SF Collection

Issue: May 1959

Volume: 10

Number: 2

Editor: Robert A. W. Lowndes

Cover Artist: Unknown

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Columbia Publications, Inc.

• There's No Place Like Space by Robert Silverberg

• Utility Girl by Basil Wells
• Android, Kill For Me! by Kate Wilhelm
• Here, Kitty Kitty by Kit Reed
• Weapon Master by A. L. Caramine

• Caduceus Wild (Last of Four Parts) by Ward Moore and Robert Bradford

• Readin' and Writhin' (Book Reviews) by Calvin M. Knox
• The Last Word and the Reckoning
• Readers' Preference Coupon

Notes: Back cover features a vintage advertisement for 'Personalized Stationery' by Wilson. Front cover has a significant diagonal tear/crease at the bottom right corner and some spine wear. Issue includes early work by Robert Silverberg and Kate Wilhelm.

Issue: May 1958

Volume: 8

Number: 6

Editor: Robert A. W. Lowndes

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Columbia Publications, Inc.

• Author, Author!
• Disciplined Imagination (Editorial) by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• The Reckoning
• Readin' and Writhin' (Book Reviews) by Damon Knight
• Next Time Around
• The Last Word
• Readers' Preference Coupon

• The Tower of Zanid (Part 1) by L. Sprague de Camp

• Satellites in Fact and Fiction by Richard H. Macklin Ph. D.

• Invasion Vanguard by T. D. Bethlen
• Research Team by Don Hinkle
• The Logical Life by Charles E. Fritch

• Postman's Holiday by Charles V. De Vet

Notes: May 1958 issue of the 'Double-Action Magazine' series. Notable for containing the first installment of L. Sprague de Camp's serial 'The Tower of Zanid'. The back cover features a prominent Science Fiction Book Club advertisement for Isaac Asimov's 'The Naked Sun'.

Issue: June 1959

Volume: 3

Number: 4

Editor: W. W. Scott

Cover Artist: Kelly Freas

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Headline Publications Inc.

• Beasts of Nightmare Horror by Richard F. Watson

• Terror of the Undead Corpses by Russell Thompson
• Creatures of Green Slime by James Rosenquest
• The Day the Monsters Broke Loose by Robert Silverberg
• Mating Instinct by Lloyd Biggie Jr.
• The Enormous Diamond by Bill Wesley

• Look to the Stars by Scott Nevets
• Nuclear News by Steven Rory
• Galactic Creation by Edgar P. Straus

Notes: Designated as the 'Second Monster Issue'. Back cover features a vintage advertisement for Dr. Tucker's Natural Royal Jelly. Interior illustrations credited to Emsh. Editorial offices noted at 1790 Broadway, New York.

Issue: October 1958

Volume: 2

Number: 6

Editor: W. W. Scott

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Headline Publications Inc.

• The Fight with the Gorgon by Robert Silverberg
• The Painted Ghost by Richard R. Smith
• Nothing's Impossible by Charles L. Fontenay
• Castaways of Space by Dan Malcolm
• The Great White Gods by Wynne N. Whiteford
• Invasion by A. Bertram Chandler
• Blood by Transit by Harlan Ellison

• Back-to-Front Comet
• Power From the Sun

• The Untouchables by Calvin M. Knox

Notes: Features 'Blood by Transit' by Harlan Ellison. Notable for three appearances by Robert Silverberg under his own name and pseudonyms Calvin M. Knox and Dan Malcolm. Back cover advertisement for the Science-Fiction Book Club's 'Moon Tour Reservation' promotion.

Issue: September 1958

Volume: 5

Number: 5

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: Paul E. Wenzel

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• The First Trip to Mars by Henry Bott
• Space Pilots by Guenther Schmidt

• The Star Hunter by Edmond Hamilton

• A Case of Ptomaine by Harlan Ellison
• Tipsy-Turvy Planet by Larry Fisher

• The Deadly Mission by Alexander Blade

• The Editorial by William L. Hamling
• Scientifilm Marquee
• The Cosmic Pen Club

• Lunar Flight Now?

Notes: Back cover features an advertisement for the Science-Fiction Book Club offering 'The Mind Cage' by A. E. Van Vogt for 10 cents. Front cover depicts a Space Pilot against a dark lunar/space background.

Issue: February 1958

Volume: N/A

Number: 35

Editor: Robert A. W. Lowndes

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Columbia Publications, Inc.

• Author, Author! (a run-down on contributors)
• Inside Science Fiction (department) by Robert A. Madle
• The Editor's Page by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• Science Fiction Almanac
• Readers' Preference Coupon (for your votes)

• Wheels by Michael Zuroy
• Squee by Margaret St. Clair
• Silly Asses by Isaac Asimov
• Idol's Eye by Carol Emshwiller

• Haunted Centennial by Wallace West
• A Bird in the Hand (illustrated on cover) by David Gordon

Notes: Standard pulp/digest format for the era. Back cover features a promotional advertisement for The Science-Fiction Book Club. Notable for containing an Isaac Asimov short story and cover art by Ed Emshwiller.

Issue: November 1962

Volume: 23

Number: 5

Editor: Avram Davidson

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Mercury Press, Inc.

• The Secret Flight of Friendship Eleven by Alfred Connable
• Hop-Friend by Terry Carr
• Landscape With Sphinxes by Karen Anderson
• Protect Me From My Friends by John Brunner
• You Have To Know The Tune by R. Bretnor
• Ferdinand Feghoot: LVI by Grendel Briarton

• Sorworth Place by Russell Kirk

• Card Sharp by Walter H. Kerr

• Science: Pre-Fixing It Up by Isaac Asimov

• Books by Avram Davidson
• Editorial by null
• In this issue . . . Coming soon by null
• F&SF Marketplace by null

• The Journey of Joenes (2nd of 2 parts) by Robert Sheckley

Notes: The issue features the second part of Robert Sheckley's 'The Journey of Joenes'. The back cover includes celebrity endorsements for the magazine from figures including jazz legend Louis Armstrong and SF pioneer Hugo Gernsback. Condition shows visible wear/chipping to the spine ends and page edges.

Issue: April 1961

Volume: 10

Number: 4

Editor: Cele Goldsmith

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• Editorial
• According To You
• Coming Next Month

• Descent Into the Maelstrom by Daniel F. Galouye

• The Violin String by Henry Hasse
• Mulberry Moon by Arthur Porges
• Discoverers by Henry Slesar

• Worlds of the Imperium (Conclusion) by Keith Laumer

Notes: Cover features 'Descent Into the Maelstrom' by Daniel F. Galouye. Back cover contains a full-page advertisement for the launch of 'Recreational Mathematics Magazine' edited by Joseph S. Madachy. Visual condition shows minor edge wear and light foxing on the right margin of the front cover.

Issue: November 1960

Volume: 9

Number: 11

Editor: Cele Goldsmith

Cover Artist: Alex Schomburg

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• Deadly Moon by Fritz Leiber
• A World to Choose by Poul Anderson
• Donor by James E. Gunn

• Mariwite by Charles L. Fontenay
• A Diversion for the Baron by Arthur Porges
• Long Shot by Henry Slesar

• Editorial
• According to You
• Coming Next Month

Notes: Back cover features an advertisement for the 1961 edition of 'Jobs and Careers in Electronics'. Visible foxing and staining on the back cover and edges. Front cover features artwork by Alex Schomburg illustrating 'Deadly Moon' by Fritz Leiber.

Issue: June 1959

Volume: 8

Number: 6

Editor: Cele Goldsmith

Cover Artist: Edward Valigursky

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• Editorial
• According To You
• Coming Next Month

• Give Me My Body! by Paul W. Fairman

• Blurble by M. G. Zimmerman
• The Lurker by Rog Phillips
• What Other Color Is There? by Jeanne Williams
• A Desert Incident by Will Worthington
• The Fife of Bodidharma by Cordwainer Smith
• Cedric by Winston Marks
• The Worth of a Man by Henry Slesar
• The Warren by Richard Brian
• Bedside Monster by Jack Sharkey

Notes: Front cover illustration features a woman and a skeleton in a graveyard. Back cover features a full-page advertisement for the 1959 Sports Cars Illustrated Directory. Notable foxing and staining on the rear cover and edges.

Issue: May 1959

Volume: 8

Number: 5

Editor: Cele Goldsmith

Cover Artist: Jed Thayer

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• Editorial by Cele Goldsmith
• According To You...
• Coming Next Month

• The Hungry Eye by Robert Bloch
• Guardian Devil by Robert Silverberg
• The Middle-Aged Rookie by Charles D. Hammer

• Queen of the Green Sun by Jack Sharkey
• The Convention by Ede Witt
• More Like Home by Raymond E. Banks
• The Only One That Lived by Rog Phillips

Notes: Cover art illustrates 'The Hungry Eye' by Robert Bloch. Back cover features an advertisement for the 1959 Sports Cars Illustrated Directory by Ziff-Davis. Editorial Director: Norman M. Lobsenz. Publisher: Michael Michaelson.

Issue: May 1956

Volume: 30

Number: 5

Editor: Howard Browne

Cover Artist: Edward Valigursky

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• The Observatory by Howard Browne
• ... Or So You Say by The Readers

• The Girl Who Hated Air by Milton Lesser

• Uncle Kim by Edmond Warren
• Killer Cat by Karl Stanley
• Of Men and Bugs by Duane C. Morton

• The Scarlet Saint (Conclusion) by Manly Banister

• A Trip to Anywhere by Ivar Jorgensen

Notes: 30th Anniversary year issue. Features the lead story 'The Girl Who Hated Air' by Milton Lesser. The back cover contains a full-page advertisement for the Science-Fiction Book Club's offering of 'Exploring Mars' by Robert S. Richardson. Spine shows minor wear but structural integrity is solid.

