deck with my laptop for the entire 7ish hours. I bid on 65 different items and won 11. Yes, there certainly is a LOT more competition for pulps than there was a year ago.