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MAGAZINE OF F&SF 1952,February
Slight overall curl or upcurve to magazine. Light overall wear including a bit of edgewear on spine, wear to ends of spine. Age-tanning is average (or slightly less) for this vintage: mild to moderate and uniform. Side page block has some spotting or spatter that does not appear to show up much on interior.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: February 1952 (Volume 3, Number 1)
Cover by Chesley Bonestell: "Exploring the Moon"
Stories: "Ransom" by H. B. Fyfe
"The Rape of the Lock" by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt (a "Gavagan's Bar" tale)
"Ugly Sister" by Jan Struther (reprint from 1935)
"Flood" by L. Major Reynolds
"Mrs. Poppledore's Id" by R. Bretnor
"Minister Without Portfolio" by Mildred Clingerman
"The Good Life" by J. J. Coupling
"The 8:29" by Edward S. Sullivan
"Jizzle" by John Wyndham (reprint from 1949)
"The Giant Finn MacCool" by W. B. Ready (reprint from 1951)
"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury (reprint from 1951)
"The Lonely Worm" by Kenneth H. Cassens
"Hands Off" by Edward Everett Hale (excerpt/reprint from 1870)
"If Grant Had Been Drinking At Appomattox" by James Thurber (reprint from 1930)
"The Hole in the Moon" by Idris Seabright (Margaret St. Clair.)
Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas are Editors. Book Reviews by "the editors." The first 4 issues of F&SF were quarterly, then it was bimonthly until August 1952, then monthly… for decades.
