Fantasy & Science Fiction: 1950 - Volume 1, #2 - #5 (4 issues)

Four issues of Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine (Volume 1, issues #2 - #5) ranging from very fine to excellent condition. There is an expected level of wear and tear but these lively magazines are in excellent condition given their vintage.

Featuring 'The Exiles' by Ray Bradbury, 'The Last Generation' by Miriam Allen Ford, 'Gavagan's Bar' by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt, 'Every Work into Judgement' by Kris Neville, 'Huge Beast' by Cleve Cartmill, 'Hount' by A. Bertram Chandler, 'Born of Man & Woman' by Richard Matheson, 'A Room in a House' by August Derleth, 'The Silly Season' by C. M. Kornbluth, 'Process' by A. E. Van Vogt and 'The Well-Oiled Machine' by H. B. Fyfe. Also includes writing by; Walt Sheldon, Robert M. Coates, R. Bretnor, Antony Hope, Robert Arthur, Margaret St. Clair, W. L. Alden, Damon Knight, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Andre Maurois, Jack Iams, H. R. Wakefield, W. H. Rhodes, Bill Brown, Roger Angell, James S. Hart, Phyllis Lee Patterson, Charles L. Harness, Larry Siegel and many more.

Also includes a fantastic cover by 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. The first issue was titled The Magazine of Fantasy, but the decision was quickly made to include science fiction as well as fantasy, and the title was changed correspondingly with the second issue. F&SF was quite different in presentation from the existing science fiction magazines of the day, most of which were in pulp format: it had no interior illustrations, no letter column, and text in a single-column format. F&SF quickly became one of the leading magazines in the science fiction and fantasy fields, with a reputation for publishing literary material and including more diverse stories than its competitors.

Publisher: Fantasy House Inc., 1950 (Out of Print)
Number of pages: 130
Format: Soft Cover
Size: 6" x 8" (140mm x 195mm)
Code: FANTSF1950