Issue: October 1987

Volume: CVII

Number: 10

Editor: Stanley Schmidt

Cover Artist: Alan Gutierrez

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc.

• In the Country of the Blind (Part I of II) by Michael F. Flynn

• No Damn Atoms by Rob Chilson and William F. Wu
• The Million Dollar Day by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.

• Huntington's Handle by Mark E. Peeples, Ph.D.

• The I of the Beholder by Joe Fischetti
• Worldwreckers by Laurence M. Janifer
• Catalyst by Rick Cook

• Occidental Injury (Probability Zeroes) by Arlan Andrews
• What's a Nice Girl Like You... (Probability Zeroes) by Jerry Oltion

• The Editor's Page by Stanley Schmidt
• In Times to Come
• On Gaming by Matthew J. Costello
• The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
• The Reference Library by Tom Easton
• Brass Tacks
• The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events

Notes: Features the first part of the serial 'In the Country of the Blind' by Michael F. Flynn. Back cover contains a full-page advertisement for the Science Fiction Book Club.

Issue: December 1987

Volume: CVII

Number: 12

Editor: Stanley Schmidt

Cover Artist: Vincent Di Fate

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc.

• Falling Free (Part One of Four) by Lois McMaster Bujold

• The Gift by Pat Forde
• Pulsebeat by J.B. Cather

• The Lost Years of Cosmology by Dr. John Gribbin

• Interesting Times by Christopher Anvil
• A Hog on Ice by Rob Chilson and William F. Wu
• Retrograde Analysis by William Ballard

• The Editor's Page by Stanley Schmidt
• On Gaming by Matthew J. Costello
• The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
• In Times to Come
• The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events
• The Reference Library by Tom Easton
• Brass Tacks

Notes: December 1987 issue featuring the first installment of Lois McMaster Bujold's 'Falling Free'. Back cover features a Science Fiction Book Club advertisement. Front cover contains a blacked-out mailing label and typical shelf wear for its age.

Issue: November 1987

Volume: 107

Number: 11

Editor: Stanley Schmidt

Cover Artist: Todd Hamilton

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc.

• In the Country of the Blind (Conclusion) by Michael F. Flynn

• Nanny by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
• The Third Alternative by Marc Stiegler

• A Memoir of Nuclear Winter by Tony Rothman

• Just Another Day at the Weather Service by Elizabeth Moon
• Neither Rain Nor Sleet Nor Weirdness by Jerry Oltion
• Proallognostication by Andrew Giesler

• The Editor's Page by Stanley Schmidt
• In Times To Come
• On Gaming by Matthew J. Costello
• The Alternate View by G. Harry Stine
• The Reference Library by Tom Easton
• Brass Tacks
• The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events

Notes: Vol. CVII No. 11. Includes the conclusion of 'In the Country of the Blind' by Michael F. Flynn. Front cover features a mailing label (obfuscated). Back cover features a Science Fiction Book Club advertisement.

Issue: September 1987

Volume: CVII

Number: 9

Editor: Stanley Schmidt

Cover Artist: Nicholas Jainschigg

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc.

• THE EDITOR'S PAGE by Stanley Schmidt
• ON GAMING by Matthew J. Costello
• IN TIMES TO COME by null
• BIOLOG by Jay Kay Klein
• THE ALTERNATE VIEW by G. Harry Stine
• THE REFERENCE LIBRARY by Tom Easton
• BRASS TACKS by null
• THE ANALOG CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS by null

• 6+ by Harry Turtledove
• BANSHEE by Timothy Zahn

• CELLULAR AUTOMATA by Margaret L. Silbar

• EPIPHANY by Arlan Andrews
• FLASHBATTLES by W.T. Quick
• IN THE CREATION SCIENCE LABORATORY by Jerry Oltion
• HIGH POWER by Rob Chilson and William F. Wu

• THE LIZARD, THE DRAGON, AND THE EATER OF SOULS by Rick Shelley

Notes: Issue features a mailing label on the front cover. Includes major works by Harry Turtledove and Timothy Zahn. Back cover features a prominent Science Fiction Book Club advertisement for 'The Mirror of Her Dreams' by Stephen R. Donaldson.

Issue: August 1987

Volume: CVII

Number: 8

Editor: Stanley Schmidt

Cover Artist: Janet Aulisio

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc.

• THE EDITOR'S PAGE by Stanley Schmidt
• ON GAMING by Matthew J. Costello
• IN TIMES TO COME
• THE ALTERNATE VIEW by John G. Cramer
• THE REFERENCE LIBRARY by Tom Easton
• BRASS TACKS
• THE ANALOG CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

• THE LOVE SONG OF LAURA MORRISON by Jerry Oltion
• GUILT TRIP by Charles Sheffield
• LETTER FROM TOMORROW by Poul Anderson
• TURING TEST by D.C. Poyer
• SO SHALL YE REAP by George Alec Effinger

• MEMETICS AND THE MODULAR MIND—Modeling the Development of Social Movements by H. Keith Henson

• CANDLE IN A COSMIC WIND by Joseph Manzione
• LIGHTNING ROD by W.R. Thompson
• COBWEBS by Ray Brown

Notes: Includes mailing label on front cover addressed to C Barnhart in Oak Hill, WV. Back cover features a Science Fiction Book Club advertisement 'WARNING: The Science Fiction Book Club is habit forming.'

Issue: July 1987

Volume: CVII

Number: 7

Editor: Stanley Schmidt

Cover Artist: Dell Harris

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc.

• The Report on Bilbeis IV by Harry Turtledove

• The Changeling Hunt by Robert R. Chase
• Trader's Partner by Charles Sheffield

• Moonbase Orientation Manual II: Research and Recreation by Ben Bova

• The President's Doll by Timothy Zahn
• All the People, All the Time by W.T. Quick
• Left to Right, and Beyond by Harrison Roth and Isaac Asimov

• The Editor's Page
• Biolog by Jay Kay Klein
• In Times to Come
• On Gaming by Matthew J. Costello
• The Alternate View by G. Harry Stine
• The Reference Library by Tom Easton
• Brass Tacks
• The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events

Notes: July 1987 issue. Features 'The Changeling Hunt' and the conclusion of 'The Report on Bilbeis IV'. Condition reflects a mailing label on the front cover and minor shelf wear.

Issue: June 1987

Volume: CVII

Number: 6

Editor: Stanley Schmidt

Cover Artist: Pat Rawlings

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc.

• The Editor's Page by Stanley Schmidt
• On Gaming by Matthew J. Costello
• The Analytical Laboratory
• The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
• The Reference Library by Tom Easton
• Brass Tacks

• Telephone (Probability Zero) by Laurence M. Janifer
• Safe to the Liberties of the People by W.T. Quick
• Brain Jag by Rob Chilson
• Oracle by W.R. Thompson

• The Forest of Time by Michael F. Flynn

• Moonbase Orientation Manual I: Transport and Manufacturing (Part I of II) by Ben Bova

• The Report on Bilbeis IV (Part II of III) by Harry Turtledove

Notes: Features Part II of Harry Turtledove's 'The Report on Bilbeis IV' and Ben Bova's 'Moonbase Orientation Manual'. Front cover includes a large blacked-out area over the former subscriber address label.

Issue: May 1987

Volume: CVII

Number: 5

Editor: Stanley Schmidt

Cover Artist: Dell Harris

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc.

• THE REPORT ON BILBEIS IV by Harry Turtledove

• DISPLACED PERSON by Ian Stewart

• ALL FALL DOWN by Don Sakers

• THE GRAND TOUR by Charles Sheffield
• HEALTH FOOD by W. R. Thompson
• CONESTOGA HISTORY by James B. Johnson
• PARTLY MURPHY by Henry Melton
• THE TESTAMENT OF GEOFFREY by J. Brian Clarke

• THE EDITOR'S PAGE
• ON GAMING by Matthew J. Costello
• IN TIMES TO COME
• THE ALTERNATE VIEW by G. Harry Stine
• THE REFERENCE LIBRARY by Tom Easton
• BRASS TACKS
• THE ANALOG CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

Notes: Includes Part 1 of Harry Turtledove's 'The Report on Bilbeis IV'. Front cover features a large blacked-out area over the mailing label location. Visible edge wear and scuffing to the cover.

Issue: April 1987

Volume: 107

Number: 4

Editor: Stanley Schmidt

Cover Artist: David Hardy

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc.

• The Editor's Page by Stanley Schmidt
• Biolog by Jay Kay Klein
• In Times to Come
• The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
• On Gaming by Matthew J. Costello
• The Reference Library by Tom Easton
• Brass Tacks
• The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events

• A Hole in the Sun by Roger MacBride Allen
• The Lesser Magic by Gregory Kusnick

• Universe—The Ultimate Artifact? by Richard D. Meisner

• Spectral Expectations by Linda Nagata
• Independents by Eric Vinicoff

• The Smoke Ring (Conclusion) by Larry Niven

Notes: Cover features prominent vertical crease through the center. Mailing label area has been obscured. Back cover features a Science Fiction Book Club advertisement.

Issue: March 1987

Volume: CVII

Number: 3

Editor: Stanley Schmidt

Cover Artist: David Hardy

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc.

