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Theagenes

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Another grail acquired! :banana:

 

Terror by Night (1934) edited by Christine Thomson, first edition. This is vol. 10 in the "Not at Night" series published by Selwyn & Blount in the UK. The series reprinted many stories from Weird Tales including authors such as Howard, Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Derleth, Hugh Cave, Frank Belknap Long, etc.

 

This volume contains the first appearance of a Conan story in book form as well as reprinting HPL's "Horror in the Museum."

 

 

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Another grail acquired! :banana:

 

Terror by Night (1934) edited by Christine Thomson, first edition. This is vol. 10 in the "Not at Night" series published by Selwyn & Blount in the UK. The series reprinted many stories from Weird Tales including authors such as Howard, Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Derleth, Hugh Cave, Frank Belknap Long, etc.

 

This volume contains the first appearance of a Conan story in book form as well as reprinting HPL's "Horror in the Museum."

 

 

TerrorbyNight001_zps78fb6237.jpg

 

TerrorbyNight002_zpse733f290.jpg

 

TerrorbyNight003_zpsc684c51d.jpg

 

:applause: Very cool, Jeff! About how many stories are in a typical volume? Are there any illustrations inside?

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About 15 to 20 stories. No illos unfortunately. They're very cheap, fragile volumes and many didn't survive the war. Funny story, Howard didnt know that Farnsworth Wright had licensed his stories to this British publisher until after the fact. He found out about it from Lovecraft and tried to get copies of them but it's not clear if he was ever successful.

 

Here's more info on the series.

http://freepages.pavilion.net/tartarus/t3.htm

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Hello,

 

I just picked this up at auction!

 

Up Close with the Doc Savage Award

 

Write-up in "The Scoop"

 

Last week, we gave you a look at the exciting and noble career of one of the most notable of the Pulp heroes, Doc Savage. If you'll recall, we even showed you a photo of the extremely rare and arguably the most sought after vintage pulp collectibles of all, The Doc Savage Award - of which less than 10 are known to exist. Well, this week we'd like to take an even closer look at that award.

 

The Doc Savage Award was a gorgeous medal charm given by Doc Savage Magazine to those who exemplified the virtues of Service, Loyalty and Integrity. The magazine, which ran from 1933 - 1949, decided that good deeds both large and small should be honored, and that those who made “the most of their opportunities” should not go unrecognized. They wanted to give appropriate credit to those who, like Doc Savage, were dedicated to helping people in need and to upholding justice at all costs. But unlike other similar medals of honor that were given to promote superheroes that believed in the same virtues, the Doc Savage Award was particularly meaningful. See, there was no magic behind Doc's heroic acts. His strength and heroism came solely from his own determination, quick thinking and self-discipline. As you'll recall from last week, Doc spent 2 hours every day in exercise and training, and he faithfully practiced meditation to keep his body and spirit sharp. Through research and consistent study, he kept his mind in shape as well. And, he strictly adhered to the Doc Savage Creed, which, among other things, stated that he “do right to all, and wrong no man.” All of this gave a human aspect to the Doc Savage Award that other awards just didn't have.

 

So, as you can imagine, getting the Doc Savage Award was no simple task. The folks atDoc Savage Magazine wanted to be absolutely certain that each recipient of this lofty award was deserving - therefore they had to be nominated by someone else. That someone would then fill out a special application provided by the magazine, which is in and of itself quite a rare and valuable collectible today. In the application, the person nominating would not only present a statement of why they believed their candidate was a worthy recipient of the award, but they would also provide the names and addresses of six others who knew the nominee and agreed with the statement. Just to up the ante a bit, the sixth name had to be that of a civic, religious or business leader in the community. Then, after review and acceptance from the Doc Savage Magazine Award Jury, the candidate would receive their treasured medal after about two weeks.

 

The Award itself was quite beautiful, and featured Doc Savage's face, with a noble stare, embossed (appropriately enough) in bronze. The top of the medal read “Doc Savage Award”, and the bottom had the words “Service” “Loyalty” and “Integrity” displayed on three separate banners.

 

The only NM/M example known of the Medallion, along with the only known example of a complete and hi-grade Application Form.

 

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Astounding Stories, Feb 1936

 

First publication of "At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P. Lovecraft, with a great cover for the story. Not a rare pulp, but it took me a while to find a high grade copy.

 

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Thanks guys! I'm really pleased with it.

 

On a related note, today is the 76th anniversary of Lovecraft's death on March 15, 1937. :( R.I.P. Howard.

 

You mean R.I.P. Lovecraft. :gossip:

What's the 'H' stand for in 'H.P.'? :gossip:

lol

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