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WINDY CITY AUCTIONS
2010

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FRIDAY NIGHT AUCTION

WINDY CITY PULP AND PAPER CONVENTION

FRIDAY NIGHT AUCTION – APRIL 23, 2010

The following material will be sold at the Friday night auction, starting at approximately 8:30 p.m.  The material will be available for inspection Friday afternoon.  Any condition grades listed below are the consignor’s grades; the convention has not graded these items and encourages all bidders to review their condition before placing bids, as all sales are final.  There will be a buyer’s premium of 10% added to the amount of each winning bid.  Additional auction rules are available separately.

 

1.         4 issues BREEZY STORIES – 2/36, 4/36 (Woolrich), 5/36 (Rousseau), 3/48 (50th Anniversary issue)

2.         4 issues BREEZY STORIES – 12/35 (Woolrich), 1/36, 10/40, 1/41

3.         Henry Hardy Heins, “A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS” (1964 complete, revised edition), in dustjacket

4.         Quentin Reynolds, “THE FICTION FACTORY” (1st printing, in dustjacket), history of Street & Smith

5.         Edgar Rice Burroughs – 4 Canaveral Press Books in dustjacket – “TARZAN AND THE CASTAWAYS” (Frazetta), “TARZAN AND THE MADMAN,” “JOHN CARTER OF MARS” & “SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR”

6.         Edgar Rice Burroughs – 4 Canaveral Press Books in dustjacket – “LAND OF TERROR,” “THE CAVE GIRL,” “TARZAN AND THE TARZAN TWINS” & “TALES OF THREE PLANETS”

7.         Edgar Rice Burroughs – 8 Ace paperbacks with Frazetta covers, ERB Inc. file copies

8.         Edgar Rice Burroughs – 16 Ace paperbacks with Krenkel covers, ERB Inc. file copies

9.         Maxwell Grant (Walter Gibson), “THE LIVING SHADOW” (S&S hardcover)

10.        5 issues DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE – 6/9/23, 8/25/23 (McCulley “Avenging Twins” serial part), 9/1/23 (McCulley “Avenging Twins” serial part), 9/15/23, 5/24/24

11.        9 issues ARGOSY, all from 1919 – 8/30/19, 9/6/19 (Harold Lamb), 10/11/19, 10/18/19, 11/8/19 (Lamb serial part), 11/22/19, 12/13/19, 12/20/19, 12/27/19 – contains 4 of the 6 parts of Peter the Brazen novel “THE GOLDEN CAT” and 3 of the 5 parts of SF story “BETWEEN WORLDS” by Garrett Smith

12.        12 issues ARGOSY from 1932-1936 – 11/4/32, 11/19/32, 11/26/32, 9/22/34, 10/13/34, 9/12/36, 10/10/36, 10/17/36, 10/24/36, 10/31/36, 11/7/36, 11/14/36 – 2 issues with Robert E. Howard, 4 with L. Ron Hubbard, 1 Woolrich, others include Merritt, Cummings & Peter the Brazen

13.        12 issues DIME DETECTIVE – 10/33, 12/36, 4/40, 7/40, 12/40, 8/42, 10/45, 11/45, 1/49, 2/49, 6/49, 8/49

14.        8 issues MUNSEY’S MAGAZINE – 7/20, 11/21, 12/21, 1/22, 3/22, 4/22, 5/22 (HBJ, Dwyer), 8/23

15.        13 SPORTS pulps – CHAMPION SPORTS (7/38, 1/39, 3/39, 5/39 – 3 with Nelson Bond stories), BLUE RIBBON SPORTS (9/39, 4/40), COMPLETE SPORTS (12/47), REAL SPORTS (9/38, 1/39, 8/48, 11/48 – 1 with Nelson Bond), THRILLING FOOTBALL (Fall 1945, Fall 1946)

16.        7 issues ALL-STORY WEEKLY from 1919 – 1/18/19, 2/8/19 (Lamb), 3/29/19 (Brand, Rousseau), 4/5/19 (Brand, Rousseau), 10/11/19 (Brand), 11/1/19 (Brand), 11/8/19 (Brand)

17.        9 DETECTIVE pulps – 2 DETECTIVE MYSTERY NOVELS (Fall 1950, Winter 1950), DETECTIVE MYSTERY NOVEL MAGAZINE (Fall 1948, Winter 1949), FIFTEEN DETECTIVE STORIES (8/53), MYSTERY BOOK (Summer 1948, Spring 1949, Summer 1949), 10-STORY DETECTIVE (4/48)

18.        7 issues THRILLING WONDER STORIES – 10/39, 8/40, 1/41, 10/41, 12/41, 2/42, 6/43

