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I've been after a nice copy of Astounding, February 1930 for a really long time. Finally thought I found my keeper, then this arrived today:

Is there a support group for us?

Yeah this is bizarre.. Never heard of or seen these before either, but there's $10,000 in sales on a few reprints so far. That publisher's name is also not much help, seems like an obvious reference.

They do look really nice though, and I like the Bantam Doc covers more than the original sometimes dorky pulp ones, but they're missing the interior art. These look like the best of both worlds. I'd pay $600 for the set.

Don't suppose anyone here picked up the 1930 Astounding set that sold by the same seller? I thought the starting price was a bit high, but now I regret not going for it...

On 4/26/2022 at 5:19 AM, RedFury said:

Just an FYI, that Apr 1929 Weird Tales has the first appearance of The Dunwich Horror, not The Shadow over Innsmouth.

Sorry, fixed it. Thanks for pointing it out.

Took a lot longer to get this together than I thought. Calling it here, but there is more. I'm listing a photo along with a rough grade guess, and I'll try to point out any obvious defects. If you're interested in anything, please just ask for more photos or details though.

CAVEAT: I'm in Canada. It should cost about $12-15 to send 1-5 mags, and it will take about 2 weeks for shipping both ways.

WANTS:

Astounding - Any 30s or early 40s issues in FN or better. I'm trying to complete a run/upgrade. Top issue might be April 1936, and I'm always looking for a Feb 1936 upgrade.

Weird Tales - The usual, early issues and Conan, and more specifically Clark Ashton Smith stories. Top ones would be the bat woman cover in (almost) any condition (want it for the Conan story, not really the cover), March 1933 and January 1933. I do have a lot of the other Conan issues.

Planet Stories - Missing most, but mostly after March 1951. One of my favourite Brackett stories and a great cover too.

I'm mainly after good fantasy/sf stories, so Wonder, Amazing, etc might work out too.

THE STUFF:

Spicy Western, March 1933 - G-VG, cover tear, maybe trimmed, nicer spine/pages though.

Other Worlds, May 1951 - VG+, some fading. My favourite Bok cover and one of my favourite pulp covers.

Dime Mystery, March 1943 - G-VG, cover creases, overhang chips, nice spine.

Weird Tales, April 1929 - G-VG, cover tear on left side, spine breaks, overhang chips, otherwise solid and complete. Underrated issue imo, first publication of Dunwich Horror, better and longer than Call of Cthulhu imo. Better cover too, at least we get some mysticism, not just some dude in his underwear shooting at a table.

Wonder Stories, July 1934 - G-VG, marks on cover. First Weinbaum story and getting hard to find.

Astounding, August 1938 - VG, pencil marks on cover. First publication of what later became The Thing. One of my favourite stories and movies, and the (Carpenter) movie follows this one almost word for word.

Astounding, April 1939 - VG. One of the planet cover series that tried to accurately depict the planets in our solar system as they were understood at the time. This is my favourite of them, and the cover story adds to the desolation.

Astounding, June 1936 - VGish, spine chip, cover crease, stamp - Classic Lovecraft story and one of only ~5 Lovecraft pulp covers.

Astounding, Feb 1936 - F-G, cover staining, spine chips, complete and not brittle though. My favourite Lovecraft story and cover.

Astounding, March 1936 - VG, 2 pieces of tape at spine ends. Part II of the above.

Film Fun, January 1930 - VG, tanning

Film Fun, April 1932 - VG+

Film Fun, September 1934 - VG, cover marks

Bolles covers, the rest is boring.

Finally, an oddball I somehow have two of: The Black Cat, August 1900 - VG. This was a fun magazine kind of like an earlier, smaller Weird Tales. The focus was on supernatural/fantasy short story, and while it didn't give us Howard or Lovecraft, it did publish Jack London's and Clark Ashton Smith's first stories. The titles below give you an idea of how unusual it was for its time. More info: https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/black_cat_the

PM if interested!

On 4/22/2022 at 8:04 PM, Joshua33 said:

@htp where's that list? 

Sorry, spring finally hit here this weekend and I spent it in the woods.! I'll try to get up tonight, but don't get your hopes up, it'll be odds and ends, not a pile of VF shudders like yours

On 4/19/2022 at 10:37 AM, Joshua33 said:

This thread needs a little love. Question for the fellow boardies... is it kosher to list books you would like to trade here, without running a dedicates sales thread? Thoughts?

I've been meaning to ask this exact question too. Not really interested in selling anything, but it would be fun to trade.

I'll get my list together too

On 3/16/2022 at 2:26 PM, Steppenwolfscomics said:

Really sharp copy of that issue, good find!

On 3/3/2022 at 4:52 PM, waaaghboss said:

I taught him to balance pulps on his head.

Just don't tell anyone what that trick has cost you in terms of grade drop at current prices.

On 2/28/2022 at 11:16 PM, Randall Dowling said:

This is an incredible price for this book.  It's been on my list for a long time because of Anderson's excellent cover.  Screenshot for posterity.

Really great story too. I read it along with the other Stark ones during a hospital stay, and they were good enough to keep me focused. imo Brackett stands alongside Howard as one of the best of this era/genre. If anyone hasn't read it, her character in the story is at least as bad-a** as the cover implies.

(Shameless plug: I kept waiting for a really nice copy of this when they still sold for $20, and now I'm struggling to find any. If anyone's got one around VG+ for sale or trade, let me know~)

On 1/19/2022 at 5:45 AM, Bookery said:

Looking over the group again, it seems rather ironic, given the current market frenzy, that probably the easiest pulp to obtain on that entire list is the Weird Tales!

And yet still one of the (or the?) most expensive on the list!

Knew I had one of them here somewhere (top row, 2nd from right). Bonus "Baron Corvo" story too. Anyone else collect Golden Book? I love the art-deco covers.

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Curious as well.

I've coveted a Submarine Stories for a while, no luck yet.

Cool random find at a local book store today:

de Camp, Anderson, Brunner, and a trippy Bok cover to boot.

On 12/16/2021 at 3:48 PM, rjpb said:

That doesn't seem right. Shipping should be around $20 for an invoice of that value if you are in the states. 

Good to know, thank you. I contacted them about it but haven't heard back yet. Canada, but I still wouldn't expect this much.

On 12/14/2021 at 5:22 PM, waaaghboss said:

I got 5 really rough spicy western stories for 8 bucks 

Did you pay for shipping already? I ended up winning two Astounding issues for under $200 total, and shipping starts at $215 for FedEx ground...for two magazines. I've been gouged on shipping before, but this is something else.

There might be some overlap in subject matter/stories/authors between books and pulps, but pulps are periodicals.