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Prestigiacomo, A; Benyon, John; Fearn, John Russell; Cleator, P. E.; Gurdon, J. E.; Russell, Eric Frank; Sibson, Francis H.
Fantasy a Magazine of Thrilling Science Fiction.
Publisher: George Newnes, Ltd., London;
Date of Publication: 1938
Stock Code: 15202
First issue (no. 1). Octavo, pp., 128, illustrated in-text with 12 halftone offset lithographs after drawings. Stapled full-colour pictorial wraps, illustrated by S. R. Drigin to upper cover; advertisement to lower cover; advertisements to verso of covers. Loss to corners of upper cover; spine cracked and soiled with loss to head; rubbing to lower cover; staples rusted but holding. Contents tone. A very serviceable copy. The first issue of a short-lived science-fiction magazine, which was cut short by the Second World War. The cover illustrator, Serge Drigin (1894-1977) was a jobbing illustrator, best recognised for his cover designs for works of pulp fiction. The stories within are a combination of original stories, reprints from other sources, and factual discussion of science and technology. £125.00