19.        11 issues ARGOSY from 1938-1939 – 8/13/38, 8/20/38, 8/27/38, 10/7/39, 10/14/39, 10/21/39, 10/28/39, 11/4/39, 11/11/39, 11/18/39, 11/25/39

20.        11 issues ARGOSY from 1938-1939 – 9/3/38, 4/15/39, 8/5/39, 8/12/39, 8/19/39, 8/26/39, 9/9/39, 9/16/39 (2 copies), 9/23/39, 9/30/39

21.        12 issues ARGOSY from 1933-1937 – 11/25/33, 10/20/34, 6/27/36, 7/4/36, 8/8/36, 8/22/36, 8/29/36, 12/19/36, 12/26/36, 1/2/37, 2/27/37, 3/6/37, 3/13/37, 3/27/37 – authors include Lester Dent, Woolrich & Kline

22.        15 LOVE pulps, various titles

23.        9 issues ALL-STORY LOVE + 4 issues LOVE NOVELS MAGAZINE

24.        14 LOVE pulps, various titles

25.        11 LOVE pulps, various titles

26.        14 issues POPULAR DETECTIVE – 7/37, 9/37, 11/37, 2/38, 10/38, 8/39, 6/44, 7/47, 9/47, 11/47, 1/48, 7/48, 1/49, 9/49 – authors include Cummings

27.        NICK CARTER March 1933 (v1n1), Fine-VF

28.        NICK CARTER April 1933 (v1n2), Fine-VF

29.        NICK CARTER May 1933 (v1n3), Fine

30.        3 issues NICK CARTER June 1933, July 1933, August 1933 (range Fine-VF)

31.        3 issues NICK CARTER September 1933, October 1933, December 1933 (range Fine-VF)

32.        4 issues NICK CARTER January 1934, February 1934, April 1934, June 1934 (range Fine-VF)

33.        4 issues NICK CARTER July 1934, August 1934, September 1934, October 1934 (range Fine-VF)

34.        4 issues NICK CARTER November 1934, December 1934, January 1935, February 1935 (range Fine-VF)

35.        4 issues NICK CARTER March 1935, April 1935, May 1935, June 1935 (range Fine-VF)

36.        4 issues NICK CARTER August 1935, September 1935, October 1935, December 1935 (range Fine-VF except 10/35)

37.        5 issues NICK CARTER January 1936, February 1936, March 1936, April 1936, May 1936 (range Fine-VF)

38.        NICK CARTER June 1936 (final issue), Fine

39.        2 issues PRIVATE DETECTIVE – 3/44, 9/41 + 1 issue SPEED DETECTIVE – 7/44

40.        3 issues DETECTIVE ACTION STORIES – 12/36, 4-5/37, 6-7/37

41.        NEW STORY MAGAZINE February 1915 (Harvey Dunn cover)

42.        Edgar Rice Burroughs, “THE TARZAN TWINS” (4th ed.)

43.        2 Donald Grant hardcovers in dustjacket – “THE ROAD OF AZRAEL” by Robert E. Howard & “THE LAST CELT” by Glenn Lord (bookplate signed by Lord laid in)

44.        Edgar Rice Burroughs – 3 books – “I AM A BARBARIAN” (Burroughs), “BANDIT OF HELL’S BEND” (Gregg), “DEPUTY SHERIFF OF COMANCHE COUNTY” (Gregg) + Robert Zeuschner “EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS – THE EXHAUSTIVE SCHOLAR’S AND COL-LECTOR’S DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY” (in rare dustjacket which was only available on copies bought directly from the author, with signed plate)

45.        Philip Jose Farmer – 2 hardcovers in dustjacket – “DOC SAVAGE: HIS APOCOLYPTIC LIFE” and “TARZAN ALIVE”

46.        2 issues AMAZING STORIES – 7/28, 10/28

47.        2 issues AMAZING STORIES – 12/27, 3/28

48.        24 issues THE BURROUGHS BULLETIN (new series) - #s, 2, 3, 5-23, 32, 48, 49

49.        5 DETECTIVE pulps – LONE WOLF DETECTIVE (4/40, 2/41), 10-STORY DETECTIVE (7/39), DETECTIVE YARNS (4/39), DOUBLE ACTION DETECTIVE (7/40) – 3 with Norman Saunders’ covers

50.        5 issues DETECTIVE TALES – 5/36 (Norvell Page), 12/36, 9/37 (Cummings), 9/38 (Cummings), 10/39 – several Lovell covers

51.        4 issues DETECTIVE TALES – 2/36, 10/37 (Page, Cummings), 11/37, 7/38 – some Lovell covers

52.        2 issues DETECTIVE TALES – 3/36, 7/37 – both with Page & Lovell covers

53.            DETECTIVE NOVELS August 1940 – First appearance of The Crimson Mask (Fine-VF)

54.        2 issues DETECTIVE NOVELS, both with Crimson Mask stories – 10/40, 2/41 (Fine-VF)

