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Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp comic books 1951-1953

  • Vol. 22 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 22 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • 2" Spine split from top of book. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 22, Issue 3 - January, 1951. Stories by Raymond Z. Gallun, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future story), C.H. Liddell, Carter Sprague, Walt Sheldon, and Robertson Osborne. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 23 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 23 #1


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    Earle Bergey cover. "The Starmen of Llyrdis" a complete novel by Leigh Brackett, and "Earthen no More" a novelette by Edmond Hamilton, plus "men of the Ten Books" a short story by Jack Vance.

    March 1951. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future story), William F. Temple, Margaret St. Clair, Jack Vance, and Sam Merwin Jr. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 23 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 23 #2


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

    Volume 23, Issue 2 - May, 1951. Cover Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Fletcher Pratt, Matt Lee, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future story), John Wyndham, Robert Moore Williams, and Samuel Mines. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 166 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 23 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 23 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 23, Issue 3 - July, 1951. Stories: "The Dark Tower" by Wallace West, "The Woman From Altair" by Leigh Brackett, "The Ultimate Engine" by Carter Sprague, and "Witch War" by Richard Matheson. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 9-in, 148 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 24 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 24 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • 1" Spine split from top of book. Foxing. Soiling.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Book length crease on back cover. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: 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 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 24, Issue 1 - September, 1951. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Sam Merwin Jr., William Campbell Gault, Jack Vance, H.B. Fyfe, John D. MacDonald, and Alexander Samalman. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 24 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 24 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • 1" Spine split from top of book. 1 1/2" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white

    Volume 24, Issue 2 - November, 1951. Stories by Eric Frank Russell, Mack Reynolds and Fredric Brown, Sam Merwin Jr., and William Morrison. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 24 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 24 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 70%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 90%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Volume 24, Issue 3 - January 1952. Cover by Earle Bergey. Stories: "Journey To Barkut" by Murray Leinster, "Lost Art" by A. Bertram Chandler, "The Great Idea" by Raymond Z. Gallun, "The Wheel" by John Wyndham, and "How Green Was My Martian" by Mack Reynolds. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9", 148 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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  • Vol. 25 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 25 #1


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    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • 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.

    Volume 25, Issue 1 - February, 1952. Stories by Margaret St. Clair, Leigh Brackett, Fletcher Pratt, Chad Oliver, Gene L. Henderson, and Graham Doar. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 25 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 25 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    March 1952. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Kendell Foster Crossen, Chad Oliver, and Walt Sheldon. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 25 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 25 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    The Glory That Was" by L. Sprague de Camp, and "The Last Days of Shandakor" a novelette by Leigh Brackett, plus "Looking for Something" a short story by Frank Herbert. Alex Schomburg Cover.

    April 1952. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by L. Sprague de Camp, Leigh Brackett, Oliver Saari, Charles E. Fritch, and Frank Herbert (first published science fiction story, "Looking for Something?"). Alex Schomburg illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 26 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 26 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 80%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 26, Issue 1 - May, 1952. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by George O. Smith, Kendell Foster Crossen, Margaret St. Clair, Eric Frank Russell, and Robert Zacks. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 26 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 26 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • 6 1/2" crease on back cover. Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    June 1952. Painted cover by Earl Bergey. "Dragon's Island", a complete novel by Jack Williamson, "Sabotage on Sulfur Planet", a novelet by Jack Vance with illustrations by Alex Schomburg, Short Stories - "The Watcher" by Charles E. Fritch, "Skin Deep" by Tarr Roman, "Problem for Emmy" by Robert Sherman Townes, "The Ambassadors" by Anthony Boucher, and "The Men in the Moons" by R.J. McGregor with Alex Schomburg illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 26 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 26 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    July 1952. Stories by Kendell Foster Crossen, Raymond F. Jones, Arthur C. Clarke, William Morrison, Phyllis Sterling Smith, Miriam Allen deFord, and Ross Rocklynne. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Virgil Finlay (3) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 27 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 27 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white

