The Fantastic Pulps by Haining, Peter

St. Martin's Press. hardcover. Haining, Peter [editor] : The Fantastic Pulps: Selections from the magazines, popular for over half a century, in which appeared stories - fantasy, horror, adventure - that were the predecessors of today's SF. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1976. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.125"/20.5cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. 418 numbered pp, [419] bibliography, [420] blank. Acknowl, editor's intro, 21 stories in two section, plus a section of illus; from Stephen Crane's "Manacled" (which appeared in 1900) through Ray Bradbury's "Sea Shell" (1944). Along the way, contributions from a score of others: Robert Bloch, Jack London, Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dashiell Hammett, et al. Condition notes: this is an ex-library copy; as such is has numerous library stamp; rear free endpaper has had a pocket removed from it, roiling the smooth face of the paper; small closed tear to head of ffep. Boards show spine ends rolled and corners bumped; textblock edges lightly soiled; spine slightly cocked. DJ is unclipped, sheathed in mylar. Interior generally tanned but clean/unmarked. A very solid copy. We personally inspect every book we offer.