Measures 5-1/2" X 7-9/16", 128 pp plus covers, Vol. 2, No. 6 (December 1951), published by Fantasy House Inc. (NY).
What a fun find! Found a small selection of the first few issues of THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION sitting innocently (and largely forgotten and ignored) on a shelf in an antique store in Hopkins, MN, and proudly adopted them into the family! Since this is only an early issue of this magazine, there are only THREE advertisements in the entire issue -- and that's just for a subscription, plus a reminder about other magazines available from the publisher, plus a one-page ad for AUGUST DERLETH's THE OUTER REACHES and the Gnome Press. Great fun! Contents:
GEORGE SALTER -- Front Cover Art
FRITZ LEIBER -- When The Last Gods Die
PERCIVAL WILDE -- The Haunted Ticker
MANLY WADE WELLMAN -- O Ugly Bird! (First Published JOHN THE MINSTREL Story!)
ARTHUR PORGES -- The Rats (Author's First Appearance In MFSF!)
HOWARD SCHOENFELD -- Built Down Logically
MARGARET IRWIN -- The Earlier Service
ROBERT ARTHUR -- The Universe Broke Down
ZENNA HENDERSON -- Come On, Wagon! (Author's First Published Short Story!)
JAMES S. HART -- The House In Arbor Lane
KENNETH R. DEARDORF -- Skiametric Morphology And Behaviorism Of Ganymedeus Sapiens
H. NEARING, Jr. -- The Hyperspherical Basketball
Index To Volume Two: February 1951 -- December 1951
Recommended Reading -- the editors (reviews)
WILLY LEY -- ROCKETS, MISSILES, AND SPACE TRAVEL
WILLY LEY -- DRAGONS IN AMBER
WILLY LEY -- THE CONQUEST OF SPACE
A. M. LOW -- WHAT'S THE WORLD COMING TO?
L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP -- ROGUE QUEEN
A. E. VAN VOGT -- THE WEAPON SHOPS OF ISHER
WILL STEWART -- SEETEE SHIP
JOHN TAINE -- SEEDS OF LIFE
CARLO BEUF -- THE INNOCENCE OF PASTOR MULLER
JANE OLIVER -- MORNING FOR MR. PROTHERO
MOBERLY-JOURDAIN -- An Adventure
The Omnibus JULES VERNE
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