    August, 1952. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Philip Jose Farmer "The Lovers" (this is his 1st published sf-story, but his very 1st non-sf story appeared six years earlier in Adventure Vol. 115 No. 5, March 1946), Kendell Foster Crossen, Harry Neal, Charles E. Fritch, Boyd Ellanby, Jack Vance, and Dave Dryfoos. Virgil Finlay (3) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 27 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 27 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Sept 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories by Philip Jack Vance, Roger Dee. R.J. McGregor, and Charles E. Fritch. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 27 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 27 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Spine stress. Corner Damage. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Oct 1952. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories by Bruce Elliott, L. Sprague de Camp, Miriam Allen deFord, Phyllis Sterling Smith, Walter Miller Jr., and Stanley Whiteside. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 28 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 28 #1


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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 28, Issue 1 - November, 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories: "The Star Dice" by Roger Dee, "The Crook In Time" by R.J. McGregor, "The Night The World Turned Over" by Joel Townsley Rogers, "Proposal" by L. Sprague de Camp, and "Some Like It Cold" by Dave Dryfoos. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 9-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 28 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 28 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Staple rust. Rust migration. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 28, Issue 2 - December, 1952. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories: "The Long View" by Fletcher Pratt, "Whoever You Are" by Judith Merril, "Love That Air!" by Kendell Foster Crossen, "The Children" by Miriam Allen de Ford, "Sail On! Sail On!" by Philip Jose Farmer, "The Book of the Dead" by H. H. West, and "Show me the way to go home" by Gordon R. Dickson. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. Softcover, 7-in x 9-in, 144 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 28 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 28 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Handwriting on front cover.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 28, Issue 3 - January, 1953. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Damon Knight, Murray Leinster, James E. Gunn, Kendell Foster Crossen, Roger Dee, Isaac Asimov, Jack Lewis, and Jack Vance. Virgil Finlay (2), Emsh, and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 29 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 29 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    February 1953. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories: "Troubled Star" by George O. Smith, "Potemkin Village" by Fletcher Pratt, "The Monkey's Fingers" by Isaac Asimov, "Definition" by Damon Knight, and "Sestinia of the Space Rocket" a poem by Philip Jose Farmer. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 29 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 29 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Weak bindery glue.

    Volume 29, Issue 2 - March, 1953. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories by Sam Merwin Jr., Chad Oliver, Joseph Slotkin, R. Bretnor, Colin G. Jameson Sr. and Jr., Charles F. Ksanda, and Harry J. Shay. Virgil Finlay, Alex Schomburg, and Emsh illustrations. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 29 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 29 #3


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    • Paper: Cream
    • No Back Cover. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 29, Issue 3 - April, 1953. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories by Kendell Foster Crossen, Ross Rocklynne, Robert Sherman Townes, Robert Donald Locke, Sam Merwin Jr., Richard Barr and Wallace West, Leslie Bigelow, and Peter Phillips. Alex Schomburg and Emsh illustrations. 6.5" x 9", 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 30 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 30 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 30, Issue 1 - May, 1953. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories: "The Conditioned Captain" by Fletcher Pratt, "We Breathe For You" by Noel Loomis, "The Immovable Object" by Leslie Bigelow, "Mating Time" by Joseph Shallit, and "The Three" by Gordon R. Dickson. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Alex Schomburg and Ed Emsh. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 30 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 30 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Off-White pages.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cream pages.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    June 1953. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories by Philip Jose Farmer "Moth and Rust" (sequel to "The Lovers"), Fox B. Holden, Leslie Waltham, and Robert F. Young. Virgil Finlay (3) and Emsh illustrations. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 30 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 30 #3


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

    Volume 30, Issue 3 - August, 1953. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories by Sam Merwin Jr., Theodore Sturgeon, Ralph Sloan, William Ratigan, and George H. Smith. Emsh illustration. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 31 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 31 #1


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Spine stress. 1 1/2" Spine split from top of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front and Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 31, Issue 1 - October, 1953. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Sam Merwin Jr., Edmond Hamilton, Murray Leinster, Ed M. Clinton Jr., and Tom McMorrow Jr. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. Alex Schomburg cover. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.