55.        2 issues DETECTIVE NOVELS, both with Crimson Mask stories – 4/41, 6/41 (Fine-VF)

56.        5 DETECTIVE pulps – STAR DETECTIVE (12/36), DETECTIVE TALES (1/38), DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE (11/38), FAMOUS DETECTIVE (11/49), SUPER DETECTIVE (8/42 – Jim Anthony)

57.        9 DETECTIVE pulps – DOUBLE ACTION DETECTIVE (7/39), PRIVATE DETECTIVE (1/45), DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE (12/7/29, 3/25/34), CRACK DETECTIVE (9/43, 11/45), THRILLING DETECTIVE (8/45, 8/49, 10/49)

58.        Robert E. Howard, “THE SWORD OF CONAN” (Gnome Press, 1st ed.), in dustjacket

59.        Robert E. Howard, “THE COMING OF CONAN” (Gnome Press, 1st ed.), in dustjacket

60.        Robert E. Howard, “CONAN THE BARBARIAN” (Gnome Press, 1st ed.) & “THE RETURN OF CONAN” (Gnome Press, 1st ed.), both in dustjacket

61.        Edgar Rice Burroughs – 4 Grossett & Dunlap hardcovers, all in dustjacket – “A PRINCESS OF MARS”, “MASTER MIND OF MARS”, “GODS OF MARS”, “CHESSMEN OF MARS”

62.        Edgar Rice Burroughs – 4 Grossett & Dunlap hardcovers, all in dustjacket – “THUVIA, MAID OF MARS”, “FIGHTING MAN OF MARS”, “MASTER MIND OF MARS” & “CHESSMEN OF MARS”

63.        Edgar Rice Burroughs – 4 Grossett & Dunlap hardcovers, all in dustjacket – “AT THE EARTH’S CORE”, “PELLUCIDAR”, “TANAR OF PELLUCIDAR” & “TARZAN AT THE EARTH’S CORE”

64.        Edgar Rice Burroughs – 4 Grossett & Dunlap hardcovers, all in dustjacket – “THE CAVE GIRL”, “THE MUCKER”, “THE ETERNAL LOVER” & “BANDIT OF HELL’S BEND”

65.        Cora Lane Sherman, “THE CROSSROADS OF LOVE” #1-107 (complete serial novel) – this is a rare 1932 serial novel in 107 digest sized installments, printed on pulp paper, complete (incredibly rare to find complete).  Condition ranges VG-Fine.

66.        3 issues SUPER-DETECTIVE – 9/45, 11/45, 1/46 (Fine)

67.        7 issues G-MEN DETECTIVE – 2/46, 4/46, Winter 1946, 5/47, 7/47, 11/47, 9/48

68.        12 miscellaneous LOVE pulps – includes LEADING LOVE 5/46.  Some BERGEY covers.

69.        6 issues BLUE BOOK MAGAZINE – 3/08, 4/08, 8/09, 2/11, 8/14, 6/25 (Agatha Christie)

70.        8 MYSTERY digest novels – includes Raymond Chandler, “THE FINGER MAN” (Avon Murder Mystery Monthly)

71.        5 issues TOP-NOTCH – 1st Jan. 1931, 1st March 1931, 2nd March 1931, 1st April 1931, 2nd May 1931

72.        5 issues THRILLING MYSTERY NOVEL – 11/45, 1/46, 3/46, 5/46, Summer 1946 (Fine)

73.            POPULAR DETECTIVE 12/45 (Fine)

74.        2 issues PRIVATE DETECTIVE – 11/45 (Fine-VF), 3/46 (VG+)

75.        3 issues PRIVATE DETECTIVE – 9/45, 7/46, 3/47 + 1 issue SPEED MYSTERY – 6/45

76.        BRIEF STORIES 11/23 (2 copies) – authors include Frank Owen

77.        4 issues SNAPPY STORIES – 9/20/26, 11/26, 1/27, 2/27

78.        4 issues SNAPPY STORIES – 5/5/26, 6/20/26, 7/5/26 (Adolphe Barreaux short story, later spicy/comic artist), 7/20/26

79.        4 issues SNAPPY STORIES – 5/20/25, 7/5/25, 3/5/26, 3/20/26 (3 issues with John Held Jr. sketches)

80.        5 issues BREEZY STORIES – 3/31, 4/32, 9/32, 3/33, 8/33

81.        5 issues BREEZY STORIES – 10/22, 3/30, 4/30, 7/30, 8/30

82.        6 issues BREEZY STORIES – 6/34, 6/45, 8/45, 12/45, 6/46, 12/46

83.        11 issues SKY FIGHTERS – 11/41, 1/42, 3/42, 5/42, 7/42, 9/42 (Clifford Simak), 7/43, 11/43, 3/44 (L’Amour), Summer 1944, Spring 1945

