Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK): Volume I, #3 & Volume II, #1 - #2 & #4 (1953 - 1954) (4 issues)

Four issues of the British Edition of Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine (Volume 1, #3 & Volume 2, #1 - #2 & #4) in fine condition. There is an expected level of wear and tear for these beautiful vintage magazines.

Features writing by Eando Binder, Fredric Brown, J. J. Coupling, Esther Carlson, R. Bretnor, Kris Neville, Manly Wade Wellman, Ann Warrln Griffith, Ward Moore, Lord Dunsany, Ben Ray Redman, Ralph Robin, H. Nearing Jnr, Lavinia R. Davis, Poul Anderson, L. Sprague De Camp, Fletcher Pratt, Richard Sale, Lion Miller, Christopher Wood, Alan Nelson, Idris Seabright, Alfred Bester, Peter Phillips, Cleve Cartmill, J. T. McIntosh, Robert Abernathy, Kay Rogers, Bill Brown, Ray Bradbury, James Blish, Doris Gilbert, Miriam Allen DeFord, Thelma D. Hamm & Raymond E. Banks.

Also includes fantastic cover art by; Jack Banham Coggins, an artist, author, and illustrator, known for his oil paintings, which focused predominantly on marine subjects. He is also known for his books on space travel, which were both authored and illustrated by Coggins. Chesley Knight Bonestell Jr, dubbed the "Father of Modern Space art", a pioneering creator of astronomical art, his paintings inspired the American space program, and remain influential in science fiction art and illustration.

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (usually referred to as F&SF) is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine, first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press.

There are two UK series, both titled The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

The first UK series was published by Mellifont Press, and ran from October 1953 to September 1954, in digest format, with 128 pages, priced at 1/6. The contents were taken from the U.S. magazine, but the UK issues did not directly correspond to individual U.S. issues.

The second UK series was published by Atlas Publishing & Distributing from December 1959 to June 1964, in digest format. All issues were 128 pages except for January 1961 through November 1961 and March 1962 through June 1964, which were 112 pages. The price was 2/- from until November 1961, and 2/6 from December 1961 until the end of the run. As with the first series the reprint issues did not exactly correspond to individual U.S. issues. After the second series ended, some additional material from the U.S. issues was reprinted in the UK edition of Venture Science Fiction.

Publisher: Mellifont Press, 1953 - 1954
Number of pages: 113
Format: Soft Cover
Size: 6" x 8" (140mm x 195mm)
Condition: VF - Very Fine
Code: BRITFANTSF08