San Francisco: 1993. 8vo, [16] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Photo-mechanically reproduced. A special issue of the longrunning zine / serialized novel Dadabase Blues (described inside as the 120th issue), issued on the tenth anniversary of the Third Saturday Party, a longrunning weekly con / fan party in the Bay Area. "We're..... More
Bryantville, MA: National Fantasy Fan Federation, [c. 1941-2]. First edition. 4to, [6] pp, side-stapled. Mimeographed from typescript in two colors on yellow paper. Association copy, postmarked and addressed to Louis Russell Chuavenet, the president of the organization during the first year of its existence, who announces that he is stepping..... More
Valley Cottage, NY: Oz! nd. 4to, [10] pp, dittoed fromt typescript and stapled once at the upper left hand corner. With numerous marker deletions (likely as sent) and a rubberstamped addition within, as well as rubberstamping to back cover. A bookseller catalog issued by Joe Keppler and Lex Reibestein from..... More
Corsica, TX: Utopian, 1954. 4to, pp. 5-14, mimeographed from typescript and stapled once at the upper left hand corner. Single issue of the Texas science fiction fanzine. Of special interest is the presence of a purposefully tipped in element (a Pop-Eye comic strip cut from a commercial publication) as well..... More
[San Francisco]: Tellurian Sciencefictioneers, 1950. Oblong wraps, 28 pp, approximately 4 x 6", mimeographed from typescript and drawing. Third issue of this diminuitive, nicely produced Bay Area fanzine issued by the Tellurian Sciencefictioneers, which was born as a splinter group out of the Universal Musketeers. It includes contributions from Anna..... More
[San Francisco]: Tellurian Sciencefictioneers, [1950]. Oblong wraps, 23 pp, approximately 4 x 6", mimeographed from tyoescript and drawing. The rare first issue of this diminuitive, nicely produced Bay Area fanzine issued by the Tellurian Sciencefictioneers, which was born as a feuding splinter group out of the Universal Musketeers. It includes..... More
Bryantville, MA: National Fantasy Fan Federation, [1941]. First edition. 4to, 13 pp, side-stapled. Mimeographed from typescript. Third issue of the science ficiton fanzine, which after the war became The National Fantasy Fan, under which name it continues to this day. A sobering issue, assessing the threat to the organization from..... More
Baltimore: The Hopkins Science Fiction Association, [1975]. 4to, 11 pp, photo-mechanically reproduced on rectos only. Side-stapled. A collection of songs published on the occasion of Balticon 9, with a nicely designed, minimalist cover. An early publication from HopSFA, which was charted the year prior, and which grew out of the..... More
Jacksonville, IL: Bob Tucker, 1975. 8vo, 24 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. A great issue of the longrunning science fiction fanzine, which began publication in 1938. This issue is dedicated to Jackie Franke, who contributes the cover drawing and one internal illustration. It describes the editors trip to Australia NASFic. Laid in..... More
np: Inside, 1955. 8vo, 62 pp, saddle-stapled wraps, with foldout front cover. A great issue of the science fiction fanzine, of which at least 17 issues were published. It includes Robert Bloch's text Dandruff in the Fright-Wig, as well as contributions from Sam Moskowitz, Robert Lowndes, Larry Shaw, H.L. Gold..... More
np: A Vulcan Publication, [1939]. 4to, [4] pp, mimeographed from drawing and typescript. Side-stapled. A pre-war science fiction fanzine with some superb mimeograph work to the cover, reproducing a drawing attributed to "Sully." The editor and the cover artist are almost certainly Sully Roberds, who was an associate of Bob..... More