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MAGAZINE OF F&SF 1953,April
Tight and almost square; flat spine. Very little wear / edges have some sharpness. Age-tanning is slightly less than usual for this vintage. 3 numbers/letters written (in grease pencil?) on top/middle of cover next to date (below title.)
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: April 1953 (Volume 4, Number 4)
Cover by Ed Emshwiller (for "Beggars All")
Stories: "Beggars All" by J. T. M'Intosh
"Heads You Win" by Esther Carlson
"Mission" by Kris Neville
"Anachronism" by Chad Oliver
"Jetsam" by A. Bertram Chandler
"Random Sample" by T. P. Caravan
"Soap Opera" by Alan Nelson
"The Devil at St. Bennett Fynk" by Daniel DeFoe (reprint/excerpt)
"The Space Man" by Oliver Saari
"Bird Talk" by John P. McKnight
"Tomorrow's Weather" by Hilbert Schenck, Jr.
"Cat" by R. Bretnor
"The Shape of Copyright to Come" by Donald F. Reines
"Devliin" by W. B. Ready.
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.
