Vintage fantasy science fiction pulp magazine Fantastic Adventures April 1948
$26.00
This is a “good plus” or better vintage “standard” format pulp magazine published in 1948, cover date April, cover price 25 cents, 178 newsprint pages.
Includes the sort novel (25,000 words) “Lair of the Grimalkin” by G.H. Irwin.
Front cover art by Robert Gibson Jones, back cover by James Settles.
Spine is solid, no loose or folded pages, no writing internally, no tears, text edges are just ever so mildly tanned. Cover colors are bright and uniform, front and back. Cover edges are bumped, with just minimal chipping, which is somewhat unusual for these books. Back cover outer edge has some creasing along the edge
Overall, a very pleasing copy, with great cover art.
See the accompanying images for table of contents & full condition details.
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
1 in stock
Additional information
Weight | .5 oz |
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Dimensions | 10 × 7 × 1 in |
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