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Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp comic books 1946

  • Vol. 7 #2
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 7 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Foxing. Soiling. Heavy water damage.
    • Paper: White
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Back cover detached 30%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    "Before the Dawn" a book-length novel by John Taine.

    February 1946. Cover and illustrations by Lawrence. "Before the Dawn" by John Taine, "The House of the Secret" by Claude Farrere. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 7 #3
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 7 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    "The Willow" a novelette by Algernon Blackwood.

    April 1946. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. Fantasy stories "The Island of Captain Sparrow" by S. Fowler Wright, "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood, and "Roderick's Story" by E. F. Benson. Illustrations by Lawrence Stevens and Ronald Clyne. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 7 #4
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 7 #4


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    June 1946. Cover and illustrations by Lawrence. "The Undying Monster" by Jessie Douglas Kerruish, and "The Novel of the Black Seal" by Arthur Machen. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 7 #5
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 7 #5


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.
    • 2" Cumulative spine split.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    "The Secret of the Growing Gold" a short story by Bram Stoker.

    August 1946. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. "The Twenty-Fifth Hour" by Herbert Best, and "The Secret of the Growing Gold" by Bram Stoker. Interior artwork by Lawrence Stevens and Ronald Clyne. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 8 #1
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 8 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Book length creasing on back cover. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    "The Island of Dr. Moreau" a book-length novel by H.G. Wells.

    October 1946. Cover and interior illustrations by Lawrence and Finlay. "The Island of Dr. Moreau" by H.G. Wells, "Third Person Singular" by Clemence Dane, "Daemon" by C. L. Moore, "The Burial of the Rats" by Bram Stoker. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 8 #2
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 8 #2


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Trimmed. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    December 1946. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "Unthinkable" by Francis Sibson, "At the Farmhouse" by E. F. Benson, "And Not in Peace" by George Whitley. Illustrations by Lawrence and Finlay. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.