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MAGAZINE OF F&SF 1950,December
Tight and almost square; spine is flat with light wear (mostly along edge with back cover.) Very slight overall curl or upcurve to magazine at left, and some faint waviness or ridges - next to spine (more noticeable to touch than by eye although obvious in angled light / may won't show in scan.) Age-tanning is less than usual for this vintage.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: December 1950 (Volume 1, Number 5)
Cover by Chesley Bonestell.
Stories: "Take Two Quiggies" by Kris Neville
"The Better Mousetrap" by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt (a "Gavagan's Bar" tale)
"The Listening Child" by Idris Seabright (Margaret St. Clair)
"Process" by A. E. van Vogt
"The Wondersmith" by Fitz-James O'Brien (reprint)
"The Angel with Purple Hair" by Herb Paul
"The Well-Oiled Machine" by H. B. Fyfe
"Another Chance for Casey" by Larry Siegel (reprint from 1950.)
Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas are Editors. Book Reviews by "the editors" + Dianetics: a book review by C. Daly King, Ph.D. The first 4 issues of F&SF were quarterly, then it was bimonthly until August 1952, then monthly… for decades.
