Fantasy & Science Fiction: 1953 - Volume 5, #1 - #6 (6 issues)

Six issues of Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine (Volume 5, issues #1 - #6) 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 Hypnoglyph' by John Anthony, 'The Adventure of the Snitch in Time' by Mack Reynolds & August Derleth, 'The Untimely Toper' by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt, 'Expendable' by Philip K. Dick, 'Judgement Planet' by Idris Seabright, 'The King's Wishes' by Robert Sheckley, 'Star Light, Star Bright' by Alfred Bester, 'Rustle of Wings' by Fredric Brown, 'Mr Kinaid's Pasts' by J. J. Coupling, 'One Other' by Manly Wade Wellman, 'Three Hearts and Three Lions' by Poul Anderson, 'Letter to a Tiger' by Kay Rogers, 'Attitudes' by Philip Jose Farmer, 'The Ruum' by Arthur Porges, 'The Bronze Door' by Raymond Chandler, 'Shadow Show' by Clifford D. Simak, 'Worship Night' by Kris Neville, 'The Silken-Swift' by Theodore Sturgeon, 'The Word' by Mildred Clingerman, 'Food to All Flesh' by Zenna Henderson, 'Aurochs Came Walking' by Robert Moore Williams and many more.

Featuring covers by Edmund 'EMSH' Emshwiller was an American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films. 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. Milford "Mel" Joseph Hunter, a science fiction illustrator, producing illustrations for famous science fiction authors such as Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein, as well as a technical and scientific illustrator for clients such as The Pentagon, Hayden Planetarium, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

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., 1953 (Out of Print)
Number of pages: 130
Format: Soft Cover
Size: 6" x 8" (140mm x 195mm)
Code: FANTSF1953B