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IF 1952,July
Tight and almost square (square at bottom, 1/8" tilt or less at top); spine is slightly dished with edgewear and a 1/2" strip gone from bottom exposing the glue underneath. Heavy wear to front: writing-impression of a price at upper middle (to right of "IF"), 1" by 2" corner gone from upper right, several diagonal fold-traces and heavy wear at bottom right. Back cover has light to moderate wear including faint narrow strip at upper left corner where another magazine had stuck and left some ink/paper behind (see scan #2.) The good news is - age tanning is definitely less than average for its vintage (mild and uniform.) No stamps, marks or writing.
IF - Worlds of Science Fiction: July 1952 (Volume 1, Number 3)
Illustrations by Hi Marx, "Stan", Bob Martin, ??? (no credits given.) Cover by Henry Jones.
Novel: "Let My People Go" by Walter Miller, Jr..
Novelettes: "And That's How It Was, Officer" by Ralph Sholto.
Stories: "The One and the Many" by Milton Lesser
"Hoiman and the Solar Circuit" by Gordon Dewey
"Robots of the World! Arise!" by Mari Wolf
"Vital Ingredient" by Charles V. De Vet
"The Terrible Answer" by Arthur G. Hill
"McIlvaine's Star" by August Derleth
"The Smiler" by Albert Hernhunter.
Features: "Personalities in Science Fiction: Charles Fort", Guest Editorial by Sam Merwin, Jr., a letter column.
Edited by Paul W. Fairman, published by James L. Quinn (who also edited from November 1952 to August 1958.) Bimonthly for the first 2 years (on the odd months), IF went monthly for a year or so as of March 1954, then back to bimonthly in June 1955 (on the even months) - until a brief gap after February 1959, when the magazine was sold to Digest Productions to become a companion magazine for Galaxy.