• The Editor's Page by Stanley Schmidt
• In Times to Come
• On Gaming by Matthew J. Costello
• The Alternate View by G. Harry Stine
• The Reference Library by Tom Easton
• Brass Tacks
• The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events

• Trader's Cross by Charles Sheffield
• Displaced by Eric Vinicoff

• Cheap But Not Dirty: Proposal for a Spaceplane by Tom Pace & Dan DeLong

• Here There Be Dragons by Bill Vaughan
• The Bureaucratic Brain by Rob Chilson

• The Smoke Ring (Part Three of Four) by Larry Niven

Notes: March 1987 issue featuring part three of Larry Niven's serial 'The Smoke Ring'. Cover art depicts 'Trader's Cross' by Charles Sheffield. Back cover contains a Science Fiction Book Club advertisement featuring 'The Dragonriders of Pern' omnibus.

Issue: February 1987

Volume: CVII

Number: 2

Editor: Stanley Schmidt

Cover Artist: Alan Gutierrez

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc.

• The Smoke Ring (Part Two of Four) by Larry Niven

• A Delicate Adjustment by Elizabeth Moon

• In the Kingdom at Morning by Stephen L. Burns

• The Dream Is Down by G. Harry Stine

• QTL by Arlan Andrews
• This Life and Later Ones by George Zebrowski
• Cyberserker by W.T. Quick

• The Editor's Page by Stanley Schmidt
• Biolog by Jay Kay Klein
• On Gaming by Matthew J. Costello
• The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
• The Reference Library by Tom Easton
• Brass Tacks
• In Times to Come
• The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events

Notes: 192 pages. Front cover features art by Alan Gutierrez. Back cover contains an advertisement for the Science Fiction Book Club listing titles by Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, J.R.R. Tolkien, and others.

Issue: January 1987

Volume: CVII

Number: 1

Editor: Stanley Schmidt

Cover Artist: Vincent Di Fate

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc.

• The Smoke Ring (Part One of Four) by Larry Niven

• The Extremists by W.R. Thompson

• The Electronic Mathematician by Ian Stewart

• A Matter of Condensation by W.C. Scotten
• Mortality by Rick Cook
• Billy the Kid by Ian Stewart
• Left to Right by Isaac Asimov

• The Editor's Page by Stanley Schmidt
• On Gaming by Matthew J. Costello
• In Times to Come
• The Alternate View by G. Harry Stine
• The Reference Library by Tom Easton
• Brass Tacks
• Index
• The Analog Calendar of Upcoming Events

Notes: Features the first of four parts of Larry Niven's 'The Smoke Ring'. A mailing label has been blacked out on the front cover. Back cover features an advertisement for the Science Fiction Book Club.

Issue: April 1958

Volume: 9

Number: 4

Editor: Hans Stefan Santesson

Cover Artist: Virgil Finlay

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: King-Size Publications, Inc.

• Deadly Silence by James E. Gunn

• Behind the Sputniks by Lester del Rey
• Shapes in the Sky by Civilian Saucer Intelligence

• Birthright by Margaret St. Clair
• Judgment Day by Lloyd Biggle
• A Spudget for Thwilbert by Theodore Cogswell
• Grand Prize by Richard Wilson
• Case History by Nelson Bond
• Full Quota by William F. Nolan

• Universe in Books by Hans Stefan Santesson

• Microcosm by Stanton A. Coblentz

Notes: Back cover features a full-page advertisement for the Science Fiction Book Club offering Robert Heinlein's 'The Door Into Summer'. Front cover art by Virgil Finlay depicting rocket ships and a satellite. Visible foxing and staining on the back cover; shelf wear and corner creasing on the front.

Issue: March 1958

Volume: 5

Number: 2

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: Lloyd Rognan

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• Men of the Morning Star by Edmond Hamilton

• Wings Over the Worldcon by Forrest J. Ackerman

• Wanted: A Planet to Boss by Tom W. Harris
• The Lure of Galaxy A by Ivar Jorgensen
• Decision Final by Robert Randall
• Tag, You're It! by Mark Reinsberg

• The Editorial by William L. Hamling
• Old-Fashioned Robot by null
• Cosmic Pen Club by null
• Scientifilm Marquee by null
• Letters from the Readers by null
• Subscription Page by null

Notes: March 1958 issue featuring Edmond Hamilton's 'Men of the Morning Star'. Back cover contains a full-page advertisement for the Science Fiction Book Club featuring Isaac Asimov's 'The Naked Sun'. Visible wear includes spine creasing, edge chipping, and foxing on the rear wrapper.

Issue: April 1958

Volume: N/A

Number: 36

Editor: Robert A. W. Lowndes

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Columbia Publications, Inc.

• The Silver Cube by Mark Hellington
• Problem in Ecology by Don Berry

• The Woman You Wanted by Robert Silverberg
• The Case for Earth by Eric Frank Russell
• The Zoet Space by Earl Goodale
• The Night the TV Went Out by George H. Smith
• Just Evie and Me by Ron Smith

• Author, Author
• The Editor's Page by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• Readin' and Writhin' by Jay Tyler
• The Reckoning
• Science Fiction Almanac
• And Now the News
• Down to Earth
• Readers' Preference Coupon

Notes: Features 'The Woman You Wanted' by Robert Silverberg and 'The Case for Earth' by Eric Frank Russell. Back cover contains a full-page advertisement for the Science-Fiction Book Club featuring 'Satellite!' by Bergaust and Beller.

Issue: May 1959

Volume: 11

Number: 3

Editor: Hans Stefan Santesson

Cover Artist: Norman Siegel

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: King-Size Publications, Inc.

• The Army Comes to Venus by Eric Frank Russell

• The Wistful Witch by Robert F. Young
• Parlor Game by Ron Goulart
• Citizen Meekle by Sam Rosenfeld
• Traveling Salesman by Lloyd Biggle
• Miss Millie's Rose by Joy Leache
• The Amnesic Men by John Victor Peterson
• Letter from Tomorrow by Lee Correy

• Basic Criteria for a Moon Building by Dr. John S. Rinehart

• Universe in Books by Hans Stefan Santesson

Notes: Features 'The Army Comes to Venus' by Eric Frank Russell. Back cover contains a vintage advertisement for the Lewis Hotel Training School. Cover design credited to Norman Siegel; artwork depicts a giant insectoid entity overlooking human figures in space suits.

Issue: July 1962

Volume: 23

Number: 1

Editor: Avram Davidson

Cover Artist: Mel Hunter

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Mercury Press, Inc.

• Darfgarth by Vance Aandahl
• Two's A Crowd by Sasha Gilien
• Stanley Toothbrush by Carl Brandon
• Brown Robert by Terry Carr
• My Dear Emily by Joanna Russ
• The Man Without A Planet by Kate Wilhelm
• Uncle Arly by Ron Goulart
• Ferdinand Feghoot: LII by Grendel Briarton

• Master Misery by Truman Capote
• Subcommittee by Zenna Henderson

• Six Haiku by Karen Anderson

• Science: Hot Stuff by Isaac Asimov

• Books by Alfred Bester
• Editorial by Avram Davidson
• In this issue... Coming soon
• F&SF Marketplace

Notes: Special Summer Issue. The back cover features testimonials from notable figures including jazz legend Louis Armstrong and science fiction pioneer Hugo Gernsback. The cover art depicts a scene on the moon during an eclipse of the sun by Earth.

Issue: April 1958

Volume: 2

Number: 3

Editor: W. W. Scott

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Headline Publications Inc.

• Planet of Parasites by Calvin M. Knox
• The Tool of Creation by J. F. Bone

• All the Troubles of the World by Isaac Asimov
• All-Purpose Robot by Jay Wallace
• I Want to Go Home by Robert M. Williams
• The Seed of Earth by Robert Silverberg
• The Situation on Sapella Six by Harlan Ellison
• Pain Reaction by T. Cogswell & H. Randolph

• Dated Meteors
• Nuclear News

Notes: Back cover features an advertisement for the Science-Fiction Book Club. Front cover illustrates 'Planet of Parasites'. Visible foxing/staining on back cover and along the spine edge. Notable contributors include Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg (as Calvin M. Knox and under his own name), and Harlan Ellison.

Issue: October 1958

Volume: 3

Number: 1

Editor: Cylvia Kleinman

Cover Artist: Alex Schomburg

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Renown Publications, Inc.

• The Man With Absolute Motion by Noel Loomis

• Pentagram by Arthur Sellings
• The Body and the Brain by Thomas Calvert McClary

• The Amazing Edgar Rice Burroughs by Sam Moskowitz

Notes: Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Back cover features a promotional advertisement for 'The Mind Cage' by A. E. van Vogt for the Science-Fiction Book Club. Blurb: 'Suppose You Were TRANSFERRED to the Body of a Doomed Man! In this year 2140 A.D. the minds of all men are ruthlessly controlled by the earth government.'

Issue: August 1962

Volume: 23

Number: 2

Editor: Avram Davidson

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Mercury Press, Inc.

• The Secret Songs by Fritz Leiber
• The Golden Flask by Kendell F. Crossen
• Salmanazar by Gordon R. Dickson
• The Voyage Which Is Ended by Dean McLaughlin
• Mumbwe Jones by Fred Benton
• The Top by George Sumner Albee
• Spatial Relationship by Randall Garrett
• The Stupid General by J. T. McIntosh
• What Price Wings? by H. L. Gold
• Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman by Harlan Ellison
• The Gumdrop King by Will Stanton

• Science: The Light Fantastic by Isaac Asimov

• Books by Avram Davidson
• Ferdinand Feghoot: LIII by Grendel Briarton
• Editorial
• In this issue . . . Coming soon
• F&SF Marketplace

• Fruiting Body by Rosel George Brown

• The Roper by Theodore R. Cogswell and John Jacob Niles

Notes: Cover illustrates 'The Secret Songs' by Fritz Leiber. Back cover features an advertisement for 'A Man Named Thin' by Dashiell Hammett published by Mercury Mystery. Editorial masthead lists Isaac Asimov as Contributing Science Editor.

