Thrilling Wonder Stories (December 1951, Vol. 39, No. 2) by Fletcher Pratt, E. Hoffman Price, Walter M. Miller Jr., Sam Merwin Jr., Anthony Boucher, Stanton A. Coblentz, Murray Leinster, James Blish - 1951

Standard Magazines, Inc., 1951. First Edition 1st Printing. Pulp Digest. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Virgil Finlay, Paul Orban, others. Series editor Samuel Mines. Great color cover art, and internal illustrations by Virgil Finlay and others. Works by: Fletcher Pratt, E. Hoffman Price, Walter M. Miller Jr., Sam Merwin Jr., Anthony Boucher, Stanton A. Coblentz, Murray Leinster, James Blish, including letters to the editor by Poul Anderson and L. Sprague de Camp This is a solid FAIR copy. The cover is edge chipped/soft, with minor tape repairs to spine, but still attached and overall complete. Internally, pages are surprisingly fresh considering pulp quality from near 70 years ago. No markings. Certainly suitable to read stories or flip through and enjoy the illustrations, ads, articles and etc. FUN FACT: This issue carries the first release of an EARLY story by Walter Miller Jr, who went on to write A Canticle for Leibowitz, which won the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Thrilling Wonder Stories launched originally as Wonder Stories in 1929, and ran until they folded in early 1955. Preserved in an acid-free archival bag.