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Published by Avon, NY, 1953
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 1, No. 1. Edited by Sol Cohen. Cover art by Leo Manso. Includes "For Humans Only" by Alfred Coppel; "Like Gods They Came" by Irving E. Cox, Jr.; "The Forgotten Enemy" by Arthur C. Clarke; "The Agents" by Bryce Walton; "Mr. Kowtshook" by John Christopher; "The Space Ark" (Book Reviews) by Noah Gordon; "The Shed" by E. Everett Evans; "Come Blow Your Horn" by Milton Lesser; "The Call of the Black Lagoon" by Charles L. Harness; "Agratha" by Glen Malin; "Checkmate Morning" by John Jakes; "One-Man God" by Frank Owen; "The Short Count" by Theodore R. Cogswell. Illustrated by John Giunta, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Gerald McCann, Mort Lawrence, and Vincent Napoli. Small tear with loss at heel, about 1/4"; dealer's marks on front; edge and corner nicks and wear; lean; creasing; address label inside cover; marks on contents page; stress; twine dents to rear edges.
Condition: Good. First edition copy. . (Science Fiction, sci-Fi, Fantasy).
Published by Avon Novels Inc., New York, 1953
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Small octavo two issues, all published, cover illustrations by Leo Manso, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This was an attempt at a revival of Avon Fantasy Reader and Avon Science Fiction Reader. Publisher Joseph Meyer and new editor Sol Cohen were to produce a quarterly with all new stories. It lasted only two issues. All stories were illustrated. Authors included Alfred J. Coppel, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, John Christopher, John Jakes, and others. Tymm and Ashley note many of the stories had a dystopian tone and the stories were not widely reprinted. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 132-134. A touch of edge wear, a fine copy. (28141).
Published by Avon Novels, Inc., NY, 1951
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Stapled pictorial wrappers. First edition (& 1st printing). Second of just three magazine issues published 1951-1952, intended as a companion title to the successful AVON FANTASY READER series. Contained mostly reprints from the 1920s and 1930s (the title story is ''Priestess Of The Flame'' by Sewell Peaslee Wright). Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. See Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 134-35. Pages browning, front cover creased, a G/VG copy.
Published by Avon Novels, Inc., NY, 1951
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Stapled pictorial wrappers. First edition (& 1st printing). Second of just three magazine issues published 1951-1952, intended as a companion title to the successful AVON FANTASY READER series. Contained mostly reprints from the 1920s and 1930s (the title story is ''Priestess Of The Flame'' by Sewell Peaslee Wright). Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. See Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 134-35. Pages browning, spine ends a little torn, staples rusting, a G/VG copy.
Published by Avon Novels Inc, New York, 1951
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Single Issue magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. New York: Avon Novels Inc. Good. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Single Issue magazine. First edition of the Digest sized Magazine in Pictorial wrappers, saddle-stapled, 128 pages ." Sacrifice to the Lust Queen of the Flame Rite and other amazing tales of future science and unusual marvels by the best writers". A Good copy with some creasing and scattered soiling to the cover, surface scratch/scrape to the front cover, text paper fully tanned. See Photos whbx 7E.
Published by Avon Novels Inc., New York, 1953
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Small octavo two issues, all published, cover illustrations by Leo Manso, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This was an attempt at a revival of Avon Fantasy Reader and Avon Science Fiction Reader. Publisher Joseph Meyer and new editor Sol Cohen were to produce a quarterly with all new stories. It lasted only two issues. All stories were illustrated. Authors included Alfred J. Coppel, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, John Christopher, John Jakes, Stephen Marlowe, Jack Vance and others. Tymm and Ashley note in both issues many of the stories had a dystopian tone and the stories were not widely reprinted. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 132-134. Light cover crease to first issue, spine lean to second issue, a very good or somewhat better set. (28140).
Published by Avon Novels, Inc. 1951-1952, New York, 1951
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Octavo, three issues, pictorial wrappers. All published. Short lived digest which relied mainly on reprints from older magazines which was unable to compete with Galaxy and F & SF. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 134-35. Rubbing and some splits to spine of issues one and three, a very good set. (25131).