Issue: May 1962

Volume: 22

Number: 5

Editor: Avram Davidson

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Mercury Press, Inc.

• Editorial by null
• In this issue . . . Coming Next by null
• Science: By Jove! by Isaac Asimov
• Books: Mutterings From Underground by Fritz Leiber
• F&SF Marketplace by null

• Who Sups With the Devil by Terry Carr
• Who's In Charge Here? by James Blish
• Hawk in the Dusk by William Bankier
• One of Those Days by William F. Nolan
• Noselrubb, the Tree by Eric Frazee
• The Einstein Brain by Josef Nesvadba
• Ferdinand Feghoot: L by Grendel Briarton
• Miss Buttermouth by Avram Davidson
• Love Child by Otis Kidwell Burger
• Princess #22 by Ron Goulart

• Napoleon's Skullcap by Gordon R. Dickson
• When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed by Vance Aandahl

• The Mermaid by Walter H. Kerr

Notes: May 1962 issue featuring stories by James Blish, Gordon R. Dickson, and Isaac Asimov. Back cover features an advertisement for 'A Man Named Thin' by Dashiell Hammett. Cover illustration by Ed Emsh for 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed'.

Issue: July 1961

Volume: 21

Number: 1

Editor: Robert P. Mills

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Mercury Press, Inc.

• Something Strange by Kingsley Amis
• Undergrowth by Brian W. Aldiss

• Package Deal by Will Worthington
• The Cat Lover by Nicholas Breckenridge
• The Zookeeper by Otis Kidwell Burger
• Closing Time by Kris Neville
• Night Piece by Poul Anderson

• Ferdinand Feghoot: XLI by Grendel Briarton
• Books by Alfred Bester
• F&SF Marketplace

• Science: Recipe for a Planet by Isaac Asimov

Notes: All Star Issue including Venture Science Fiction. The back cover features testimonials for the magazine from notable figures including Hugo Gernsback and Orville Prescott. The wraparound cover art illustrates Brian W. Aldiss's story 'Undergrowth'.

Issue: June 1961

Volume: 20

Number: 6

Editor: Robert P. Mills

Cover Artist: Mel Hunter

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Mercury Press, Inc.

• Alpha Ralpha Boulevard by Cordwainer Smith
• Something Rich and Strange by Randall Garrett & Avram Davidson

• Crime on Mars by Arthur C. Clarke
• George by John Anthony West
• Birth of a Gardener by Doris Pitkin Buck
• A Curious Pleasure Excursion by Mark Twain
• Go for Baroque by Jody Scott
• The Cage by Miriam Allen DeFord

• Ferdinand Feghoot: XL by Grendel Briarton
• Books by Alfred Bester and James Blish
• Index to Volume XX
• In this issue ... Coming next month
• F&SF Market Place

• Science: Four Steps to Salvation by Isaac Asimov

Notes: The back cover highlights the magazine's three consecutive Hugo Awards (1958-1960) and mentions award-winning contributors like Daniel Keyes and Robert A. Heinlein. Includes the notable Cordwainer Smith novelette 'Alpha Ralpha Boulevard'. The copy shows some damp-staining on the front cover upper left and minor spine wear.

Issue: March 1961

Volume: 10

Number: 3

Editor: Cele Goldsmith

Cover Artist: Alex Schomburg

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• Editorial
• According To You
• Coming Next Month

• The Big Blow-Up by Daniel F. Galouye
• Random Choice by Randall Garrett

• Night Caller by Jack Sharkey
• Temptation by Ida Helmer
• Last Zero by David R. Bunch

• Worlds of the Imperium (Part two of three parts) by Keith Laumer

Notes: Features 'The Big Blow-Up' by Daniel F. Galouye on the front cover. Back cover contains an advertisement for the 1961 Sports Cars Illustrated Directory. Moderate wear on the spine, corner creasing, and minor foxing/staining on the back cover.

Issue: October 1959

Volume: 8

Number: 10

Editor: Cele Goldsmith

Cover Artist: Edward Valigursky

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• Editorial by Cele Goldsmith
• According to You...
• Coming Next Month

• Winter Boy, Summer Girl by John Christopher
• The Magic, Magic Carpet by A. Bertram Chandler
• Ship Ahoy! by Jack Sharkey

• Conquering Hero by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Empathy by Tom Godwin

Notes: Back cover features a full-page advertisement for the 'Your Career in Electronics' 1960 edition. Front cover displays significant corner wear and some age spotting. Contains work by Marion Zimmer Bradley and John Christopher.

Issue: August 1958

Volume: 7

Number: 8

Editor: Paul W. Fairman

Cover Artist: Leo Summers

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• Editorial by Paul W. Fairman
• According To You

• The Girl Who Played Wolf by G. Dickson
• Magic Window by Robert F. Young
• Somebody Up There Typed Me by Gerald Vance
• Operation Scrumblies by Henry Still
• The Hunter and the Cross by Jeanne Williams

• Patented Paradise by Bryce Walton

• Cat Island Hoax by G. L. Vandenburg
• Satan's Footprints by Eric Frank Russell

Notes: Back cover features a prominent advertisement for the Science-Fiction Book Club offering 'No Blade of Grass' by John Christopher. Front cover shows minor foxing and corner wear consistent with age.

Issue: November 1960

Volume: 10

Number: 5

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Mel Hunter

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Digest Productions Corporation

• MINDSNAKE by Jim Harmon
• THE QUALITY OF MERCY by Daniel Keyes
• ESIDARAP OT PIRT DNUOR by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
• THE IMPERSONATOR by Robert Wicks

• SUPERJOEMULLOY by Scott F. Grenville
• MCGONIGAL'S WORM by R. A. Lafferty
• DON'T THINK ABOUT IT by William W. Stuart
• EGG AND ASHES by Frank Herbert

• WORLDS OF IF by Frederik Pohl

Notes: Back cover features an advertisement for Alfred Bester's 'The Demolished Man' case-bound edition. The copy shows significant foxing and moisture staining on the outer margins of the cover and interior pages, along with minor edge wear and creasing.

Issue: June 1958

Volume: 3

Number: 5

Editor: Larry T. Shaw

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Royal Publications, Inc.

• By the Editor by Larry T. Shaw
• Infinity's Choice by Damon Knight
• Fanfare by Gregg Calkins
• Feedback by The Readers

• Recalled to Life by Robert Silverberg

• But Who Can Replace a Man? by Brian W. Aldiss
• Pangborn's Paradox by David Mason
• The Way Out by Richard R. Smith

• The High Ones by Poul Anderson

Notes: Features the first publication of Brian W. Aldiss's 'But Who Can Replace a Man?'. The front cover highlights a serial by Robert Silverberg and a novelette by Poul Anderson, along with a 'Russia in Space!' feature. Back cover contains a Science-Fiction Book Club advertisement featuring Isaac Asimov's 'The Naked Sun'. Visible wear includes edge chipping, spine creasing, and minor staining on the back.

Issue: January 1963

Volume: 24

Number: 1

Editor: Avram Davidson

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Mercury Press, Inc.

• The Golden Brick by P. M. Hubbard
• Myths My Great-Granddaughter Taught Me by Fritz Leiber
• Ferdinand Feghoot: LVIII by Grendel Briarton
• Way-Station by Henry Slesar
• Punch by Frederik Pohl

• Zap! (verse) by Randall Garrett

• Dragon Hunt by L. Sprague de Camp

• Science: He's Not My Type! by Isaac Asimov

• Books by Avram Davidson
• Editorial
• F&SF Marketplace

• Do You Know Your Elements? (quiz) by Joseph C. Stacey

• Speakeasy by Mack Reynolds

Notes: Back cover features endorsements from Clifton Fadiman, Louis Armstrong, and Hugo Gernsback under the heading 'People with Imagination'. Cover art illustrates 'Speakeasy' by Mack Reynolds. Publication includes Venture Science Fiction branding.

Issue: October 1960

Volume: 19

Number: 4

Editor: Robert P. Mills

Cover Artist: Chesley Bonestell

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Mercury Press, Inc.

• The Oath by James Blish
• A Few Miles by Philip Jose Farmer

• Something by Allen Drury
• Inside the Comet by Arthur C. Clarke
• Welcome by Poul Anderson
• From Shadowed Places by Richard Matheson
• Interbalance by Katherine MacLean
• The Sight of Eden by Howard Fast
• How Lucky We Met by Wade Miller

• Ferdinand Feghoot: XXXII by Grendel Briarton
• Books by Alfred Bester
• In this issue . . . Coming soon

• Science: Stepping-Stones to the Stars by Isaac Asimov

Notes: 11th Anniversary All Star Issue. Front cover art depicts unloading empty fuel tanks on the moon. Back cover features endorsements from Clifton Fadiman, Spring Byington, Basil Davenport, Hugo Gernsback, and Orville Prescott. Includes Isaac Asimov as contributing science editor and Alfred Bester as book editor.

Issue: April 1960

Volume: 1

Number: 2

Editor: Hans Stefan Santesson

Cover Artist: Brian Lewis

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Great American Publications, Inc.

• Dogfight by James White
• Deadly Birdcage by Peter Hawkins
• Pseudopath by Philip E. High
• Problem: Survival by Colin Kapp

• Ultimate Complex by Donald Malcolm
• Beyond Surrealism by E. R. James

Notes: American edition of the British magazine. Back cover features a vintage advertisement for the Sherwin Cody Course in English. Notable for containing work by James White and Philip E. High. Front cover shows some edge wear and a small chip missing from the top edge near the spine.

