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.44 Western - January 1953

Excellent copy of this pulp with a story by John Jakes. Click photo for details/to buy.

D B Holcomb - Collier's - March 12 1938

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All Western - March 1932

Third issue of this rare Dell western pulp that had good authors but doesn't show up frequently. Click photo for details/to buy.

The Famous Story Magazine - October 1925

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John Holmgren - Judge - July 1925

John Holmgren, one time president of the Society of Illustrators, did this cover. While he did a lot of covers, he is not well remembered today, probably because he didn't develop a distinct style. Click photo for details/to buy.

Woman's Home Companion - 2 issues

August 1925 : 1925 : Unknown artist on this point of sale advertising sign for Woman's Home Companion Click photos for details/to buy.

Jay Hyde Barnum - Collier's - September 3 1932

Brother, can you spare a dime? Cover by Jay Hyde Barnum. Click photo for details/to buy.

Railroad Stories lot - 1934

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Real Tempting Tales - October 1934

Coverless, but it's the first issue of this rare pulp. What should you do?. Click photo for details/to buy.

Pearson's Magazine - July 1912

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J.C. Leyendecker - The Saturday Evening Post - October 6 1917

Leyendecker cover. Click photo for details/to buy.

Ray Theobald - The Shadow Rider by William Colt McDonald (Pan Books) - 1952

Original art by Ray Theobald for Pan Books number 181 . I didn't know they had to draw the logo and text as well. Click photo for details/to buy.

Complete Stories - March 15 1933

Cover by H.W. Scott, known for his western covers produced at high speed (one or two a week for a long time). This is much better executed than those. Click photo for details/to buy.

Bedtime Stories - November 1936

Riding aloft on a mountain of fragrant hay. This is the earliest form of the human pleasure excursion, and for utter joy and perfect contentment it stands alone in a man's threescore years and ten; all that come after it have flaws, but this has none. Mark Twain. Click photo for details/to buy.

Pep Stories - October 1934

Good girls go to heaven; bad girls go to Las Vegas. Anonymous. Click photo for details/to buy.

French Stories - November 1933

Second issue of this rare pulp. Click photo for details/to buy.

La Paree Stories - January 1938

About half a year into dealing with the coronavirus, she's reflecting my hopes for the next year. Click photo for details/to buy.

La Paree Stories - March 1934

How long can she walk with her arms stretched out like that?. Click photo for details/to buy.

Best Detective Magazine - 2 issues

May 1931 : October1934 : This magazine is full of reprints from Detective Story Magazine a decade earlier, and the main reason to buy it is the cover by the most likely suspect, John Drew Click photos for details/to buy.

Bedtime Stories - September 1937

Perfume haralds a woman's arrival and prolongs her departure. Coco Chanel. Click photo for details/to buy.

Real Stolen Sweets - February 1935

Two bears and one bare. Where's Goldilocks?. Click photo for details/to buy.

Broadway Nights - September 1931

Cover of this rare girlie pulp features Joan Marsh, who worked in silent films as a child actress and subsequently starred a few movies in the 1930s. Click photo for details/to buy.

Spicy Screen Stories - October 1935

The cover is a scene from the set of Mr. Smythe goes to Washington ;-). Artist R.A. Burley. Click photo for details/to buy.

Snappy - October 1933

Earle Bergey cover. Click photo for details/to buy.

Young's Magazine - July 1919

She's snagged something... Click photo for details/to buy.

Spicy Western - August 1938

Cover could be by H.J. Ward, was doing the covers for this title at the time. But it also resembles in some ways the work of Allen Anderson, so not completely sure. Click photo for details/to buy.

Spicy Adventure Stories - April 1935

With that title placement, it looks like she's trying to read it upside down and reversed. No wonder she's got a puzzled look. Click photo for details/to buy.

Blue Book Magazine - Photo Postcard - c.1909

This is an unusual item. A photo picture postcard of a man reading the April 1909 issue of Blue Book Magazine . Click photo for details/to buy.

Gay Parisienne - August 1933

Nice cover on this rare girlie pulp. Click photo for details/to buy.

Nifty Stories - October/November 1930

Cover of this rare girlie pulp inspired by Botticelli? Click photo for details/to buy.

All-Story Weekly - April 5 1919

Contains an instalment of Children of Night by Max Brand. The serial was published in book form, and later made into a movie. Click photo for details/to buy.

Black Mask - June 1935

Black Mask issue with a Raymond Chandler story in it, one of his better ones. Click photo for details/to buy.

Argosy - August 1910

Argosy from August 1910, with an Albert Payson Terhune story. Cover by Clinton Pettee is reflective of those times, wouldn't be acceptable today. The cover also indicates its contents to the user - romance, adventure, humor and mystery. Click photo for details/to buy.

Herbert Paus - Popular Science - 2 issues

September and October 1929: Covers by Herbert Paus, who "was at his most effective depicting subjects that were, in one way or another, larger than life." Certainly true here Click photos for details/to buy.

Gay Book Magazine - November 1936

My manager wants me to dress like a nun and I want to dress like a teenager. Anna Kournikova. Click photo for details/to buy.

Gay Broadway - Fall 1934

Lovely Enoch Bolles cover on this issue. Click photo for details/to buy.

The Sheik - 1921

Shades of King Kong?. Click photo for details/to buy.

Ace G-Man Stories - 2 issues

March 1941 : As we all know, coffin is dangerous in these times. But this is a little extreme, bringing in the FBI. February 1943 : Faith is a fine invention, When gentlemen can see, But microscopes are prudent, In an emergency. Emily Dickinson Click photos for details/to buy.

Railroad Man's Magazine - January 1911

Early issue of the first specialized pulp, Railroad Man's Magazine. Also the longest running pulp, ended publication in 1979.. Click photo for details/to buy.

Hot Stories - December 1929

Very rare pulp, first issue, in good condition as well. Click photo for details/to buy.

Frolics - April 1931

I want to know why the tub is so small. Click photo for details/to buy.

Real Story Book - August 1929

Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of this scene Mark Twain. Click photo for details/to buy.

Wow! Real Snappy Stories - October 1930

First issue of this rare pulp in good condition too. Click photo for details/to buy.

Gay Parisienne - October 1938

Showgirl in a sticky situation. Click photo for details/to buy.

Love Story Magazine - 1920s to 1930s

Big lot of early issues of Love Story , with a bonus Sweetheart Stories thrown in. Click photo for details/to buy.

The Red Book Magazine - October 1917

Cover by Z.P. Nikolaki, a Greek artist born in Turkey who turned out many covers of "exotic" beautiful women. Click photo for details/to buy.