84.        3 issues DIME MYSTERY – 2/46 (Bloch), 5/46, 7/46 (MacDonald) + 2 issues DIME DETECTIVE – 4/46, 6/46 (average Fine)

85.        4 issues DIME DETECTIVE – 11/45, 12/45, 3/46, 10/50 (Woolrich)

86.        6 issues PHANTOM DETECTIVE – 10/45, 12/45, 2/46, 6/46, 3/47, 9/47

87.        4 issues PHANTOM DETECTIVE – 4/46, 5/47, 1/48, Winter 1950

88.        3 issues REAL DETECTIVE TALES – 10/29, 11/29, 9/32 (average Fine)

89.        3 issues REAL DETECTIVE TALES – 8/29 (Fine), 9/29 (Fine), 9/29 (2nd copy, Good)

90.        3 issues REAL DETECTIVE TALES – 12/28-1/29, 3/29, 4-5/29 (average Fine)

91.        3 issues REAL DETECTIVE TALES – 5/28, 6/28 (Quinn), 9/28 (average Fine)

92.        3 issues REAL DETECTIVE TALES – 1/28 (Quinn, Bellem), 2/28 (Quinn), 3/28 (average Fine)

93.        4 issues REAL DETECTIVE TALES – 2/27 (Kline, Quinn), 3/27 (Quinn), 9/27 (Quinn), 11/27 (Quinn) (2 VG, 2 Fine)

94.        3 issues REAL DETECTIVE TALES – 10/26 (Kline, Bellem), 6-7/27 (Quinn), 8/27 (Quinn) (1 VG+, 2 Fine)

95.        3 issues REAL DETECTIVE TALES – 4-5/26 (Quinn), 6-7/26 (Quinn, Raoul Whitfield), 8-9/26 (Quinn, Bellem) (1 VG, 2 Fine)

96.        3 issues REAL DETECTIVE TALES – 7/25 (Kline, Quinn), 10-11/25 (Kline, Quinn), 2-3/26 (Kline, Quinn, Raoul Whitfield) (average Fine)

97.        4 issues REAL DETECTIVE TALES – 12/24 (Kline, Quinn), 1/25 (Quinn), 2/25 (Quinn), 6/25 (Quinn) (average VG+)

98.        8 issues DIME SPORTS MAGAZINE – 11/35, 12/35, 3/40, 2/41, 4/42, 6/42, 10/42, 2/43

99.        11 issues AIR WAR (featuring CAPTAIN DANGER) – Fall 1940 (v1n1), Summer 1941, 3/42, Summer 1942, Fall 1942, Spring 1943, Winter 1943, Spring 1944, Fall 1944, Winter 1944, Winter 1945

100.      PETE RICE 4/35 (bondage cover)

101.      4 issues PETE RICE – 5/35, 10/35 (Hugh Cave), 11/35, 12/35

102.      3 issues PETE RICE – 6/34, 7/34, 8/34

103.      3 issues POPULAR DETECTIVE – 8/45, 8/46, 5/47 (Robert Heinlein writing as Simon York)

104.      20 issues OFFICIAL DETECTIVE – 1950 (7, 8, 11, 12), 1951 (1, 2, 12), 1952 (2, 4), 1953 (8, 11), 1954 (1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10x2), 1956 (3, 5)

105.      22 issues OFFICIAL DETECTIVE – 1953 (12), 1954 (3, 5, 6x2, 8, 11x2, 12), 1955 (2x2, 3, 11, 12), 1956 (1, 2, 7), 1958 (9), 1964 (10), 1965 (4, 11), 1967 (2)

106.      6 issues ACTUAL DETECTIVE STORIES – 11/37 (v1n1), 3/9/38, 3/23/38, 11/39, 12/39, 11/40

107.      14 issues miscellaneous true detective magazines – CRIME CONFESSIONS (12/40, 2/41, 11/41), SECRET CRIME CASES (4/42), CERTIFIED DETECTIVE CASES (11/40), INTIMATE DETECTIVE STORIES (3/41), SENSATIONAL DETECTIVE CASES (11/41x2), OFFICIAL DETECTIVE STORIES (8-9/35, 5/41, 11/41, 6/42, 8/42)

108.      7 issues DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE – 10/6/23, 11/24/23, 12/1/23, 5/3/24, 5/17/24, 6/7/24, 6/14/24

109.      7 issues DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE – 8/18/23, 5/10/24, 5/17/24, 5/31/24, 6/21/24, 6/28/24, 1/10/25

110.      7 issues WINGS – Spring 1946, Summer 1946, Winter 1946, Spring 1947, Summer 1947, Fall 1947, Winter 1947

 

 

 

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