Issue: June 1958

Volume: 2

Number: 5

Editor: Leo Margulies

Cover Artist: Robert Braun

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Renown Publications, Inc.

• The Wall of Fire by Charles Eric Maine

• The Tombling Day by Ray Bradbury
• How I Overcame My Gravity by Fitz-James O'Brien
• Collector's Item by Marion Zimmer Bradley

• The Fabulous Fantast by Sam Moskowitz

Notes: Features the complete novel 'The Wall of Fire' by Charles Eric Maine. The back cover features a prominent advertisement for the Science Fiction Book Club, specifically highlighting Isaac Asimov's 'The Naked Sun'. Front cover shows some minor edge wear and corner creasing consistent with age.

Issue: January 1962

Volume: 11

Number: 6

Editor: Frederik Pohl

Cover Artist: Francis

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Digest Productions Corporation

• The Yllian Way by Keith Laumer
• The Last Place on Earth by Jim Harmon

• An Incident on Route Twelve by James H. Schmitz
• The Talkative Tree by H. B. Fyfe
• 2 B R O 2 B by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

• Masters of Space by Edward E. Smith & E. E. Evans

• A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea

• Science Briefs
• Hue and Cry

• From Plynck to Planck by Theodore Sturgeon

Notes: Back cover features an advertisement for a Barmaray Inc. portable phono-radio. This issue is notable for featuring Kurt Vonnegut's short story '2 B R O 2 B'. Printed by the Guinn Company, Inc.

Issue: August 1960

Volume: 19

Number: 2

Editor: Robert P. Mills

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Mercury Press, Inc.

• Nikita Eisenhower Jones by Robert F. Young
• Miracle on Main Street by Robert Arthur

• The Final Ingredient by Jack Sharkey
• The Seeds of Murder by John F. Suter
• Just a Suggestion by Rosel George Brown
• The Revenant by Raymond E. Banks
• Climacteric by Avram Davidson
• The Sign of the Goose by G. C. Edmondson
• Callahan and the Wheelies by Stephen Barr

• New Wine in an Old Bottle by Leah Bodine Drake

• Science: Catskills in the Sky by Isaac Asimov

• Books: The Tedious Mr. Lovecraft by Damon Knight
• Ferdinand Feghoot: XXIX by Grendel Briarton

Notes: Cover by Emsh illustrating 'Callahan and the Wheelies'. Features Isaac Asimov's science column and book reviews by Damon Knight. Significant edge chipping and small tears along the right fore-edge and bottom edge of the front cover.

Issue: September 1962

Volume: 12

Number: 4

Editor: Frederik Pohl

Cover Artist: Wenzel

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Digest Productions Corporation

• The Snowbank Orbit by Fritz Leiber
• The Winning of the Moon by Kris Neville
• The Big Headache by Jim Harmon
• Once Around Arcturus by Joseph Green
• Cultural Exchange by Keith Laumer

• 1,492,633 Marlon Brandos by Vance Aandahl
• And Then There Was Peace by Gordon R. Dickson
• Transient by William Harris
• World in a Mirror by Albert Teichner

• The Worlds of Science Editorial by Frederik Pohl
• Just Westing by Theodore Sturgeon
• Hue and Cry by null

• You and Nostradamus — Continued by null

Notes: Back cover features a black and white advertisement for the Vis-A-Lens (overlay) painting method. Notable for containing work by Fritz Leiber and Keith Laumer. The issue shows visible foxing/staining on the back cover and light edge wear on the front.

Issue: June 1958

Volume: 7

Number: 6

Editor: Paul W. Fairman

Cover Artist: Edward Valigursky

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• Terror in Cut-Throat Cove by Robert Bloch

• The Madder They Come by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
• The Man Who Took It With Him by Henry Slesar
• Neosho's Choicest by James E. Gunn
• The Thing Beneath the Bay by John Hagan
• Hungarian Rhapsody by Wilson Kane

• The Ship That Vanished by Eric Frank Russell

• Editorial
• According to You...

Notes: Features 'Terror in Cut-Throat Cove' by Robert Bloch as the cover story. The back cover contains an advertisement for the Science-Fiction Book Club featuring Isaac Asimov's 'The Naked Sun'. Manage Editor is Cele Goldsmith.

Issue: January 1953

Volume: 5

Number: 4

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation

• The Defenders by Philip K. Dick
• The Inhabited by Richard Wilson

• Teething Ring by James Causey
• Life Sentence by James McConnell
• Prott by Margaret St. Clair

• Ring Around the Sun by Clifford D. Simak

• For Your Information by Willy Ley

• Editor's Page by H. L. Gold
• Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin

Notes: Features the first publication of Philip K. Dick's novelette 'The Defenders'. Front cover shows ANC distribution mark. Back cover advertisement for 'Seeds of Life' by John Taine. Noted for significant foxing and edge wear on the spine margin.

Issue: February 1953

Volume: 5

Number: 5

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Mel Hunter

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation

• Editor's Page by H. L. Gold

• Four In One by Damon Knight
• Watchbird by Robert Sheckley

• Protective Mimicry by Algis Budrys
• Saucer of Loneliness by Theodore Sturgeon
• Know Thy Neighbor by Elisabeth R. Lewis

• Forecast

• For Your Information by Willy Ley
• Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin

• Ring Around the Sun (Conclusion) by Clifford D. Simak

Notes: Includes the conclusion of 'Ring Around the Sun' by Clifford D. Simak and the classic short story 'A Saucer of Loneliness' by Theodore Sturgeon. Back cover features an advertisement for International Correspondence Schools (ICS). Visual evidence shows minor staining on the front cover and some foxing along the top edge of the back cover.

Issue: March 1953

Volume: 5

Number: 6

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Camerage

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation

• The Old Die Rich by H. L. Gold

• Games by Katherine MacLean
• Secret of the House by H. H. Holmes
• The Drop by John Christopher

• For Your Information by Willy Ley
• Editor's Page by H. L. Gold
• Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin
• Forecast

• Student Body by F. L. Wallace
• Horse Trader by Poul Anderson

Notes: The back cover features an advertisement for Isaac Asimov's novel 'Pebble in the Sky'. The front cover art is a photographic montage attributed to Camerage. This issue contains works by notable authors including Poul Anderson and John Christopher.

Issue: April 1953

Volume: 6

Number: 1

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Alex Schomburg

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation

• Editor's Page by H. L. Gold
• Forecast
• Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin

• MADE IN U.S.A. by J. T. M'Intosh
• UNIVERSITY by Peter Phillips
• THE SENTIMENTALISTS by Murray Leinster

• SEVENTH VICTIM by Robert Sheckley
• UNREADY TO WEAR by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

• FOR YOUR INFORMATION by Willy Ley
• ORIGINS OF GALACTIC LAW by Edward Wellen

Notes: Notable issue featuring 'Seventh Victim' by Robert Sheckley and 'Unready to Wear' by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Cover art by Schomburg titled 'Still Life in Space'. Back cover contains an advertisement for International Correspondence Schools.

Issue: May 1953

Volume: 6

Number: 2

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Mel Hunter

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation

• Editor's Page by H. L. Gold
• For Your Information by Willy Ley
• Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin
• Forecast

• Wherever You May Be by James Gunn

• Specialist by Robert Sheckley
• A Gleeb for Earth by Charles Shafhauser
• Not Fit for Children by Evelyn E. Smith

• Junkyard by Clifford Simak

Notes: Cover art titled 'Rescue Above the Moon'. Back cover features a charter subscriber advertisement for 'Beyond Fantastic Fiction', a fantasy sister-magazine to Galaxy. Includes early work by Robert Sheckley and Clifford Simak.

Issue: June 1953

Volume: 6

Number: 3

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Mel Hunter

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation

• Editor's Page by H. L. Gold
• For Your Information by Willy Ley
• Forecast
• Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin

• Tangle Hold by F. L. Wallace

• The Water Eater by Win Marks
• Warm by Robert Sheckley
• We Don't Want Any Trouble by James H. Schmitz
• If You Were The Only... by Richard Wilson

• First Lady by J. T. M'Intosh
• Colony by Philip K. Dick

Notes: Front cover art by Mel Hunter titled 'A Uranium Strike'. Back cover features a subscription advertisement for the companion magazine 'Beyond Fantasy Fiction'. This issue is notable for featuring Philip K. Dick's novelette 'Colony' and Robert Sheckley's 'Warm'.

Issue: July 1953

Volume: 6

Number: 4

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation

• Kindergarten by Clifford D. Simak
• The Weather on Mercury by William Morrison
• Soldier Boy by Michael Shaara

• Caretaker by James H. Schmitz
• Home is the Hunter by C. L. Moore & Henry Kuttner
• A Bad Day for Sales by Fritz Leiber
• Green Grew the Lasses by Ruth Laura Wainwright

• For Your Information by Willy Ley
• Editor's Page by H. L. Gold
• Forecast
• Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin

Notes: Front cover illustration titled 'A Settlement Out of Court' by EMSH. Back cover features a full-page advertisement for International Correspondence Schools (I.C.S.) featuring Arthur Godfrey. Magazine maintains original white borders with minor edge wear and slight discoloration consistent with age.

Issue: August 1953

Volume: 6

Number: 5

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Mel Hunter

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corp.

