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Vintage Paper

Below is listed all of the titles in our Vintage Paper department, which encompasses the following categories:

  • Vol. 38 #1
    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 38 #1


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    • 1" cumulative spine split.
    • 3 1/2" Cumulative spine split.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    September 1944. Cover by A. R. Tilburne. "Bang! You're Dead!" by Ray Bradbury, "The Devil's Ticket" by Robert Bloch, and "Pacific 421" by August Derleth, plus other horror and supernatural tales by Edmond Hamilton, Frank Owen, Allison V. Harding, Manly Wade Wellman, Harold Lawlor, Gardner F. Fox, and Emil Petaja. Illustrations by Hannes Bok, Boris Dolgov, A. R. Tilburne, Matt Fox, Fred Humiston, Irwin J. Weill, John Giunta, Andrew Brosnatch. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 96 newsprint pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 38 #2
    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 38 #2


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    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    November 1944. Cover by Matt Fox. "The Dweller in Darkness" by August Derleth, "The Bat is My Brother" by Robert Bloch, and "The Jar" by Ray Bradbury, plus other horror and supernatural tales by Allison V. Harding, Stephen Grendon, Thorp McClusky, Manly Wade Wellman, and Hannes Bok. Illustrations by Hannes Bok, Boris Dolgov, Irwin J. Weill, Andrew Brosnatch, A. R. Tilburne. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 96 newsprint pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 38 #4
    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 38 #4


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

    "The Tombstone" short story by Ray Bradbury

    Cover by A. R. Tilburne. "The Tombstone" by Ray Bradbury, plus other horror and supernatural tales by Seabury Quinn, H. Bedford-Jones, Charles King, Harold Lawlor, Manly Wade Wellman, Helen W. Kasson, Stephen Grendon, Jack Snow, and Roger S. Vreeland. Illustrations by Damon Knight, A. R. Tilburne, Virgil Finlay, Hannes Bok, Matt Fox, Boris Dolgov, Richard Bennett, Lee Brown Cover, Irwin J. Weill, Dwight Boyce, Andrew Brosnatch. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 96 newsprint pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 38 #5
    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 38 #5


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • 1" Cumulative spine split.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 70%. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Back cover detached 50%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Pete Kuhlhoff. "The Man Who Cried Wolf!" by Robert Bloch, "The Watchers" by Ray Bradbury, and "The Lost Day" by August Derleth, plus other horror and supernatural tales by Edmond Hamilton, Harold Lawlor, Thorp McClusky, Emil Petaja, Manly Wade Wellman, and Charles King. Illustrations by Hannes Bok, Boris Dolgov, Dwight Boyce, Andrew Brosnatch, Irwin J. Weill, A. R. Tilburne. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 96 newsprint pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 38 #6
    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 38 #6


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • 1" Spine split from top. Water damage. Page color is tan.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Back cover detached 10%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 38, Issue 6 - July 1945. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 45 #5
    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 45 #5


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    Volume 45, Issue 5 - November 1953. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 46 #3
    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 46 #3


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    • Water damage.
    • Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 46, Issue 3 - July 1954. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.35.