Thrilling Wonder Stories (June 1953, Vol. 42, No. 2) by Wallace West, R. J. McGregor, Chad Oliver, J. W. Groves, Kris Neville, John Christopher, Murray Leinster, Marion Zimmer Bradley - 1953

Standard Magazines, Inc., 1953. First Edition 1st Printing. Pulp Digest. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Walter Popp (cover, Virgil Finlay, Ed Emshwiller, Alex Schomburg, J. Dreany, Peter Poulton and uncredited. SEE IMAGES. (June 1953, Vol. 42, No. 2) Series editor Samuel Mines. Great color cover art by Walter Popp, and internal illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Ed Emshwiller, Alex Schomburg, J. Dreany, Peter Poulton and uncredited. Works by Wallace West, R. J. McGregor, Chad Oliver, J. W. Groves, Kris Neville, John Christopher, Murray Leinster. Includes a letter to the editor by Marion Zimmer Bradley, discussing content of a sexual nature and its place in Thrilling Wonder Stories. This is a solid FAIR copy. The cover is edge chipped/soft. The spine label is present with chipping to the ends. Tape repair to the inner panel front cover. 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. Preserved in an acid-free archival bag. FUN FACT: Murray Leinster is credited with roughly 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts and hundreds of radio scripts and TV plays (Wiki). Thrilling Wonder Stories launched originally as Wonder Stories in 1929, and ran until they folded in early 1955.