• Editor's Page by H. L. Gold
• For Your Information by Willy Ley
• Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin
• Forecast

• Mind Alone by J. T. M'Intosh

• We're Civilized by Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides
• The Trap by Betsy Curtis
• Minimum Sentence by Theodore R. Cogswell

• Diplomatic Immunity by Robert Sheckley
• Stamped Caution! by Raymond Z. Gallun

Notes: Back cover features a promotional blurb titled 'Aristocrat of Science Fiction' referencing praise from Life Magazine. Cover art depicts dome repairs on Mars. Includes work by Robert Sheckley and Willy Ley.

Issue: September 1953

Volume: 6

Number: 6

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation

• Editor's Page by H. L. Gold
• For Your Information by Willy Ley
• Forecast
• Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin

• The Touch of Your Hand by Theodore Sturgeon

• Worrywart by Clifford D. Simak
• Problem on Balak by Roger Dee
• New Hire by Dave Dryfoos
• Half Past Alligator by Donald Colvin

• Far From the Warming Sun by R. D. Nicholson
• Delayed Action by Charles V. DeVet

Notes: Cover art depicts Mercury's Solar Weather Station. Includes lead novella by Theodore Sturgeon. Back cover features a promotional advertisement for the Science-Fiction Book Club highlighting 'Take-Off' by Cyril Kornbluth.

Issue: October 1953

Volume: 7

Number: 1

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation

• The Caves of Steel (Installment 1) by Isaac Asimov

• At the Post by H. L. Gold

• The Model of a Judge by William Morrison
• The Carnivore by G. A. Morris
• With a Vengeance by J. B. Woodley

• Origins of Galactic Etiquette by Edward Wellen

• For Your Information by Willy Ley
• Editor's Page by H. L. Gold
• Forecast
• Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin

Notes: Volume 7, Number 1. Contains the premiere installment of Isaac Asimov's 'The Caves of Steel'. The back cover features a promotional advertisement for the Science-Fiction Book Club.

Issue: November 1953

Volume: 7

Number: 2

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation

• Keep Your Shape by Robert Sheckley
• The Book by Michael Shaara

• Mr. President by Stephen Arr
• Unbegotten Child by Winston Marks
• Clean Break by Roger Dee

• The Caves of Steel (Installment 2) by Isaac Asimov

• For Your Information (Is Artificial Life Possible?) by Willy Ley
• Forecast
• Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin

• Editor's Page by H. L. Gold

Notes: November 1953 issue featuring the second installment of Isaac Asimov's 'The Caves of Steel'. The back cover contains an advertisement for the Science-Fiction Book Club. Front cover artwork depicts the plotting room of Earth Center.

Issue: December 1953

Volume: 7

Number: 3

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation

• The Dark Door by Alan E. Nourse
• Mr. Costello, Hero by Theodore Sturgeon

• One Man's Poison by Robert Sheckley
• Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown

• Origins of Galactic Medicine by Edward Wellen

• The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

• For Your Information by Willy Ley
• Editor's Page by H. L. Gold
• Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin
• Forecast

Notes: Holiday-themed issue featuring a cover by EMSH (Ed Emshwiller) depicting Santa Claus and caroling aliens. Contains the final installment of Isaac Asimov's 'The Caves of Steel'. Back cover features an advertisement for the Science-Fiction Book Club with a built-in business reply card.

Issue: June 1960

Volume: 34

Number: 6

Editor: Cele Goldsmith

Cover Artist: Leo Summers

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• ... AND ALL THE STARS A STAGE by James Blish

• THE BALD-HEADED MIRAGE by Robert Bloch
• IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T... by John Brudy
• STEP IV by Rosel George Brown
• TULAN by C. C. MacApp

• EDITORIAL
• THE SPECTROSCOPE
• ... OR SO YOU SAY
• COMING NEXT MONTH

Notes: Cover features prominent vertical tape residue/stain and age-related foxing. Back cover contains a full-page advertisement for the 1960 edition of 'Color Photography'.

Issue: February 1958

Volume: 8

Number: 2

Editor: James L. Quinn

Cover Artist: Mel Hunter

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Quinn Publishing Co., Inc.

• ASSASSIN by J. F. Bone
• THE BARBARIANS by John Sentry

• THE FEELING OF POWER by Isaac Asimov
• THE HERO by Elaine Wilber
• CONTAMINATION CREW by Alan E. Nourse
• OUT FROM THE SUN by Arthur C. Clarke
• SECURITY RISK by Ed M. Clinton, Jr.
• THE STANDARDIZED MAN by Stephen Bartholomew
• FEET OF CLAY by Phillip Hoskins

• EDITOR'S REPORT by James L. Quinn
• WHAT'S YOUR SCIENCE I.Q.?
• SCIENCE BRIEFS
• HUE AND CRY

Notes: Features the first publication of Isaac Asimov's 'The Feeling of Power'. Back cover contains a full-page advertisement for the Science Fiction Book Club featuring Asimov's 'The Naked Sun'. Internal pages show some foxing and water staining.

Issue: July 1961

Volume: 11

Number: 3

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: Sol Dember

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Digest Productions Corporation

• The Planet With No Nightmare by Jim Harmon
• The Stainless-Steel Knight by John Rackham
• A Taste of Tenure by Gordon R. Dickson
• The Junkmakers by Albert R. Teichner

• The Real Hard Sell by William W. Stuart
• Doormat World by J. T. McIntosh

• Kangaroo Quiz
• IFun
• The Bem Called Windigo by Theodore Sturgeon
• Science Briefs
• Hue and Cry

Notes: Back cover features an advertisement for Galaxy magazine's international editions. Significant foxing and staining is present on both the front and back covers, with notable age yellowing of the internal pages.

Issue: August 1958

Volume: 32

Number: 8

Editor: Paul W. Fairman

Cover Artist: Edward Valigursky

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• Parapsyche by Jack Vance

• Garden of Evil by Henry Slesar
• I Did Too See a Flying Saucer by Frank Bryning
• Kimo by Al Sevcik
• It Started With Sputnik by Bertram A. Chandler
• In the Balance by Michael M. Cahill

• Hypnotism Over TV—Watch Out! by Dr. Arthur Barron

• The Spectroscope
• ... Or So You Say

Notes: Back cover features a detailed advertisement for 'The Mind Cage' by A. E. Van Vogt. Notable foxing/staining on the back cover and minor shelf wear/creasing on the front cover edges.

Issue: November 1961

Volume: 11

Number: 5

Editor: Frederik Pohl

Cover Artist: Phil Berry

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Digest Productions Corporation

• Masters of Space by Edward E. Smith & E. E. Evans

• Sweet Their Blood and Sticky by Albert Teichner
• The Mightiest Man by Patrick Fahy
• Quiet, Please by Kevin Scott

• Science Brief: Lithium
• Penny Wise and Fashion Foolish by Theodore Sturgeon

• At The End of the Orbit by Arthur C. Clarke
• Gambler's World by Keith Laumer

Notes: November 1961 issue featuring the first of two parts of the novel 'Masters of Space' by Edward E. Smith and E. E. Evans. Significant foxing and staining present on the cover and rear advertisement. Back cover features a period advertisement for a Barmaray Inc. portable phono-radio.

Issue: July 1959

Volume: 8

Number: 6

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: John Pederson

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Digest Productions Corporation

• Growing Season by F. L. Wallace
• Car Pool by Rosel George Brown
• Recall Mechanism by Philip K. Dick

• The Ogre by Avram Davidson
• Never In A Thousand Years by Wynne N. Whiteford
• Sitting Duck by Daniel F. Galouye
• Mutineer by Robert J. Shea
• A Life and a Half by Paul Flehr
• Baker's Dozens by Jim Harmon

• In The Balance by Frederik Pohl

Notes: Back cover features a full-page advertisement for Alfred Bester's 'The Demolished Man'. Internal illustrations by Emsh, Wood, and Morrow. Cover is titled 'Artist At Work'. Includes the novelette 'Recall Mechanism' by Philip K. Dick.

Issue: November 1959

Volume: 9

Number: 5

Editor: H. L. Gold

Cover Artist: John Pederson Jr.

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Digest Productions Corporation

• If You Wish by John Rackham
• Return of a Prodigal by J. T. McIntosh
• Orange by E. C. Tubb

• Not Snow Nor Rain by Miriam Allen DeFord
• Good-By, Gloria by Ted Bain
• The Gelzek Business by Wynne N. Whiteford
• Counterweight by Jerry Sohl

• Worlds of IF by Frederik Pohl

Notes: Cover theme is 'Trick Or Treat!' featuring children in Halloween costumes being observed by an alien. Back cover contains a full-page advertisement for Space Age magazine. Feature Editor is Frederik Pohl.

Issue: August 1959

Volume: 3

Number: 5

Editor: W. W. Scott

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Headline Publications Inc.

• Planet of the Angry Giants by Dirk Clinton

• The Horror in the Attic by Alex Merriman
• Monsters That Once Were Men by Eric Rodman
• Birth of a Monster by Richard Stark
• Man-Hunting Robot by James Rosenquest
• World of Creeping Terror by J. W. Rose
• Which Was The Monster? by Dan Malcolm
• Specimens by George H. Smith

• Science Shorts by Edgar P. Straus
• Toward Absolute Zero

Notes: Labeled as the 'Third Monster Issue!'. The back cover features a period advertisement for an 'Exploding Army Hand Grenade' replica from Honor House Products Corp. Notable contents include pseudonymous works by Robert Silverberg (as Eric Rodman and Dan Malcolm) and Donald E. Westlake (as Richard Stark). Cover and internal illustrations by Emsh.

Issue: October 1958

Volume: 9

Number: 5

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: Malcolm Smith

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• The Editorial by William L. Hamling
• The Glittering Orb
• Heat Barrier
• Fandora's Box

• What We Will Find on Venus by Henry Bott

• The Assassin by Harlan Ellison

• The Vicious Delinquents by Mark Reinsberg

• Miss Impossible by C. H. Thames
• The Miserly Robot by R. J. Rice

Notes: October 1958 issue featuring 'The Assassin' by Harlan Ellison. The back cover features a promotional advertisement for a 'Moon Tour Reservation' from the Science-Fiction Book Club. Significant tanning and shelf wear consistent with age, minor corner loss on top right of front cover.

Issue: June 1958

Volume: 9

Number: 3

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: Malcolm Smith

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• The Friendly Killers by S. M. Tenneshaw

• Rocket Motors by Henry Bott

• Voyage to Procyon by Robert Silverberg
• Menace from Vega by Robert Randall
• Prisoner of War by Randall Garrett
• Come into My Brain! by Alexander Blade

• The Editorial by William L. Hamling
• Mathematics Gone Wrong
• Cosmic Pen Club
• Science Fiction Library
• Fandora's Box
• Letters from the Readers

Notes: Back cover features an advertisement for the Science-Fiction Book Club offering 'The Door Into Summer' by Robert Heinlein. S. M. Tenneshaw and Alexander Blade are known house pseudonyms used by this publisher.

Issue: December 1962

Volume: 11

Number: 12

Editor: Cele Goldsmith

Cover Artist: Robert Adragna

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• Heritage by E. J. Derringer

• Cocoon by Keith Laumer
• Imbalance by Murray Leinster

• It's Magic, You Dope! (Conclusion) by Jack Sharkey

• Editorial by Cele Goldsmith
• Coming Next Month
• According To You

Notes: The back cover features a black and white illustration by Lee Brown Coye for the story 'Heritage' with the caption: 'He started visibly, realizing that a subconscious impulse had carried him to this place.' Front cover art illustrates 'Cocoon' by Keith Laumer.

Issue: March 1959

Volume: 8

Number: 3

Editor: Cele Goldsmith

Cover Artist: Edward Valigursky

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

• Editorial
• According To You
• Coming Next Month

• The Trouble with Magic by Randall Garrett
• The Girl of Many Bodies by Wilson Kane

• The Captain of His Soul by Jack Sharkey
• The Obvious Solution by Jack Sharkey
• The Last Hero by Robert F. Young
• East is East by Richard DeMille
• The Little One? by Barbara J. Griffith
• What Crouches in the Deep by Arthur Porges

Notes: Features cover stories by Randall Garrett and Robert F. Young. The back cover features an advertisement for the 1959 Electronic Experimenter's Handbook. Visible edge wear and foxing on interior pages.

Issue: August 1958

Volume: 10

Number: 2

Editor: Hans Stefan Santesson

Cover Artist: Virgil Finlay

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: King-Size Publications, Inc.

• Ka the Appalling by L. Sprague de Camp
• Arm of the Law by Harry Harrison
• The Flying Cuspidors by V. R. Francis
• The Amazing Mrs. Mimms by David C. Knight
• The Lizard of Woz by Edmund Cooper
• Substitute God by John Brunner
• Back to the Drawing Boards by Harlan Ellison
• Benefactor by George H. Smith
• Compatible by Richard R. Smith

• Report from Brazil by Dr. Olavo Fontes

• Shapes in the Sky by Civilian Saucer Intelligence
• Universe in Books by Hans Stefan Santesson

Notes: August 1958 issue featuring a Virgil Finlay cover illustration. Includes stories by Harlan Ellison, John Brunner, and Harry Harrison. The back cover features a Science-Fiction Book Club advertisement for 'Moon Tour Reservations'. Internal pages show foxing and age-related staining.

Issue: November 1958

Volume: 1

Number: 1

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: Paul E. Wenzel

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• The Godmen by Edmond Hamilton

• Space Medicine by Henry Bott

• His First Day at War by Harlan Ellison
• Captain's Choice by Tom W. Harris
• Nine Shadows at Doomsday by S. M. Tenneshew
• Gateway to Terror by Robert Silverberg
• The Man Who Would Not Die by Darius John Granger

• The Editorial

• Jet Transport
• Gyroscopic Reference

Notes: Back cover features an advertisement for 'Moon Tour Reservations' and an offer for '3 Science-Fiction Classics for $1.00 with membership' from the Science-Fiction Book Club.

Issue: February 1958

Volume: Vol. 2

Number: No. 3

Editor: Cylvia Kleinman

Cover Artist: Alex Schomburg

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Renown Publications, Inc.

• Mission to a Distant Star by Frank Belknap Long

• That Real Cool Madness by Walt Sheldon
• Blue Monday by Roger Dee
• The Quiet Stranger by Jerome B. Capp
• The Wife in the Flying Saucer by Dal Stivens

• Around the Worlds With Jules Verne by Sam Moskowitz

Notes: Front cover features 'MISSION to a DISTANT STAR' as a complete novel, described as visitors to Earth's Atomic Age whose purpose is veiled in mystery. The back cover contains an advertisement for 'The Science-Fiction Book Club' offering 'Any 3' best-sellers for $1.00 with membership.

Issue: AUGUST 1958

Volume: 2

Number: 6

Editor: CYLVIA KLEINMAN

Cover Artist: MEL HUNTER

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Renown Publications, Inc.

• THE MILLION CITIES by J. T. McINTOSH

• WINGED VISITORS by ALOIS PIRINGER
• THE MISSING PAGES by H. G. WELLS
• THE INVESTED LIBIDO by MARGARET ST. CLAIR
• PETTY LARCENY by LLOYD BIGGLE, JR.

• THE SONS OF FRANKENSTEIN by SAM MOSKOWITZ

Notes: Front cover states 'A COMPLETE Science Fiction NOVEL In Every Issue'. Back cover features an advertisement for 'THE MIND CAGE' by A. E. VAN VOGT. Features a prominent illustration of a US Army rocket launch.

Issue: September 1959

Volume: 11

Number: 5

Editor: Hans Stefan Santesson

Cover Artist: Richard Carlson

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: King-Size Publications

• Rain, Rain, Go Away by Isaac Asimov
• The Round Trip by John Brunner
• The Dancing That We Did by Myrle Benedict
• The Alternate Host. by Evelyn E. Smith
• Deborah and the Djinn. by Lucy Cores
• Beanpeas in the Afternoon by David C. Knight
• The Woodcutter's Tale by Edd Doerr
• Doorway to Heaven by Theodore Pratt
• The Red Hot Deal by Joseph Farrell
• The Outbreeders by Calvin M. Knox

• Robot Son by Robert F. Young

• Music for the Space Age by Stephen Lloyd Carr

• Universe in Books by Hans Stefan Santesson

Notes: Front cover highlights 'Stories By ISAAC ASIMOV JOHN BRUNNER THEODORE PRATT EVELYN E. SMITH' and 'ROBOT SON A New Novelet by ROBERT F. YOUNG'. Back cover features an advertisement for a 'Transistor TAPE RECORDER' for $29.95.

Issue: December 1952

Volume: 3

Number: 7

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: Malcolm Smith

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• Children of the Chronotron by S. J. Byrne

• Cinderella Inc. by Harry C. Crosby
• The Beachcomber by Damon Knight
• Writing Class by Robert Sheckley
• Time Grabber by Gordon R. Dickson

• The Toy by Kris Neville
• The Levitant by Daniel F. Galouye

• Introducing the Author
• Helicopter Frontier
• Fan of the Future
• Operation Ptarmigan
• Tomorrow's Science

• The Editorial
• Pandora's Box
• Letters From the Readers

Notes: Front cover features 'The Cosmic Junkman' by Rog Phillips. Back cover highlights 'Tomorrow's Science' mentioning Halley's Comet's return in 1985 and space flight as suggested in 'The Cosmic Junkman.'

Issue: September 1953

Volume: 4

Number: 8

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: Malcolm Smith

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• NO SONS LEFT TO DIE! by Hal Annas
• LOVE THAT WOO-WOO! by Sherwood Springer

• THE CYBERENE by Rog Phillips

• JABBERWOCK, BEWARE! by Richard A. Sternbach
• THE FUGITIVES by Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr.
• EMERGENCY RATIONS by Theodore R. Cogswell

• INTRODUCING THE AUTHOR...
• THE EDITORIAL
• POWER SOURCE!
• CANCER CURE?
• FORECAST OF COMING ISSUES
• IMAGINATION SCIENCE FICTION LIBRARY
• PANDORA'S BOX
• LETTERS FROM THE READERS...
• TOMORROW'S SCIENCE

Notes: Back cover features 'Tomorrow's Science' with an image of a Spiral Nebula in Canes Venatici and a description related to the story 'NO SONS LEFT TO DIE!'. Copyright 1953 Greenleaf Publishing Company.

Issue: January 1953

Volume: 4

Number: 1

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: H.W. McCauley

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• DEEPFREEZE by Robert Donald Locke
• MR. SPACESHIP by Philip K. Dick
• SPILLTHROUGH by Daniel F. Galouye
• ADOLESCENTS ONLY by Irving Cox, Jr.
• EARTHSMITH by Milton Lesser

• RESTRICTED TOOL by Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr.

• INTRODUCING THE AUTHOR...
• THE EDITORIAL
• MASTER MIND OF FANTASY...
• PANDORA'S BOX
• LETTERS FROM THE READERS
• TOMORROW'S SCIENCE

• HOW MANY HORSES TO A ROCKET?
• WHERE CANDLES WILL NOT BURN!
• THE MOON—IN OUR TIME!
• FANTASY VS. FACT?

Notes: Back cover features a blurb about Saturn and its rings titled 'TOMORROW'S SCIENCE'. Publisher address: 1426 Fowler Avenue, Evanston, Ill. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Evanston, Ill. Additional entry at Sandusky, Ohio. Published monthly, except March, July and November.

Issue: November 1953

Volume: 4

Number: 10

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: W. E. Terry

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• SKY LIFT by Robert A. Heinlein
• ROLL OUT THE ROLOV! by Harry C. Crosby
• GUARANTEED—FOREVER! by Frank M. Robinson
• TEST PROBLEM by Alan J. Ramm

• THE TIME ARMADA (Conclusion) by Fox B. Holden

• THE MUSIC MASTER by F. L. Wallace

• INTRODUCING THE AUTHOR
• FORECAST OF COMING ISSUE
• IMAGINATION SCIENCE FICTION LIBRARY
• PANDORA'S BOX
• LETTERS FROM THE READERS
• TOMORROW'S SCIENCE

• THE EDITORIAL

• HELL-BOMB DELUXE!
• FREE FALL PERILS

Notes: Back cover features an image of the Filamentary Nebula in Cygnus with the blurb: 'TOMORROW'S SCIENCE FILAMENTARY NEBULA IN CYGNUS: Resembling cosmic lightning-bolt, it lies thousands of light years from Earth. Man may someday colonize life-supporting planets there; survival problems may arise, as suggested in SKY LIFT. See page 6.'

Issue: August 1953

Volume: 4

Number: 7

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: H. W. McCauley

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• The Buttoned Sky by Geoff St. Reynard

• The Substitute by Zane Henderson
• Spacemen Never Die! by Morris Hershman
• The Prophetic Camera by John McGreevey
• There Is A Reaper by Charles V. DeVet
• Stopover Planet by Robert E. Gilbert

• Introducing The Author...
• The Editorial
• Fantasy Film Flashes
• Imagination Science Fiction Library
• Pandora's Box
• Forecast Of Coming Issues...
• Letters From The Readers...
• Tomorrow's Science

• Mathematical Foundation
• Birthday Of The Universe!

Notes: Back cover features an image of the "Horsehead" Nebula in Orion with a description: "Dark cosmic cloud at left was formerly thought to be "hole" in space; actually is matter obscuring view of void beyond. To reach stars man must keep Earth's supremacy, as suggested in THE BUTTONED SKY, page 6." The main story is 'The Buttoned Sky' by Geoff St. Reynard.

Issue: May 1953

Volume: 4

Number: 4

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: H. W. McCauley

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• THE FIST OF SHIVA by Daniel F. Galouye

• MILK RUN by Robert Donald Locke
• EARTH CAN BE FUN by John W. Jakes.
• DOOM SATELLITE by A. Bertram Chandler
• LESSON FOR TODAY by Joel Nydahl
• THE BIG CHEESE by Edward Wellen

• CHICAGO SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION SNAPSHOTS
• SAUCERS ON THE SCREEN!
• SPACE SIGNALS
• BRAIN MACHINE
• NATURE'S EQUATION
• PANDORA'S BOX
• BERTRAND RUSSELL PROPHESIES

• THE EDITORIAL
• LETTERS FROM THE READERS
• TOMORROW'S SCIENCE

Notes: Front cover illustrates 'The Fist of Shiva'. Back cover features a promotional blurb for 'TOMORROW'S SCIENCE' titled 'BROOK'S COMET', describing it and speculating on 'Interplanetary Space Ship Races—chasing comets!' The lead story, 'The Fist of Shiva', is labeled a 'Novel' in the TOC, but at 35,000 words, it is classified as a novella by modern genre standards.

Issue: April 1953

Volume: Volume 4

Number: 3

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: W. E. Terry

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• THE ENCHANTED CRUSADE by Geoff St. Reynard

• PARADISE PLANET by Richard S. Shaver
• PREFERRED POSITION by Dave Dryfoos
• ... DO US PART! by Louis G. Daniels

• THE LOST EGO by Rog Phillips
• SECOND WIND by Daniel F. Galouye

• INTRODUCING THE AUTHOR
• THE EDITORIAL
• THE LISTENING POST
• FORECAST
• FANTASY FILM FLASHES
• PANDORA'S BOX
• LETTERS FROM THE READERS
• SCIENCE FICTION RADIO CITATION
• TOMORROW'S SCIENCE

Notes: Back cover features 'TOMORROW'S SCIENCE' with an image of the DUMBBELL NEBULA: Central core-star of great heat surrounded by cloud of luminous gas gives this planetary nebula in our Milky Way appearance of 'stellar neon sign.' Space ships may one day search for possible planets — and life — in vicinity.

Issue: December 1953

Volume: 4

Number: 11

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: Unknown

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• Children of the Chronotron by S. J. Byrne
• First Captive by Evan Hunter
• Project: Earth by Philip K. Dick

• The Cosmic Junkling by Rog Phillips

• Earthmen by Helen E. Loring
• No Quarter! by Arthur P. Bellis
• Blessed Are the Meekrots by Hal Annas
• Man-Trap by Frances Hamling

• Introducing the Author
• Invented — Too Late!
• Binary Eclipse UNVA!
• The Planets WHEN?

• Forecast of Coming Issue
• Imagination Science Fiction Library
• Landona's Box
• Readers
• Tomorrow's Science

Notes: Back cover features 'TOMORROW'S SCIENCE' with details about the M33 galaxy in Triangulum, suggesting a civilization nearly a million years old could be observed with large telescopes.

Issue: September 1952

Volume: 3

Number: 5

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: Harold W. McCauley

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: William L. Hamling

• The Weapon from Eternity by Dwight V. Swain
• Tomorrow the World! by Geoff St. Reynard

• It Kud Habben Tu Yuh by Damon Knight
• The Dangerous Doll by Daniel F. Galouye
• Theft by Bill Vaneche

• Introducing the Author
• Editorial
• Pandora's Box
• Letters from the Readers
• Tomorrow's Science

• Atomic Planes Will Fly! by Malcolm Smith, Art Editor
• The Vanishing Tin Can
• Radiation in Space
• "Hot" Mosquitoes

Notes: Back cover features a 'TOMORROW'S SCIENCE' blurb about Jupiter: 'Our largest planet, eleven times size of Earth. Large telescopes reveal numerous "belts" varying in width and color. Science speculates these are areas of frozen gases in atmosphere, including deadly ammonia and methane.'

Issue: October 1952

Volume: 3

Number: 6

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: W. E. Terry

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• Armageddon, 1970 by Geoff St. Reynard

• Wanderlust by Alan E. Nourse
• Skin Game by John W. Jakes
• Hey—So Where's Willie?' by I. M. Bukstein
• Patrol by Richard H. Nelson

• The Cosmic Bluff by Mack Reynolds

• Introducing the Author
• The Editorial
• Forecast
• Letters from the Readers
• Tomorrow's Science

• Vitamins—Germ Killers?
• Eternal Records
• Mystery Element
• Body Balance—In Space!
• Pandora's Box

Notes: October 1952 issue of Imagination, Stories of Science and Fantasy. Front cover art by W. E. Terry. Back cover features 'Tomorrow's Science' with an astronomical photograph of the Pleiades courtesy of Yerkes Observatory. The magazine was published monthly, except March, July and November by Greenleaf Publishing Company, 1146 Fowler Ave., Evanston, Illinois. Copyright 1952 by Greenleaf Publishing Company.

Issue: October 1953

Volume: 4

Number: 9

Editor: William L. Hamling

Cover Artist: Malcolm Smith

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Company

• Introducing the Author by Editorial Staff
• The Editorial by William L. Hamling
• Forecast of Coming Issues by Editorial Staff
• Electronic Chemists by Editorial Staff
• Atomic Motor by Editorial Staff
• Imagination Science Fiction Library by Editorial Staff
• Fandora's Box by Editorial Staff
• Sound and Fury by Editorial Staff
• Letters from the Readers by Various
• Tomorrow's Science by Editorial Staff

• The Time Armada by Fox B. Holden

• Heir Apparent by Alan E. Nourse
• Combatman by John Massie Davis
• World Without Glamor by Milton Lesser
• The Impossible Planet by Philip K. Dick
• Hold On to Your Body! by Richard O. Lewis

• So Says the Master by Daniel F. Galouye

Notes: Features the Philip K. Dick short story 'The Impossible Planet'. Back cover features an educational blurb about Earth's Moon, Luna, under the 'Tomorrow's Science' banner. Published in Evanston, Illinois. Notable edge wear and small chip at bottom left corner of front cover.

Issue: March 1953

Volume: 2

Number: 1

Editor: James L. Quinn

Cover Artist: Ken Fagg

Interior Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Quinn Publishing Company, Inc.

• A Chat With the Editor by James L. Quinn
• The Postman Cometh

• Deadly City by Ivar Jorgenson

• Margin of Error by Richard Deeming
• The Victor by Bryce Walton
• The Sword by Frank Quattrocchi
• The Rotifers by Robert Abernathy
• The Black Tide by Arthur G. Stangland
• The Salesman by Waldo T. Boyd

• Thy Name is Woman by Kenneth O'Hara

• Personalities in Science
• Science Briefs

Notes: The lead story, 'Deadly City' by Ivar Jorgenson, was adapted into the 1954 science fiction film 'Target Earth'. The back cover features a full-page advertisement for Quality Crossword Puzzles. Condition shows minor spine wear and light tanning to pages consistent with age.